The BNP wishes Britain to withdraw from all international institutions. We would leave the European Union, NATO and the World Trade Organisation, end foreign aid and retreat to a new era of isolationism (source, source).
There is nothing wrong with believing in national sovereignty. Nevertheless, the wider world is not just going to go away. Neither is every country outside British solely a threat, as the BNP seems to believe. By leaving Britain deserted in extreme isolationism they would succeed only in making us more vulnerable.
- Leave Britain defenceless. Without NATO, America or Europe, the BNP’s policy would leave Britain without allies in an increasingly chaotic world. We can’t ignore terrorism and hope it goes away. We can’t just close our eyes as other authoritarian regimes grow increasingly powerful.
- Leave Britain voiceless. In today’s globalised world, issues such as the economy, environment and terror cross all national barriers. While the BNP plays on real worries about lost sovereignty in the EU, this doesn’t mean we can retreat from the world stage altogether. Britain would have no say over global trade deals or environmental regulation, no lender of last resort in the IMF, no means of fighting global crime. Instead, we would likely see a wave of retaliatory trade barriers, destroying our economy and any hope the BNP might have of restoring British manufacturing
- Destroy Britain’s reputation. Britain’s reputation would be destroyed in the wake of a BNP government. The world would not look on kindly as we turned back on it, and the consequences would not just be loss of esteem. Our tourism trade would plummet, and few companies would want to do business here. There result would be a real loss of wealth and jobs in our country
- Abandon our responsibility to the world. The BNP would abandon Afghanistan & Iraq to terror, end all foreign aid and forsake all international responsibilities. Unlike the BNP, normal Britons compassion extends beyond these borders.
Britain has a proud history, of promoting freedom and democracy in the world. An isolationist Britain would not have ended slavery, defeated Hitler or stopped the genocide in Kosovo.
The BNP claim to be patriotic, and yet seem both ashamed of our record as a world leader and afraid that we could not compete against other nations.
The truth is that our country is much stronger than the BNP give it credit for.
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Maurice, you and your ilk are isolated from the world, you ain’t got a clue son.
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Pots and Kettles from reguired methinks
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Guess what? A little bit of isolation sounds pretty good to me. Where has the EU and all our petty tinkering in foreign policy got us? What reputation? What responsibility? What a pretty mess it has got us all into. Now it’s a case of all hands to the national (sorry is that a bad word Maurice?) pump with a big dose of se sauve.
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Or how the Tories will leave us weak and vulnerable in the world…
1. Renege on the EU referendum promise and accelerate Liebour’s plan of transferring sovereignty to Brussels.
2. Continue with subservience to NATO, an organisation set up to defend the West against communism but now past its sell-by date and embroiled in an illegal war in Afghan.
3. Continue with subservience to the WTO which seeks to maximise the profits of global corporates through the free-for-all movement of people and resources around the world, resulting in the decline in UK jobs, manufacturing base/skills, farming, fishing and economic independence
4. Increase foreign aid (or, as it’s otherwise known, the transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries), at a time when the UK is on the verge of bankruptcy and its own old people are dying from lack of heating and poor nutrition
Yes, the good ol’ Tories in their gated communities, isolated from the real world as always!
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Oh yes please, a bit of isolation would go a long way.
I think we have had enough demonstrations of how globalisation is a bit like
one of those Guinness world record breaking domino toppling stunts.
All these supranational/international organisations tend to be cumbersome, corrupt, top heavy, ineffiecent, expensive & in the end anti democratic, one size fits all, non solutions to problems they make.
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“Britain has a proud history, of promoting freedom and democracy in the world.”
Does that include Zimbabwe?
We did used to promote such ideals until we lost our bottle.
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Well the liberal left were very keen on South Africa & you be the judge of how well that turned out.
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Bring back the British Empire and smash the zionist NWO!!!
Believe it or not the will is still there not only in Britian but also our former colonies… Even the majority non-white nations!
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I remember an Indian (Calcutta) businessman friend telling me that the worst thing to happen to the Indian sub-continent was independence.
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It ought be remembered that the BNP has no chance of winning government, so all of the alarmism from NB is meaningless. But a vote for the BNP ensures that the next government takes the issue of multiculturalism and immigration more seriously. One only has to see the posturing from LieCon on immigration issues in the past few months. These are serious issues for Britain, and only a vote for the BNP will ensure that they will not be swept under the carpet at the next election.
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“the BNP has no chance of winning government”
You are right , Al – at least not for a few years.
Whilst I disagree with much of what they say , I believe Mr.Cousins and Mr.Bethell are fundamentally decent chaps and , in the best British tradition , tolerate opposing viewpoints.
Here’s proof-you’re reading this post,because they did not delete it:-)
Sometimes , though , the cynic in me wonders if NB was set up to “draw out” BNP sympathisers , so the Tories can word their General Election manifesto by pandering to anti-globalist views , to bring disaffected voters back into the fold.
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“Leave Britain defenceless”
That’s a problem – the BNP need to think that though with a bit more care.
“Abandon our responsibility to the world”
What responsibility to the world ? Aid to Mugabe ? Interfering in the affairs of sovereign nations ? The BNP believes every country has the right to self-determination. I support that view.
Or were we secretly elected World Policeman/Mother/Big Brother?
“no means of fighting global crime.”
Ever heard the saying “All politics is local” ?
BNP focus is on cleaning up the streets of LONDON , not Cape Town.
“Britain has a proud history, of promoting freedom and democracy in the world”
True.
Compare the former French colonies(commie slums)with those run by Britain.
We’ve had a few howlers, mind-like when we went to war with China because they refused to be our customers when we ran drugs in the Opium Wars.
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“Leave Britain defenceless”
Well I guess Nicholas, that if the BNP brought home our soldiers from illegal & pointless wars, then they could better protect our borders.
Obviously there is a debate to be had over the subject of if we were threatened by a nuclear power or similar, how we respond to that.
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To be honest MLJ they would be in the bunkers & leave us to it, it would be one way of getting rid of all us wrong thinkers, as I am too old to be sent as cannon fodder, so I would be bomb fodder instead.
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“MLJ says:
February 16, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Yes,sometimes I imagine Maurice et al handing over a huge dossier with all our names in it to Dave in a bunker somewhere. Then they’ll come and herd us up…..”
To be honest I think I MI5, Special Branch etc already have our names in the book of independent thinkers.
Hang on a mo, somebody is kicking the door in………….
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Guess you’re right WTF. All us wrong thinkers could stand in a circle holding hands and singing “There’ll always be an Engla……..
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Do you think they’ll allow the old Protect & survive thing of putting your head between your legs so you can kiss your arse goodbye?
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“Do you think they’ll allow the old Protect & survive thing of putting your head between your legs so you can kiss your arse goodbye?”
Eh… that and I white flag appears to be our projected defence policy…
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So on the one hand the BNP won’t trade with anyone but talks to them all in conferences, is the gist of this website?
Well I guess talk is cheap?
But not when the EU does it!
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Frank,do you hate the IRA?
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Let me guess reguired(truth denier),you hate them to the point of obsession.Still the bretheren will be delighted with you.
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Yes,sometimes I imagine Maurice et al handing over a huge dossier with all our names in it to Dave in a bunker somewhere. Then they’ll come and herd us up…..
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If it were this govt they’d “understand” the grievance of the bloke who was about to press the red button and we’d not be allowed bunkers for fear of “offending” the aggressor ooops, sorry, victim,even more.
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Now could I manage that…hang on I’ll go and have a go!
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