Re: And how did you celebrate 1 May?

In message <ddfr-8F7D76.09523903052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, David 
Friedman <ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>In article <memo.20080503135219.3756B@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Paul Dormer) wrote:
>
>> In article <ddfr-8B06C3.00280603052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (David Friedman) wrote:
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>> > There were some Nazi supporters outside of Germany, but I don't
>> > think they were ever anything close to comparable in number or
>> > importance.
>>
>> Note that the BNP, considered to be a Nazi-like party, has won a number
>> of seats in the local elections in the UK this week, and even have a
>> seat on the London Assembly.  I don't believe any communist party
>> candidates won.
>
>Checking Wikipedia, they seem to get under 1% of the vote. They appear
>to be nationalists and anti-immigration--but it wasn't opposition to
>immigration that defined the Nazi program.
>
The way the London Assembly votes work is complicated and I can't claim 
to understand it, but I don't think the number of votes shown for the 
BNP guy matches the total number of votes cast. Assuming that there is 
some correspondence with the votes cast for the BNP in the mayoral 
election, it's probably more like 2.8%

Incidentally, don't let the pretence that they are only anti-immigration 
fool you - they are hard-core racists with a side-line in violent 
homophobia.
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