Give us the facts

Whilst having my weekly trawl through the many diverse sites on the Internet, my attention was drawn to a comment on the Love Music, Hate Racism web site.

The comment was by Sadiq Khan MP:

“The BNP now has 14 councillors in London, and have gained ground on the back of a rise in racism. In the recent, council elections, the BNP declared that this was a “referendum on Islam”, and they are dividing communities with vicious, racist lies.
It is vital that we tackle the BNP head on and start a united campaign now to stop them making further electoral gains in the 2008 Greater London Assembly elections – the work of Love Music, Hate Racism is vital in celebrating diversity, not extremism. We have to out the BNP for what they really stand for, build strong coalitions of support, and ensure that we involve all communities in a shared and inclusive notion of what it means to be British in the 21st century.”

Now, in any Democracy, such as the one we once lived in, it is up to everyone to have a say in what it was to be of that nation, i.e. in this context, British. No Democratic society should be allowed to marginalise elements of it's citizens because they may have a different idea of what it is to be of that nation. To deny them the opportunity to have a say is to act in a fascist manner, something that anti-nationalist groups seem to embrace far too easily.

Whether your support is for the BNP, UKIP, The Green Party, The National Front, The Conservatives, or even heaven help us Nu Labour, you have the duty to allow, and the right to hear the views of the other parties, providing that their content is legal.

Mr Sadiq Khan - ..... "they are dividing communities with vicious, racist lies."

Put up or shut up.