From Wales:
Politicians from all parties have put their differences aside in a bid to oppose the far-right British National Party.
All parties except the BNP presumably?
At a meeting in the Glamorgan Muslim Community Centre, Aberkenfig, near Bridgend, on Saturday, politicians including Environment Minister and Bridgend AM Carwyn Jones and Plaid Cymru candidate Bethan Jenkins pledged their commitment to tackling discrimination against ethnic minorities.
What about discrimination against ethnic majorities?
The Bridgend Unite Against Fascism Group, which organised the gathering, believes the BNP is a racist party which poses a threat to democracy and freedom.
Aha, that clears it all up then. What poses a threat to democracy and freedom? Is it a legally constituted party that behaves at all times in a democratic way by campaigning on the issues and seeking election with a mandate from the people? Or is the threat to democracy from groups who have already severely restricted freedom of speech, groups who subvert the election process by attempting to intimidate law abiding members of the public who are going about their lawful right to campaign for any legal party they wish to?
Who are these people to force their undemocratic views on the people in the name of democracy? Anyone who attempts to take away people's right to participate in free and fair elections has no right whatsoever to claim they stand against facism, let alone for freedom and democracy.
If the BNP is a racist party which poses a threat to democracy and freedom then I am sure that no one will vote for them.
That is democracy, that is freedom.
Unite against freedom
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