Daniel Hannan: The BNP is a Far-Left Party / CBC: BNP is a Far-Right Party
The CBC is reporting that the BNP – which made a breakthrough in yesterdays’s EU elections – is a “far-right party”. So: nationalizing industries, running factories through ‘workers councils’, protectionism and staunch resistence to privatization is “far right”? What then is the ‘centre-right’ that opposes bailouts, supports private ownership of industry and promotes free trade?
For some sober, clear comentary on what the BNP is, listen to what Daniel Hannan, a British MEP (Member of European Parliament) has to say.
Cross-Posted at www.taxpayerblog.com
June 9, 2009
Tags: BNP, British National Party, EU, EU Elections, European Union, Far-Left Posted in: Blog Content
5 Responses
Some would argue the recent economic performance and behaviour of the Conservative Party would not make them very right-wing or even centre-right.
The BNP is very anti-immigration and nationalist, which are right-wing traits. If a party has some right-wing platform politics and left-wing platform policies, what then?
Eric, I would respectfully point of the following:
1) I didn’t say that Canada’s government was right-wing or centre-right. On the contrary.
2) Nationalism is not inherently left or right. In Canada, nationalism is traditionally associated with the left (see cultural protectionism, anti-Americanism).
3) Racism is a phenomenon of certain human emotions and prejudices, not of a political ideology.
Members of the British National Party descirbe themselves as on the right. Not to mention that everyone else in Britain and Wikipedia describe them that way too.
They are on the right.
Anonymous:
Please watch this clip on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsA_Xko4tqM
BNP Members describing their party as “veering towards socialism”. Perfectly described, the BNP is a “national-socialist” party. These kooks are beyond “left” and “right”. They are simply on the lunatic fringe.
Left and right are meaningless terms. They are moving targets which change over time and attempt to place an infinite number of policy positions on a single axis and then draw a conclusion.
At least the Nolan Chart is somewhat accurate.
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