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Originally Posted by Mynydd
I don't think that the intention was that.
It is true that the BNP has an image of a party of thugs and, well... no comments here... and that they are on a campaign to try to change that image to make themselves more acceptable to the public. A cosmetic change, a face lift if you prefer it.
To that end I wouldn't be surprised if they provoked a split inside the BNP to have the most conspicuous nazi and hooligan elements out of the BNP public picture. Or that they agreed that this burden was taken by the National Front. This is just a speculative analysis, but there is much likelihood in it.
Also, if The Guardian has had a reporter infiltrated inside the BNP for 7 months, one should not be as naïve as to believe that this article is everything that they will come with.
Probably just a preview.  |
You are probably right, but the article does have the condescending and patronising tone one is accustomed to, yet the jabs are light and the image is somehow not as negative as I would've expected.
Its good to know that people are at least waking up to face the music.