Knotty

[poliphilo]

Britain's top fascist- Nick Griffin of the BNP, who has a well-documented enthusiasm for Hitler, political violence and getting rid of immigrants-  has taken to addressing his troops in front of pictures of Sir Winston Churchill- who had a well-documented  lack of enthusiasm for Hitler- and a Spitfire which research has shown was flown by a Polish airman.  A bunch of generals and war heroes (orchestrated by right wing tories) ask him to desist because he is besmirching the values of the British military- which now  include "tolerance" and " fairness". He replies by drawing attention to the generals complicity in Blair's wars and compares them to Nazi war criminals- with the implication that they deserve to be hung.

Comments

[jfs.livejournal.com]

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

It is galling though.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Griffin isn't lacking in low cunning.

[petercampbell.livejournal.com]

The worry is that he'll be cunning enough to position himself as a reasonable, moderate figure rather than the values that he and his party actually represent.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's what he's trying very hard to do. Fortunately he seems to be just about the only advanced machiavellian in a party largely made up of boot boys and loonies. He may be able to work the trick, but his rank and file are always going to let him down.