Dealing with the BNP: Britain must learn from French mistakes
A useful lesson: Jean Marie Le Pen’s National Front party is now in decline
The British National Party’s capture of two seats in the recent elections for the European Parliament has given the BNP both a new level of representation and a significant boost to its coffers. More money still will be on offer if the disparate forces of the far right are able to cobble together a unique European parliamentary grouping of their own.
Though the BNP’s total vote actually went down in the two constituencies where it won seats, this was clearly a breakthrough of sorts. But does it mark a significant new departure point for the far right in Britain or could its appeal prove just as resistible as that of similar parties in the past?
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