Comments on: Waterloo

By: Anthony Wells

Anthony Wells — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:24:42 +0000

No, no. It was in Higham. A big Butt?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:21:59 +0000

Oh, was your wedding in Waterloo? I only ask as I was in Waterloo on May 2nd, on top of a big Butt.

By: Anthony Wells

Anthony Wells — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:20:12 +0000

Why not?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:51:11 +0000

Why ‘Waterloo’?

By: Andy Stidwill

Andy Stidwill — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:49:21 +0000

The BNP winning a seat on the London Assembly is regrettable but I think the idea that you can just ignore the votes of 130,714 is quite a dangerous way of looking at things.

By: ZX

ZX — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:17:13 +0000

Mike:
“Can’t agree with ZX…”

So you don’t find the BNP gaining a seat in the London Assembly worrying? Personally, I don’t think a party which prohibits blacks, asians, other “non-whites”, and homosexuals from membership is particularly democratic. I see where you’re coming from as regards disliking other parties, but this isn’t about disliking the BNP, or branding them as “nasty”.

This is about discrimination, plain and simple. I don’t agree with many policies that many political parties have, but I can change my mind or join the party regardless. I can’t join the BNP, no matter how much I agree with their views, because I can’t change the colour of my skin, the folds in my eyes, or that of my parents’ parents’. This isn’t a simple case of disagreeing over tax and spend, but racial discrimination, and democracy should have no place for it.

By: Mike "the oracle" Richardson

Mike "the oracle" Richardson — Sun, 04 May 2008 04:30:18 +0000

Can’t agree with ZX & only partially agree with KEITH – I am a very strong believer in Free Speech and democracy , so i believe that every voice should be heard without being gagged – who are any of us to say if a parties views are “nasty” and so on – there are a number of political parties & their ideology i would not agree with at all and find their policies obnoxious – but i would never dream of banning them or gagging them. For the BNP to be gaining seats across the country and in London should be a message for the current government to heed and take notice of and remedy the cause .

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:40:49 +0000

ZX, I hope that once given a public platform people will realise they don’t really like what is being said by extremists and not vote for them again. Unfortunately we have to tolerate this sort of thing in a democracy with free speech.

By: ZX

ZX — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:48:39 +0000

The results, according to the BBC are:
Con, 8 constituencies, 3 top-up, 11 total
Lab, 6 constituencies, 2 top-up, 8 total
Lib, 3 top-up, 3 total
Grn, 2 top-up, 2 total
BNP, 1 top-up, 1 total

Change since ‘04:
Con : +2
Lab : +1
Lib : -2
Grn : n/c
BNP : +1
UKIP: -2

LibDem and UKIP were the big losers it seems, with both loosing more than 5% of their vote.

I want to make a partisan comment, and Anthony can remove it afterwards if he thinks it’s too far:
I think it’s a worry that a party who restricts membership based on race, and thus creates a racial apartheid within their own political sphere has a platform in the world’s greatest capital city.