Vote to stop the BNP

Posted by Progressive London Wednesday, 03 June 2009 15:22

By Sabby Dhalu – Joint Secretary of Unite Against Fascism

There is a real possibility that the BNP could win seats in the European Parliament. This would be the biggest electoral break through for a fascist party in British history.

The most recent and reliable polls consistently show that the BNP is very close to winning a number of seats in the European Parliament. Most polls show that BNP on 5-7% nationally which would give the BNP 3 seats and polls tend to underestimate BNP support.

The most recent You Gov poll on 1 June, the biggest so far of ,over 5,000 people, put the BNP on 7% of those certain to vote. On these figures the BNP could win a seat each in the North West, Yorkshire and the Humber and the West Midlands and East of England regions.

In these circumstances, those commentators like Nick Cohen who said he found a BNP surge ‘hard to find’ - others have said that ‘the threat from the BNP has been overblown’ - are creating a false sense of complacency.

As Unite Against Fascism has argued, we need the opposite, an alarm bell to tell people that if they don’t vote on 4 June they may help the BNP make their biggest breakthrough ever.
 
The lesson of Europe is that stopping such a breakthrough is much easier than reversing it. The BNP can be stopped in these elections but only if people vote. If you don't vote you help the BNP. That is why every democrat should make sure they go out and vote on 4 June.