We Should Acknowledge that the BNP were democratically elected

A lot of talk has been on this subject recently, and I thought I would express my feelings about this.

Several years ago, the chances of them winning anything anywhere, would have seemed like fanciful stuff. However, like it or not, the decisions taken by our MPs has created a situation where many people have voted for the BNP. Now, I don't agree with their policies and wish they hadn't been elected, however, rather than just condemning the BNP, we need to address the reasons why a great number of people chose to vote for them and understand their concerns.

There has been much written in the papers recently about ‘Yorkshire’s shame BNP elected’ but they obviously aren’t ashamed, as they voted for the BNP. It’s laughable really

I believe, that until you fix the root cause, the BNP will continue to gain support, votes and electoral legitimacy. They now have a presence in local government as well as the EU parliament, ultimately a refection of the percentage of those, who actually voted.

If you are one like me, where you are against the ideas of the BNP, try focusing your attention on the main parties who have totally failed to recognise and address the local issues that has lead to these BNP members being elected in the first place. I have no doubt that there are many more people in the country who resonate with some of the BNPs policies though they have not voted for them to date. If the main political parties don't get their act together then we may well find them represented in Westminster in the near future as well.

Furthermore, it is worth noting that they [the BNP] obtained a considerable number of votes 943,598, compared to Labour's 2,381,760. This is quite shocking to think that a main political party like Labour who are in power could only accrue around 2.5 times more votes than the BNP. Putting it another way for around every 2.5 people who voted Labour 1 voted for the BNP, and for every 4.5 who voted Tory 1, voted BNP - extraordinary.
I think politically, there is a lot of work to be done in this country. Political correctness is an obstacle we need to combat, and the best thing is to open things up to debate; transparency. If we hold televised live debated with the political parties, who knows, we could have a Frost/Nixon situation in the near future.