What are the BNP?

The BNP are Left Nazis - Nazis because they are fascists combined with hardcore racism, and *Left* because of the economic policies the espouse.

The debate on the BNP is often confused by the fact that what is right and left wing has changed since Fascism rose. Free market economics were traditionally associated with the 19th century liberals, and fell out of fashion for a long time - the Great Depression and the apparent success of War Socialism in the two world wars cast a long shadow.

Fascism always has advocated socialistic economic policies - certainly to the left of mainstream economics as advocated by all the major parties the UK today. This has largely been obscured in debate by the insistence on the Left that fascism is entirely right-wing.

The BNP appeals to the working class as "the Labour Party of your fathers" - their policies are protectionist, nationalising and include total control by the government of the means of production. To the traditional right, they offer conservative social policies - talking up traditional values and the family. It should be noted that those on the right who head in their direction are those who have never accepted the value of the free-market - their position is that it undermines the country.

It is because of the dual appeal to left and right (ex-communists are common in fascism) that some have said that politics is a circle - go far enough to the left or right, and you end up with fascism...