When the European Parliamentary election results came in on the night of Sunday 7th June, the extreme left wing BNP, which up till then had been talked up by the BBC and other press and media, despite getting their leader Nick Griffin and one other elected, actually had a pretty bad night.
After all the hype of how well they were going to do their vote was just not there, not even in many of their strongholds such as Stoke-on-Trent where UKIP achieved the highest vote overall. Despite the jubilation amongst their members that they managed to get their first two MEPs elected, in fact the election was really a disappointment for them.
Now they have had another disappointment in the European Parliament as well. To have access to funding and for their MEPs to get on the various committees, they have to be part of a multi-nation grouping with a minimum of 25 MEPs. It has been reported that they can’t form a group and no other grouping will accept them, which means they will now have to sit in the “unattached” group in the European Parliament.
Because of this they will not be able to be on any committees, they will not have access to additional EP funds of up to £1 million a year, nor will they be allowed to have a party office or administrative staff. All they will get is their basic allowances and travel costs.
It seems they tried to negotiate with others who are normally considered to be of like minds in the Parliament, such as the French National Front, the Belgian Vlaams Belang, Hungary’s Jobbik party and Ataka from Bulgaria, but irony of ironies – and I love this bit – these other parties were worried that the BNP’s reputation would lead to isolation. BNP are definitely not on the bloc.
After all the hype of how well they were going to do their vote was just not there, not even in many of their strongholds such as Stoke-on-Trent where UKIP achieved the highest vote overall. Despite the jubilation amongst their members that they managed to get their first two MEPs elected, in fact the election was really a disappointment for them.
Now they have had another disappointment in the European Parliament as well. To have access to funding and for their MEPs to get on the various committees, they have to be part of a multi-nation grouping with a minimum of 25 MEPs. It has been reported that they can’t form a group and no other grouping will accept them, which means they will now have to sit in the “unattached” group in the European Parliament.
Because of this they will not be able to be on any committees, they will not have access to additional EP funds of up to £1 million a year, nor will they be allowed to have a party office or administrative staff. All they will get is their basic allowances and travel costs.
It seems they tried to negotiate with others who are normally considered to be of like minds in the Parliament, such as the French National Front, the Belgian Vlaams Belang, Hungary’s Jobbik party and Ataka from Bulgaria, but irony of ironies – and I love this bit – these other parties were worried that the BNP’s reputation would lead to isolation. BNP are definitely not on the bloc.
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Someone who did not want their comment posted said that I had made a "typo" in this posting about the BNP. When I said the BNP were an "extreme left wing" party it was sugested I meant right wing. No, I meant what I wrote - the BNP are extreme left - just take a look at them.
They want to nationalise many things, they lean towards totalitarianism as do many left wing organisition - including Labour. Where do the BNP get their support? The answer is from disafected Labour voters. As I said, and meant, the BNP are far left.
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