Tuesday, 9 June 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Voters in EU elections cared more about immigration than NHS and crime
A YouGov poll released today shows that more than a third of people who voted in the EU elections named immigration as one of the issues which most influenced their vote... The Groups Co-Chairmen, Nicholas Soames MP and Frank Field MP, said: For some time weve been trying to make the main political parties wake up to the publics concern about large scale immigration. Yesterdays election results and this poll show the need for real action... 
Balanced Migration (08-Jun-2009)

Who voted BNP and why?
YouGov President Peter Kellner gives his views on the findings of their unique survey into BNP voters and their attitudes. The BNP won its first seats in the European parliament not because its supporters are all racist, but because many voters feel insecure and let down by the main...
Channel 4 News (08-Jun-2009)

Comment: There is a little fascist in all of us
From the nanny state to civil liberties, Brits are voting for fascists because we have created a culture which doesn't respect...
Politics.co.uk (08-Jun-2009)

How the BBC handled the BNP on the airwaves this morning
With the BNP in the news, what rules should govern political...
Guardian Unlimited - Media (08-Jun-2009)

Mainstream dismay at BNP election breakthrough
Mainstream political parties rounded on the BNP today after its breakthrough in the European elections. Andy Burnham, the Health Secretary, condemned the election of two MEPs for the far right party as a sad day for British politics, while David Cameron described the result as desperately...
Times Online (08-Jun-2009)

The real reason for this
Well, they were warned over and over again but they didnt listen. This morning, the mainstream political parties are shocked by the unpalatable fact that, after the elections to the European Parliament Britain now has elected two British National Party...
The Spectator (08-Jun-2009)

BNP leader Griffin wins second seat
The British National Party has won its its first two seats in the European Parliament. The far right party's leader Nick Griffin picked up a seat in the North West of England region early...
The Independent (08-Jun-2009)

VOTERS ABANDON LABOUR AS BNP GETS EU SPOT
DISENCHANTED Labour voters flocked to the BNP, handing the extremists their first Euro...
Sunday Express (08-Jun-2009)

British PM suffers new poll blow, as far-right surges in EU vote
(LONDON) - Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour party suffered another humiliating poll defeat Monday, in European elections which saw a surge by far-right and nationalist...
EUbusiness.com (08-Jun-2009)

Stop buffing the image - just make things work
I'm sick of personalities' in politics. I wouldn't care if Gordon Brown were a werewolf if his administration got things...
Times Online (08-Jun-2009)