I think people have forgotten what old Niemoller said:

First they came for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.


This applies equally to the far left trying to suppress free speach as much as the far right.

Socialist intolerance and prohibition on freedom of speach and freedom of political discourse is just as abhorent as Fascism's supression of free speach and political discourse.

the last statement in tony blair's preface to the labour party election manifesto is:

"Self interest and national interest together."

so his continued ambition is to nurture a society of self-interested nationalists. what do they do then? they have nice hospitals and schools because they bleed the third world dry and bomb other peoples kids. what is the link between belligerent nationalism and racism? - discuss. or don't, if you work for the labour / tory party, the bbc, the murdoch press or the unions.

no third term for blair or the labour party. more than enough damage already.

Its far better to get the BNP to debate with someone intelligent on primetime they'll crack under pressure!-better that than censor them so they look like radical subversives-thats what JS Mill would have said, who he? An evil foaming at the mouth reformist liberal-thats why it says on the blurb on the back of Principles of political economy that he was optimistic about a form of decentralised socialism (but then I guess that UAF (formally ANL)aren't too keen on decentralisation-speak if you have something to say about this I would rather meet in the middle than widen the divisions). Election wise if its safe to and labour+conservative are the only choices in your area, make a conscious effort to deliberately spoil your vote! If the BNP are vote ANYONE to stop them getting in. Lib Dems hmmm dodgy but at least they're in favour of proportional rep-whats the betting they'll u-turn in office? (I also don't like the way they treated Jenny Tonge).

The BNP does not believe in free and balanced reporting. The BNP uses physical threats to try and intimidate journalists. They put details of journalist whose coverage they don‘t like on race-hate websites, to make them targets of attack.

NUJ members in the north of England have passed a dossier to police on these threats. They are just part of a BNP campaign to silence those who do not agree with their vile racist policies.

But there ARE journalists and newspapers around the country that do investigate and expose the BNP and their lies, and the NUJ applauds and supports them.

The NUJ defends the rights of journalists and stand with others to defend media freedom. The BNP has no respect for media freedom or trade union rights.

We will resist all intimidation by the BNP It is a fascist party. There is no place for racism and fascism in this country.

The BNP does not believe in free and balanced reporting. The BNP uses physical threats to try and intimidate journalists. They put details of journalist whose coverage they don‘t like on race-hate websites, to make them targets of attack.

NUJ members in the north of England have passed a dossier to police on these threats. They are just part of a BNP campaign to silence those who do not agree with their vile racist policies.

But there ARE journalists and newspapers around the country that do investigate and expose the BNP and their lies, and the NUJ applauds and supports them.

The NUJ defends the rights of journalists and stand with others to defend media freedom. The BNP has no respect for media freedom or trade union rights.

We will resist all intimidation by the BNP It is a fascist party. There is no place for racism and fascism in this country.

Opponents of No Platform argue that it is a denial of free speech but this is to misunder-stand both free speech and No Platform. Firstly, free speech is not an absolute and there are laws in Britain which place restrictions on what can be said, so that it is illegal, for example, to incite racial hatred. When fascists are allowed a public platform they frequently use the opportunity to stir up racial hatred and violence against black people, Jews, anti-racists and others.

Secondly, the right to free speech brings with it particular responsibilities, such as not violating other people's freedom. Fascism as an ideology is inherently opposed to free speech, freedom of movement and the right to live one's life without fear or oppression. Freedom of speech is very important, but so is the right to live without fear of the discrimination, hatred and violence that fascism represents. The fascists of today, such as the British National Party, do not really believe in free speech but they will be quick to exploit liberal arguments in favour of it for their own purposes. The BNP uses the mantle of free speech to stir up racial hatred and deny the Holocaust.

Let us not forget that the BNP would deny all black people not only the right to speak but also the actual right to live in Britain.

Members of the BNP have suggested in print that the party would follow in the footsteps of Hitler and the Nazis if it could, and forcibly silence all its opponents through a campaign of intimidation, imprisonment and murder. Writing in The Rune recently, Nick Griffin stated that, if in power, the BNP would execute "the politicians, those in charge of the media, police chiefs and those responsible for creating this multi-racial hellhole". Fascists will manipulate arguments about free speech but the reality is that they would welcome the chance to deny millions of people their own rights to free speech. In a free and democratic society, to allow the BNP and other nazis to cloak their genocidal hatred in the flag of free speech is to degrade and undermine the concept of tolerance.