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| UK Government considers rejecting and firing staff based on political opinions |
| 2004-09-19 |
| I have little time for the BNP, as do most people in the UK, but that's totally beside the point. Members of the British National Party are being considered unemployable untermenschen fit to be excluded for the good of 'diversity'. If they aren't allowed to work for the Government, perhaps they'll be allowed to pay no taxes... The Home Office is considering whether to ban BNP members from working in the civil service. Martin Narey, the government's After all, a 'thought crime' must be just as bad as other crimes. It's called a crime, and as we all know there ain't no such thing as a victimless crime... In November last year, Home Secretary David Blunkett backed a ban on police officers being BNP members, and chief constables agreed the measure two months ago. The Sunday Times reported that civil service unions had already been consulted over a ban. It quoted Charles Cochrane, secretary of the Council of Civil Service Unions which represents 400,000 workers, as saying there was an "inescapable Beyond blatant infringement of basic human rights, using political affiliation to deny a person employment? But it is understood that new legislation might be needed to enforce a ban. The BNP has said bans on membership are "anti-democratic" and could challenge any proscription using the Human Rights Act. But if brought in, the civil service would argue, like the police have, that being a member breaches rules on diversity. Newspeak. This is an example of extraordinarily overt insane PC illiberal self-parody. Some are obviously considered 'more diverse' than others. Who next? Communists? Pro-hunters? Why not? BNP spokesman Phil Edwards told the Sunday Times: "This is totalitarianism, Soviet-style. It shows they are extremely worried." And prepared to act like the fascists they accuse you of being. |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #2 It is indeed a gift to the BNP, but that's also really beside the point. Where else have we seen people persecuted simply because of membership of (legal andf recognised) political parties? Plenty of places gllobally and historically, but not anywhere I'd imagine finding myself living. (And no, I never imagined I'd live in Belgium, home of the officially classified untermenschen and disenfranchised Vlaams Blok voters) And of course this is a direct reaction to the BNP doing well. The price to pay for becoming not just an embarassment that can be laughed at by NuLabour Why do they just want to spitefully deny BNP members jobs? Is it because they can't do anything else? Do they think the public would get shirty if BNP members were evicted from council properties? Would we smell a decidedly intolerant rat if the names and addresses of all BNP members were posted in public places? If BNP members were made to wear identifying insignia? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-19 4:30:27 PM |
| #1 This really pisses me off. If the government can't see that this kind of Orwellian behaviour could be refocussed on Labour party supporters sometime in the future, then they're blind. Expect support for the BNP to increase if this ban goes ahead. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-09-19 4:16:50 PM |