Reply #4: Hah, activists [View All]

[moggie]

Like (I suppose) everyone, I looked through the list for names I recognise. There are only two members in my ethnically diverse London postcode, neither of whom I know, but the very white village I come from has a family of "activists" I remember of old. But since activism, to me, implies more, well, activity than propping up the bar and fiddling the social, I'm rather sceptical about the label in this particular case.

I don't think it's particularly surprising if the BNP has a lot of members. People of every political stripe are hungry for change, but the BNP hasn't had real power yet, so their supporters still think that party membership can achieve something. Supporters of the mainstream parties have learnt that party membership is good for little more than networking. I tore up my Labour card under Blair, but even if the party lurches left again and I support them, I can't see myself rejoining.