BNP - Most popular political party website in UK

[Gromit]

"They may not have a single MP but the far-right British National Party's website is the most visited political party website in Britain, according to figures released in September. And emphatically so: the Hitwise online data company calculated that the BNP site gets seven times as many visitors as the Labour site and, and almost three times more than the Conservatives.

This may say as much about the anodyne, pseudo-consultative nature of mainstream political sites, as it does about the BNP's popularity. But as the Internet becomes an ever more important tool of political communication and mobilisation, the trend towards online extremism warrants our close attention."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml? xml=/opinion/2007/12/19/nosplit/nwinners119.xm l

Should we be concerned?

[paulos66]

Personally I'm more worried for the tree man, and lets face it, it probably takes them each 7 visits to read a single page

[perigra]

i don't think so.

people are probably drawn to it in the same way as they're drawn to freek shows at the fairground

[Quinlad]

Maybe it says that the internet is far more clogged up with raving right wingers than the real world is.

I mean, look at Answerbank.

[China Doll]

Nah, probably half of it is lefties looking for quotes in debates on AB... BNP supporters tent to be unable to quote their own cause in my experience.

[eyeshade]

Nope, they have a right to a website and are entitled to have it visited by all and sundry. I'm certainly not concerned.

[isis4691]

I would only be concerned if they were openly inciting hatred and influencing vulnerable youths to their pathetic doctrines.

[jake-the-peg]

Yes and no.

Look what happened in France. Le Penn knocked out one of the main contenders and everyone was so horrified at what they'd done there was a massive vote against him at the next round.

There are plenty of people who want to protest but nobody want's to give them any power.

Hopefully it'll be just big enough with them and UKIP to split the Tory vote

But then I'm biased because I don't think Cameron could run a bath let alone a country!

[tiggerblue10]

Like Paulos I'm more concerned about the Tree Man!

[perigra]

yeh! poor bloke!

[Kromovaracun]

As I think people have said, this isn't any solid evidence for support.

I visit the BNP site regularly. It's a real wheeze and it invariably has me in hysterics after only a few moments' perusing.

For example - one of the many gems to be found lying around the BNP site - which I've discovered after just a few seconds of browsing:

The government claims that migrants raise our GDP, but crime increases GDP too � do you believe that crime is a good thing?

Pure gold.

[jno]

turbulent times at the BNP - from today's Guardian:

The BNP. What are they like? We know they hate the brown people. But hey, they hate each other too. Yesterday the Labour MP Jon Cruddas, whose Dagenham constituency includes their stronghold, told of a sorry mess. Fifty-eight organisers have recently resigned, he informed the Commons. Eight councillors have resigned the whip. "The BNP have posted on their website a recording and transcript of a conversation between two people who were later sacked," he said. They believe "that their house, phone or computer has been bugged". He said members of the "BNP security" service entered the house of Sadie Graham, a BNP councillor in the East Midlands, by deception and took her property, including her computer which held the names and addresses of constituents. Citing inquiries by Searchlight, Cruddas spoke of funds unaccounted for, electoral rules transgressed, and tax liabilities unresolved. Of activities illegal in terms of "data protection, bugging, theft and the operation of the political parties". The party denies wrongdoing and we must accept that. But it's not the tightest ship.

[Booldawg]

Reading JNO's post from the Guardian; sounds like the BNP are a bonafide political party after all!