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Why Does BBC Call Parties it Dislikes “Right-Wing”? » Publications » Family Security Matters: "“I really am bored of [sic] Right-wing Tories like my old mate Dan Hannan insisting that the British National Party is ‘far Left’ says the Telegraph’s excellent Blogs Editor, Damian Thompson.

Well, OK, Dame, but it’s more than just a debating point. And it’s not just Right-wing Tories.

Here for example, is the Left-wing New Statesman:

“A brief skim through BNP manifesto literature brings to light proposals for the following: large increases in state pensions; more money for the NHS; improved worker protection; state ownership of key industries. Under Griffin*, the modern-day far right has positioned itself to the left of Labour.”

All true, except that it’s not a modern development. The BNP, like all fascist movements, emerged from the revolutionary Left. It dislikes free enterprise, hates the rich and resents the monarchy. It markets itself as “the Labour Party your parents voted for” and its last manifesto promised “to give workers a stake in the success and prosperity of the enterprises whose profits their labor creates by encouraging worker shareholder and co-operative schemes”. Its support comes overwhelmingly from ex-Labour voters.