But...the Express likes sharia law

I don't just head over to the 'Have Your Say' section of the Express for fun, you know. I had actually waded over there in search of wisdom from Express readers regarding the news that there are 85 sharia courts in the UK. Well, at least there are alleged to be 85 by the man responsible for the spiffy Policy Exchange study that appeared to have manufactured evidence to suggest that loads of Mosques were actually selling nasty books to evil baddies - you know, the one that had to be withdrawn - so maybe a pinch of salt is needed when looking at this current news. Especially as the press release looks a bit shonky.

Well done, the Daily Express

After a week away from all things tabloid, I've come back and chucked myself into the deep end, wading through the foetid waters of the Daily Express. Come on in, the water's pooey.

There's been something I've been meaning to say for ages now about the Express 'Have Your Say' section, but haven't got round to it - probably because it's something a bit nice.

5cc poll

As I said a couple of posts ago, I'm going off for a week. When I get back, this place might change a little bit.

This is supposed to be a single issue blog that takes apart tabloid bullshit, but I seem to have been shifting a bit toward looking at other things and doing stuff other than fisking articles recently. This is partly because I'm getting a bit fed up with looking at virtually identical stories and pointing out over and over again that they've been churned from a MigrationWatch press release and exaggerated a bit, if I'm honest. I'm starting to forget to head over to the papers and plough through looking for poo stories every day. I'm even overlooking made up nonsense stories when I see them because it all looks so familiar.

Mail Online polls

A quick one before I go.

Hmm...I wonder what way the Mail wants us to vote
Anton at Enemies of Reason reveals how a Mail Online poll got ridiculousy skewed today by people on Twitter having a laugh (might set up a Twitter account while I'm away - we'll see). When I voted earlier today, it had shot up to 95% of people saying that yes, gypsies should be allowed to jump doctor queues. It was great. I checked in to see how much of a caning the poll was getting just now only to find - whoosh! It had gone. In your face, the Daily Mail.

I'm going away for a while

Hello people.

With a large number of people (over 100 of them) forced out of their homes by racist thugs in Belfast and some stuff going on in Iran that seems like it might be a little bit important, the Mail is using its front page to maximum effect by, er, crusading for the banning of wheelie bins, and the Sun - the world's biggest selling Enslish language daily newspaper - is doing similar hard-hitting stuff by including a traditional 'OMG! TITS! ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! TOILET PUN!' front page.

Dismayed? You will be

I can't stand mornings. Doesn't matter how nice the weather is or how great the evening before was. It doesn't even matter much if I'm on my way out to do some brilliant thing I've been looking forward to for ages; if you catch me leaving my flat on a normal work day you'll see someone with their hands jammed in their pockets, scowling at the floor. If you know me, you'll think that's odd since I'm normally laughing all the bloody time. But not in the mornings.

It's not a baying mob - it's democratic

More fisking of BNP policy. If you want to find this one, Google for 'Reason to vote BNP number 9: The BNP Is Britain's Most Democratic Party'. I don't link to the BNP. See 'Fisking the BNP's public policies' for the rest

Looking through the list of BNP policies that need fisking, I saw this one, which almost made me fall out of my chair in a Chuckle Brothers moment of unintentional slapstick hilarity:

Reason to vote BNP number 9: The BNP Is Britain's Most Democratic Party.

Are they joking?

BNP Immigration policy - something tells me it's not just about immigrants

I have a policy of not linking to the BNP's website. If you want to see the BNP documents I'm referencing here, google 'Preserving British Identity: The British National Party’s Immigration Policy' and 'Countering the smears'.

You know, it's weird taking apart a BNP document about their immigration policy. Normally, trying to make head or tail of a political party's policy statements is an exercise in stripping out the jargon and meaningless glittering generalities to try to arrive at the core of what the party will actually do. How will they 'get tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime'? What does 'vote for change' mean? What changes? That sort of thing.

Why you shouldn't vote for the BNP on Thursday

You've probably read half a dozen 'why you shouldn't vote for the BNP on Thursday' articles and blog posts by now. You know about the foreign actors in the leaflets. You've heard about Nick Griffin saying there's no such thing as a black or Asian Briton. You've heard how he said that a big chunk of the England football team and Amir Khan aren't British. You've witnessed the embarrassing climbdown when he proved too much of a pariah to be welcome at the Queen's garden party. You know that life wouldn't be very nice for ethnic minorities if they got into power.