tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post6217698377865766554..comments2023-05-27T12:03:28.241+01:00Comments on Five Chinese Crackers: The Mail and the BNPFive Chinese Crackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-74375794145268255552008-06-07T20:29:00.000+01:002008-06-07T20:29:00.000+01:00As you've all pretty much pointed out, the bnp...As you've all pretty much pointed out, the bnp make the mail redundant, they need to keep the curtain twitching, patricia routeledge in an alan bennett monologue - "oooooh, some foreigns moved in at number twenty two" types on the precipice.<br><br>Push them too far into outright racism and you can't get them back.The PC Brigadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16472965093148943236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-8324370382053547702008-06-04T20:51:00.000+01:002008-06-04T20:51:00.000+01:00Perhaps the penny has dropped that the Mail's ...Perhaps the penny has dropped that the Mail's coverage is partly to blame for the stew of reactionary ideas the BNP feeds off, and some consciences are starting to feel a little uneasy. Alternatively perhaps they're trying to bring right wingers home to the Tories. Time will tell.Phil BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-46173136642682732192008-06-01T13:30:00.000+01:002008-06-01T13:30:00.000+01:00Great spot with the Melanie Phillips lift. Maybe s...Great spot with the Melanie Phillips lift. Maybe somebody should tell her.<br><br>The big problem the Mail has is that they can't afford (and don't want) to support the BNP but at the same time they can't afford to lose the BNP supporters who almost certainly read the paper in huge numbers. It's a delicate balance illustrated well by this clip of Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn getting harangued by Johann Hari:<br><br><a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxmlaur5UsA</a>AdamBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04630747163413813070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-16494850970318851522008-06-01T12:51:00.000+01:002008-06-01T12:51:00.000+01:00If this is a change then it is welcome indeed. I&#...If this is a change then it is welcome indeed. I've also noticed that they have lots of Nazi stories where they just print the 'facts' without making any comment. Compare this with storis on immigration.<br>I had a slight argument in Liverpool yesterday with one of their members. He called me a racist! I'm gonna put more on my blog as the leaflet they were distributing in the Capital of Culture was very interesting. As was his non-Scouse accent. Bloody foreigners.<br>The Barnbrook comment was top notch btw!eric the fishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02781390936463298707noreply@blogger.com