Has Nick Griffin completely lost his marbles?
Earlier this week he reported on the official website that the Russian elections were better run and fairer than ours.
Today hundreds of thousands of Russian people have been demonstrating against the unfairness in those elections.
Somebody must be wrong. It seems Nick is either gullible or is at ease with a system of a ruthless leader who will bend any rule to secure his continued power.
I accept that election practice in our country is flawed and corrupt especially in heavily ethnic areas aided by the postal voting system brought in by Labour in order to secure their re election.
As Nick rightly says, the media are uniformly against nationalist parties and use subterfuge to hinder and attempt to silence us.
But Putin has done the same.
Opposition media outlets have been silenced and their leaders arrested and positions of power given to Putin cronies, but after these elections declared fair and well run by Nick there have been protests.
There have been allegations that the results did not reflect the actual votes and some of the protests have we are told been because Putin after having installed a puppet Prime Minister Medeved decided he himself would be the president for another term. All opposition has been suppressed to ensure Putin's continued control.
because of the suppression of all opposition in the media in Russia as here the opposition has used the internet to spread their message and used it to good effect. Perhaps there are lessons for us here in this respect.
But does something sound familiar in all this? A leader, popular at first seeking to continue his position of power by undemocratic means. I don't suppose Putin had proxy votes but as the supreme leader of Russia he did not need them but his tactics for retaining power are little different than Griffin's.
Now I did like Putin. He has been a good nationalist leader, just as I liked Nick Griffin but this determination to cling on to power leaves a nasty taste just as Nick Griffin's similar actions do.
Both are undemocratic, even though they are both supposedlyn patriots.
The difference is that Nick Griffin's lies and cheating have not been countered by demonstrations as he has led the BNP into insignificance and terminal decline.
Why?
Because nobody cares. He has by his actions emasculated for now the nationalist cause (we will rise again under a new CLEAN united leader).
Good luck to the Russian demonstrators who risk a dank jail in their fight for a democratic voice, but shame on Nick Griffin for his endorsement of this corrupt election.
HE HAS MADE HIMSELF A FOOL AND GIVEN OUR OPPONENTS ANOTHER STICK WITH WHICH TO ATTACK US.
HE IS A POLITICAL INCOMPETENT AND THE SOONER HE GOES THE BETTER FOR THE NATIONALIST CAUSE.
