Get Out, And Stay Out!

I, and the rest of the Realist/Liberalist/Neorealist/Neoliberalist/Conservative/Democratic/Rational population of the country went crazy over the Barking result of the General Election 2010. Nicholas Griffin (British National Party) and his party-faithful were poised, according to many, to claim their first seat in Parliament. Their policies of an end to immigration (from all over the world) and their policy of rapid deportation of all minorities were set to win over the nationalists of Dear Old Blighty!
However, all was not well in Griffo's camp, as when the voting results came up, British fascism was dealt a rather severe blow.

That's right, ladies and gentlemen, the BNP lost. Not only that, but they were absolutely trounced.

Now, I'm not here to waffle about the evils of the BNP; those are easy to work out. Instead, my biggest bugbear right now is with the proposed electoral reform. Now, it is the way of things with our wonderfully antiquated (but much admired) system that it is possible to get only a tenth of the seats with a quarter of the vote. Is that fair? Well, maybe not entirely. In theory, is it also possible to get more votes than any other party by far, and yet get NO seats whatsoever, so where is the fairness in that?
I guess I'd answer that question by saying that, well...democracy isn't actually fair. Poor BNP voters.


And what will this electoral reform do for us? It will usher in extremist and splinter parties. The BNP, maybe UKIP, and then, perhaps, even the Scottish Socialist Party (eugh) will win seats for the first time (obviously my comments on the SSP standing a chance were a joke), and we will see Britain transform into an even less popular nation in international eyes than it already is.

As a very politically central person, I reject extremism, I reject fascism, and I reject communism. I reject all that puts the fragile nature of both national and international politics at risk, and I respect any institution that attempts to unite instead of divide.
All I have to do is look at the results of the recent Swedish Election, which saw for the first time the hateful Sverigedemokraterna take seats in government, to see that that system is the enemy of rationality and the friend of extremism. And that is why I shall vote against electoral reform.

And to finish, how better to celebrate than by watching Nick Griffin being humiliated by Margaret Hodge in Barking? I am no Labour supporter, but I'd take them any day over having to listen to some of the most dreadful political anthems of all time courtesy of the BNP.

Oh, and does anyone else think that the Returning Officer smiles when he repeats the Labour result?

And Now To Bore You All