Talk:BNP

Describing the BNP as "neo-nazi" is inescapably POV and highly debatable and contentious. Such a description has no place in a matter-of-fact description. That some groups consider the party "neo-nazi" is covered in the article about it. Consequently I have changed to an uncontentious decription of 'right-wing'. 80.255 16:13, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

British National Party

'Far-right' and 'ethnic nationalism' are both tags that have been discussed extensively on the British National Party page, which is where you should take any disputes on the subject you have. Please note before protesting too much that 'ethnic nationalism' is the BNP's own term. Dogville 22:47, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Policies

THE BNP is NOT a Far Right party. It is quite moderate, economically. It is nothing close to right wing. Its extreme policies lie in the social scale.--CaptainSurrey 23:11, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In regard to CaptainSurrey's comment above I am removing the recent addition ("A Far-Right Party") to the British-National-Party's link; people can find out exactly where the party lies on the political spectrum from the article. Y control 22:53, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Fascist"

I have just reverted an edit that changed "British National Party, a British nationalist political party" to "British National Party, a British fascist political party." For future reference, the issue has been discussed in detail on the BNP talk page and you can find that information by visiting the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:British_National_Party/Archive_6#Neo-fascism.3F In short, the current disambiguation snippet should remain as it is. Any further discussion should be taken to the BNP talk page. 128.194.5.139 21:31, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nationalism

The BNP are only open to people of a certain ethnic make-up (Section 2 of their constitution as linked to in the main article) so this puts them at complete odds with other nationalist parties such as the SNP in Scotland and the SDLP in Northern Ireland. Merely referring to them as nationalist is misleading. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.79.7.170 (talk • contribs) 22:57, 6 May 2007 (UTC).

I see your point but I fail to understand how this makes them more than simply nationalist, viz. "extreme nationalist". Maybe a better term than extreme nationalistic would be ethno-nationalist or word the description to say "ethnically-oriented nationalist party". JRDarby 00:50, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No descriptors necessary

JediLofty's removal of the political descriptors (nationalist, far-right, etc.) was a very good move, in my opinion. He is right when he points out that no other party has descriptors instead of just "political party"; do you think we should semi-protect the page now since it sees a lot of vandalism? JRDarby 05:57, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Descriptors Necessary?

QuinnPin's addition of the political desriptors (homophobic,far-right, racist, ect.) was a good move in my opinion. Surely he is right when he points out that the BNP are a openly racist and homophobic party with quite a violent history they are no different than the KKK and it's offshoots. Also it is worth pointing out that at the time of writing the BNP have no seats in the house of commons (thank you UK). Surely it would be a bad move to protect this page. =]QuinnPin

Disambiguation

I have restored the redirect from BNP to BNP (disambiguation). The UK political party is the most popular topic, but not overwhelmingly so, and it certainly isn't above 50%. BNP Paribas, Brain natriuretic peptide, Bandipur National Park, and Banff National Park are all popular and their popularity together substantially exceeds that of the UK party's article. Note that WP:PT defines primary topics as "much more likely than any other, and more likely than all the others combined". KarenSutherland (talk) 13:05, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]