Saturday, 9 May 2020

In times of confusion, what is the Far Right?

In times of confusion, what is the Far Right?

In Britain, without a single organisation that could claim to represent a sizeable number of followers, what is the Far Right? What does the so called Far Right stand for?

In days of plenty, when organisations like the British National Party stood tall and was represented in the European Parliament, in the London Assembly and in quite a few other others places across the United Kingdom, with a very well known leader, you could say that you had an approximate idea of what at least one particular oganisation stood for. There were Manifestoes, Party Conferences, and very public statements. 

The waters have been muddled intentionally by the mass media and what we loosely know as the political establishment. Now, Tommy Robinson is defined as Far Right and so is Paul Golding of Britain First. Anne Marie Waters of For Britain is defined as Far Right. Jayda Fransen is classified as Far Right. Even non political individuals like Alison Chabloz and many others are classed as Far Right. Confused? You should be confused because many of those classed as Far Right seem to have very different platforms. So Far Right has become a one label that fits all kinds of different ideological stances.

Fragmentation has been superseded by individualities. Somebody writes comments on social media, class himself or herself as being this or that, without any real political substance nor structure, and says that he or she represents political organisations that in most cases only exist on paper or in their febrile minds.

Such is the state of what used to be known as British Nationalism that there isn't a single organisation with enough political clout to be able to justifiably claim that it trully represents British Nationalism.

  

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