<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jubilee Centre - Blog]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/jubilee/blogs.php</link><description><![CDATA[Comments on the blog: BNP voter concerns]]></description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:04:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Jon]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/219/bnp_voter_concerns#comment1224</link><description><![CDATA[The point was that the protest votes went all over the place leading to a steep decline in the share of the votes held by the major parties. The Tory vote was up a little maybe but was abysmal for a party seeking to become the government. Not many people voted for the BNP and some of those were fooling themselves. The BNP need plenty of publicity - as that will highlight their deceptions and obfuscations. For instance at one point Nick Griffin was cornered by an interview asking if he wanted Britain to become a "Christian Saudi Arabia". It's a twin track approach to ensure there's no slide into fascism. The second aspect is to make sure that people are listened to - much of the grievance is the perception that immigrant communities get listened to and get privileges and funding. In the cities it is the multi-ethnic churches that can help bridge the gap and show real love and concern for all.]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/219/bnp_voter_concerns#comment1224</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:04:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Douglas]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/219/bnp_voter_concerns#comment1223</link><description><![CDATA[I see a British Red Cross survey today reveals almost a quarter of the public think more than 100,000 people apply for asylum in the UK each year, with an average figure given by those taking the survey of 58,000, whereas the actual 2008 figure was just 25,670. The survey also showed most people think refugees are largely low-skilled workers in their country of origin rather than professionals, when in fact the opposite is true. So people's preceptions about immigrants are just as mistaken as they were when 'Asylum and Immigration' first came out. ]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/219/bnp_voter_concerns#comment1223</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:47:40 GMT</pubDate></item><atom:link href="http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments.xml.php" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /></channel></rss>
