The abhorrent British National Party is still a racist party despite voting to scrap its whites-only membership rules.
This move had nothing to do with any change of views but because the BNP had been threatened with a possible court injunction over its whites-only membership policy by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
It is reported that the BNP has removed references to "indigenous British" people, paving the way for black and Asian people to be admitted to the party for the first time.
But I can't for one minute believe that many people of black and Asian origin will be rushing to join the BNP.
The way the BNP operate, and will continue to operate, despite the change of rules, was made clear that when they threw out a Times journalist of the BNP meeting because they were unhappy with the paper's reporting.
Well, if individuals or political parties are unhappy about inaccurate reporting, leader Nick Griffin and his cronies can go to the Press Complaints Commission like any other normal political party - but the BNP is far from normal.
The far right wasn't the answer in the 1930s and they're certainly not the answer in 2010.
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