tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post4257917007209578652..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: "plotting to blow up members of the British National Party"Labanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-26650166174036046962007-10-08T20:14:00.000+00:002007-10-08T20:14:00.000+00:00"Dave - even the IRA didn't go for ordinary party ..."Dave - even the IRA didn't go for ordinary party members, as far as I know."<BR/><BR/>however they gunned down people like Ross McWhirter - an outspoken critic , who offering £50,000 for information on IRA bombers.<BR/><A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/27/newsid_2528000/2528787.stm" REL="nofollow">Read more here</A><BR/><BR/>However, political assasinations are nothing new - one example is<BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Mac_Curtain" REL="nofollow">Tomas MacCurtain</A> - Lord Mayor of Cork, Sinn Feiner. Gunned down in his home by the Royal Irish Constabulary.<BR/>However he was chief of staff of the local IRA, so one could look at that as a military killing during a guerilla war.<BR/><BR/>However, i think you're right about the IRA not targetting ordinary, non-government, Conservative party members.(they could have easily opened up a machine gun on the high street of Henley-on-Thames say, but never did) <BR/><BR/>This targetting of BNP members is certainly a new development in England.John Trenchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212068575561254839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-60269791952045952042007-10-07T22:14:00.000+00:002007-10-07T22:14:00.000+00:00...but the IRA did murder Protestants just because......but the IRA did murder Protestants just because they were Protestants...<BR/><BR/><I>...the passengers were forced to line up outside their vehicle, after which they were systematically gunned down ... Johnston Chapman had to identify the bodies of his two nephews, who died in the attack. He said: "They were just lying there like dogs, blood everywhere."...</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/5/newsid_2500000/2500393.stm" REL="nofollow">1976: Ten dead in Northern Ireland ambush</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1585022215221430152007-10-07T17:41:00.000+00:002007-10-07T17:41:00.000+00:00Dave - even the IRA didn't go for ordinary party m...Dave - even the IRA didn't go for ordinary party members, as far as I know. But my original post forgot to mention that Ireland was the exception to the UK rule.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-19379728434202547172007-10-07T16:07:00.000+00:002007-10-07T16:07:00.000+00:00Actually it’s not the killing of people for their ...Actually it’s not the killing of people for their party affiliations that you have to fear, although that's bad enough.<BR/><BR/>Of course as it’s only BNP so far there will be no mainstream comment, but the wholesale buying and manipulation of votes that took place in some Asian dominated wards at the last elections.<BR/><BR/>Now that really is bringing a new dimension into our politics. another 30 yrs and we will be back down to their levels.<BR/><BR/>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/05/nvote105.xmlNo PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-48179778170591491762007-10-07T13:23:00.000+00:002007-10-07T13:23:00.000+00:00The political situation in Jamaica has since worse...The political situation in Jamaica has since worsened. During the last election a couple of months ago gangs of West Kingston-based Jamaica Labour Party toughs travelled to other areas of the island to intimidate supporters of the opposing People's National Party. Ballot boxes also mysteriously disappeared. <BR/><BR/>Ahhh the halcyon days of civilised governance of the white man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-91438547951403562062007-10-07T05:28:00.000+00:002007-10-07T05:28:00.000+00:00The BNP Press Officer wrote ... the Press Offic...The BNP Press Officer <A HREF="http://simondarby.blogspot.com/2007/10/saturday-morning-starts-with-strong-cup.html" REL="nofollow"> wrote </A> <I> ... the Press Officer from West Yorks Police phoned me to insist that the reports were actually wrong and the the two youths of Pakistani origin had only been charged with possession of explosives rather than intent. ... If BNP members are going to be used as bait to trap alleged terrorists it would be more considerate if we were actually told about it in the first place. It is however simply beyond belief that one of these individuals is currently sitting at home having been released on bail. ... </I><BR/><BR/>Laban has shown that the story was massaged on October 5th, before the election was called off. Are we going to become <A HREF="http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2546" REL="nofollow"> eyeballed in sewage </A> as they are in Belgium?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-77929836286207791972007-10-07T00:57:00.000+00:002007-10-07T00:57:00.000+00:00New territory?Didn't the IRA target Tories?New territory?<BR/>Didn't the IRA target Tories?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com