The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #97849   Message #1930271
Posted By: Folk Form # 1
08-Jan-07 - 11:24 AM
Thread Name: BS: BNP Ballet dancer
Subject: RE: BS: BNP Ballet dancer
I agree with the comments made by DMcG, although I have my doubts of those made by weelittledrummer. After reading an interview with Simone Clarke, it seems to me that she is merely worried about the number of immigrants entering the country suppressing the wages of people already in this country (who need not be white, let alone English) and driving up rents. She does not strike me as racist, especially when you consider that her boyfriend is hardly a white Anglo-Saxon protestant.

Although I share her concerns, the BNP are hardly the answer. They are still Nazis with a racist ideology. Their campaign to put a respectable face on their racism does not fool me a bit and if Simone Clarke is as genuine as she seems, then she is making a huge error of judgement. Of course, she may be putting up a smokescreen to hide the depth of her own racism... but then would she have a Chinese-Cuban boyfriend? A tough one.

However, her views should not be allowed to jeopardise her profession, which is irrelevant to her dancing.