"Loss of our heritage"

I don't know what it means to Nick Griffin, but I do know what it means to me.

When I was growing up in the 50s and 60s, I could pretty much say or write what I pleased and the worst I risked was a bollocking from a 'grown up'.

We had toys called gollywogs - much loved by kids . . .

Nursery rhymes such as Baa Baa Black Sheep were fun for kids . . .

We had stopcocks for turning off fluids in pipes . . .

We had manhole covers that allowed inspections of sub-surface utilities . . .

I could describe myself as a 'Brit' and someone from Pakistan as a 'Paki' . . .

We looked forward to Christmas, not XMas, or Season's Greetings . . .

Asylum seekers who had been convicted of crimes, then fatally injuring a little girl with their car and leaving her to die . . . would have been sent home - without considering HIS human rights . . .

People were not afraid to clear the snow outside their house (and perhaps even the neighbour's too) because if someone slipped, they'd say 'oops' . . .

We played and enjoyed silly things like rolling cheeses downhill, playing conkers and riding our bikes (with lights) . . .

Perhaps this is just an insight to what I mean when I say 'loss of our heritage'. There's plenty more over the last 60 years, but above is just a sample.

We didn't even know what politically correct meant, foreigners were even welcomed as they actually had FEWER rights than those of us who were born and grew up here.

We were a lot more PROUD to be British (before that became a joke amongst the manic do-gooders).

So, is Nick Griffin a fascist? Probably, but that doesn't make everything he says wrong.

I lament the changes I've seen in the last few years, we are losing our identity or more accurately, it's being stripped and given away by well meaning individuals and groups who won't address reality for what it is.

WE are being exploited. If you doubt it, have a good read of Wikileaks, listen to what the vocal 'british Moslems' are saying, count the mosques.

But you can dismiss me as another 'rabid fascist' or you can consider the levels of frustration that causes a response such as this. Do me a favour, go back and read it again, suspend disbelief and consider that me and mine (generation) might just have a point too.