The BNP's success in the European elections has brought issues of race and racism to the fore. Youth workers can use this opportunity to spark a debate about national identity.
British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin described his party's recent success in the European elections as a "defining moment in British history". The party secured just under one million votes and gained its first elected representatives at a national level, with Griffin voted in as one of two BNP members of the European Paliarment.
However, many commentators and politicians have been saddened by the BNP's success. Paul Kenny, general secretary of the union GMB, told journalists: "It is an absolute insult to the memories of those who fought in the Second World War that 65 years later Britain is now sending Nazis to Europe to represent us."
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