On May 4, 3:19=A0pm, "Paul Scott"
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> "Peter Lynch" wrote in message
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> > On Sun, 4 May 2008 03:19:09 -0700 (PDT), Israel Did 9/11 wrote:
> >> The British National Party's sole member of the London Assembly will
> >> become a "pariah" as the major parties agree to shun him. As he
> >> launched into a victory speech at City Hall early yesterday, other
> >> politicians left the stage in protest.
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> >>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/boris_johnson/1924867/BNP-...=
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> >> One, two, three Ooooooooooooh! Taking their bat and ball home are
> >> they?
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> > And this attitude gives the BNP rep. far more power than his single
> > presence merits. All he has to do is stand up and declare his support
> > for an initiative, or go on record that is doing
> > a fantastic job and you'll be able to see any particular policy sinking,=
> > from outer space.
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> > If he has any intelligence, he'll be rubbing his hands with glee and
> > working out ways to "game" the system to his advantage.
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> Presumably he'll win the vote on anything he proposes himself, as the othe=
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> 22 will all have left?
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No, I would expect it to be much more subtle than that. (Anyhow,
doesn't a vote have to
be quorate, to pass?)
F'rinstance, if he proposes something uncontroversial and sensible
(i.e. not something to
do with race or whatever it is the BNP stand for/against) that would
actually benefit londoners
as a whole. Then one of two situations can occur:
a) other L.A. members reject it because of who he is. He then wins
political capital
by criticising their short-sightedness
b) they adopt/adapt his proposal, in which case they are supporting
BNP policies.
If he was going to play the strategic game, he'd promote lots of
things that benefited
everyone. At the next election, he could then trade on his reputation
"look we're not
extremists!" to gain more support. Only when there were enough BNP
members, would
the real policies come out. He doesn't have to win his fight in the
first 4 years. |