Television of a different and triaxial nature is also in the pipeline involving a senior police officer, senior BNP politician and a household political heavyweight.Whether or not this comes off is uncertain but both myself and John Walker have been sold the concept and it could work very well indeed.
The Rev Robert West has an interesting letter published in the Times Educational Supplement. Having a growing Christian lobby within the Party is in my opinion a most healthy development so long as it does not become too fundamental. I justify my reasoning by replicating the Rev's most reasoned communication:
Teach pupils about the BNP in a liberal learning environment
Letters Published in The TES on 3 July, 2009 By: Reverend RMB West
I think that we are in danger of bringing partisan politics into the classroom when either we adopt a pro or anti-BNP stance with reference to the growth of the British National Party in certain areas ("Primaries in BNP strongholds advised on how to fight the right", June 26).
How should teachers deal with these issues? By upholding an impartial and academic approach, surely.
If the BNP has to be mentioned by name, we could ask the case for and the case against the party. Answers could come back against: that it is a racist party; or for: that it is a party about keeping Britain British.
We could then explore what it means to be racist and what it means to be British. Learning will be advanced and practical toleration acquired in view of the fact that "not all clocks will chime at the same hour", however hard we try.
Pupils will still have differences of viewpoint even after a debate. However, diversity of views will prevail in all probability, but areas of difference will be narrowed. Even a view that is wrong may have something to teach us and, in interacting with it, we will acquire better reasons for holding our own views. But political issues should not be discussed below secondary level.
I once tried this interactive method with A-level students at a girls' high school on a different issue. The question was: "Should men and women be treated the same?" Some of the girls said yes and some said no. I gave time for each side to state its case.
Eventually, we all moved to the position where we said that men and women should be treated the same where they are the same and that they should be treated differently where they are different.
That was an interesting and unsuspected outcome. This method and process, commended by J S Mill in his essay "On Liberty", cannot be faulted as a way to teach and to learn in a liberal learning environment. By that method, I (we all) learnt something.
Reverend RMB West, Supply teacher, Holbeach, Lincolnshire.
Notice here how the Reverend West, like most of us within the BNP, has the humility and compassion to try to see things from the point of view of other people. Contrast this to the liberal multiculturalist, who demands that no other school of thought other than his own should be tolerated.
Taking your advice on my relatively poor diet recently tomorrow's menu looks rather appealing. Two large pork loin steaks (from the local butcher) acquired for £3.60 together with homegrown new potatoes and carrots. Accompanying these will be an organic cauliflower and a considerable portion of garden peas, currently still in their pods. In addition some of my own onions will be used to make the gravy.
Software problems with my new PC revolving around my modem not being TAPI compliant have soured the day to an extent. Truth be told I don't think it is the modem's fault, it's just that the generic XP drivers don't seem to do it justice.
A couple of rare (for Britain) Caspian terns have shown up in different parts of the country today, namely Aberdeenshire and Norfolk. Not like the smaller terns we are used to on our coasts these birds are the biggest terns in the world and can be as large as a big gull and live for 25 years plus. You really would not want to go near a nesting colony of these birds, as like most terns they will attack invading humans.
Before I sign off I have had unconfirmed reports of hundreds of Asians rioting in Birmingham but I doubt that has much to do with Caspian terns although in Britain nowadays who knows?
