elections where dissent not allowed?

Now the so-called "Liberal" Establishment would appear to be making it illegal for their own policies and actions -- however profoundly these affect the country and the lives of its population -- to be questioned or challenged even at election time. So much for the masquerade they try to pass off as "democracy"!
No doubt the next step will be do declare that any serious objection to their imposition of a centralised, corrupt and increasingly totalitarian EU suprastate amounts to "xenophobia"... which will, of course, in turn be equated to "racism".
At which point the Iron Curtain -- or more precisely, their Iron Heel -- begins to descend....

Press Association

Police Probe BNP Race Allegations

14 June 2004

Police are investigating claims that a British National Party European election leaflet contained inflammatory statements which could incite racial hatred.

The Race Equality Council for Gloucestershire (GlosREC) has made an official complaint to police about the content of the BNP's European election leaflet sent to homes in the county.

Headed "Asylum is making Britain explode", the leaflet was delivered to households in the area in the run-up to this weekend's elections as part of the far-right party's Europe campaign.

It stated that the "Government is planning to build five giant new cities, each the size of Birmingham, over the next 30 years, to house over five million new immigrants".

It also claimed "around two million illegal immigrants and asylum seekers" were pushing the benefits system and health service "to breaking point".

GlosREC claims the material breaches the 1986 Public Order Act.

A spokeswoman for Gloucestershire police today confirmed the complaint from GlosREC was "under investigation".

But spokesman for the BNP Dr Phillip Edwards denied the leaflet, which was delivered to up to 30 million homes across the country, was racist and said it was important for all political parties to be able to air their views.

He added: "There is a problem in this democracy if we are not allowed to open the debate without being thrown into jail."

"But in fact the leaflet does not carry anything about race -- it is about immigration and asylum."