skep

I sincerely hope that the citizens of the UK have not elected any canidates of the BNP. Times like these, filled with fear, economic uncertainty and political scandal are the perfect setting for frightful, disgusted or disenfranchised voters to make unfortunate and unwise choices.

I hope that forces of facism don't gain a toehold in your government due to voter ignorance or apathy.

I think we're all anxious. I wish I'd got my head together and started circulating anti-BNP material a lot earlier. But, as you say, the votes are cast. I got an email about 5pm from Hope not Hate saying the BNP had got a lot of people out. That may have been just a ruse to get us doing some last minute lobbying, but I think we should fear the worst.
The bright side is, if they do get a seat, I think it will make their policies a lot more visible, there will be a lot more press focus on them, and they won't be able to hide behind their bland statements so easily. I've emailed my local Hope not Hate group and asked to get involved. I want as many people as possible to know what these bastards are actually about.
That candidate who suggested that the Jews exaggerated the number of Holocaust dead for compensation? It just beggars belief. I feel ill just thinking about it.
I don't accept the mitigation of people protesting with their vote, or not knowing enough about the BNP. If I started saying "Ah, well, they don't know any better", I'm just being patronising and middle-class. People KNOW. If you vote for them you are a racist. There is a point at which you stop equivocating, or indulging in semantics.