BNP Political Protest Research and Idea's

The British National Party (or most commonly known as the BNP) are a far-right political group in the UK that focuses their political policies on anti-immigration and anti-integration of the EU. The party also advocates the reintroduction of capital punishment and opposes same-sex marriage. They believe that the UK should move to become a fully self-sufficient country, which should encourage British teachings and values only. This therefore means that they will not allow any other culture to be taught or embraced, thus creating an all British UK. The BNP also believe that welfare should only be provided to full British people but only after thy have completed a certain number of hours in some form of beneficial work which the government will provide them with. Nick Griffin has been the Head and Chairman of the BNP since 1999 and harbours strong views against the immigrants of Britain, stating that they are all 'creatures and animals'. Here is a link to a speech he gave at the Trafalgar Club on November 9th this year. Although Griffin is talking about creating a better economy for this country, I feel like he is doing it in a way that will isolate and estrange anyone who is not British from being allowed to experience this new Britain, which I feel is unfair and cruel.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUEd2qfZyGc#t=1483  this is also another link to a short clip from Question Time which shows views from members of the public, other Politicians and Nick Griffin himself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIHNJP9e9EQ

The reason we have decided to use the BNP policies as the subject for our protest is because collectively, we all had similar strong views against them and what they stood for. Our group has a mixture of different ethnicities and backgrounds, meaning that the anti-immigration policies the BNP want to introduce would directly affect our families and our audience's families too. We felt strongly opposed to these policies, we felt the passion we all shared would help us create a strong and hard-hitting protest which everyone can relate too. WE also felt that the anti-immigration policies fit in well with the theme of our Brechtian piece and that we could use a lot of the ideas and techniques in our protest to make it powerful and effective. I also feel that it will offer a nice contrast to our performance, as Brecht was left wing and obviously the BNP are far-right, so to perform this piece which is against far-right wing policies using a left wing theory would create a diverse protest.

We began to brainstorm some idea's of how we could create this protest and make it memorable. We looked over the Brechtian techniques again and decided that using songs and chants would be a great way to involve the audience and also captivate them. 'We shall, We shall Not move! Not move!' was a chant we came up with and it's said with the same rhythm that the famous song 'We Will Rock You' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4MJqLmKfHois set with. I think it will be catchy as it's a well known rhythm and I think it will show our passion that we have for our protest topic. Our group also liked how we could use this chant as a double meaning as we're talking about how we will not leave the UK because of our ethnicities, but also how we will not leave our chosen site until our protest is done and we have got our message across. We came up with the idea of getting pictures of Nick Griffin and ripping them in front of the audience while saying 'Down with the Bloody BNP' we also thought we could burn pictures of him too and sing 'we're letting Griffy burn, brun, burn.' in the style of the Elle Goulding song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGyEd0aKWZE. We feel that these will catch on and hopefully the audience will join in. We also liked the idea of a rap as this is a prominent in urban culture and is again very catchy. Khai started to improvise with some lyrics and we came up with a hook line 'fuck the bnp'. Having decided that we would station our protest on the stairs just outside the foyer, we were thinking that it would be an interesting visual if we tied ourselves to the railings as we chanted and sang as we felt this would have an effective impact on the audience.

 

We also think that at some point we should tell the viewers some facts about the BNP so they can create their own judgement. We are hoping that these facts will shock them and make them oppose the BNP like we do. We like the facts:

 

- Reach an accord with the Muslim world whereby they will agree to take back their excess population which is currently colonising this country, in exchange for an ironclad guarantee that Britain will never again interfere in the political affairs of the Middle East or try to dictate to any Arab or Muslim country as to what their internal government form should be- Deport all the two million plus who are here illegally;
- Deport all those who commit crimes and whose original nationality was not British;
- Review all recent grants of residence or citizenship to ensure they are still appropriate;
- Offer generous grants to those of foreign descent resident here who wish to leave permanently;
- Stop all new immigration except for exceptional cases;
- Reject all asylum seekers who passed safe countries on their way to Britain.- Abolish “anti-discrimination” laws which prevent people from making a free choice;
- Abolish the “Human Rights Act” which has been imposed on this country through the European Union, and which is nothing but an excuse to prevent British laws stopping the scroungers of the world parasiting off this nation;

We all agreed that these facts were the most shocking and the most removed form people's minds. Our school is quite liberal minded as a whole, so this makes us feel that we will be able to show them that these views are wrong and cruel far easier than if they were more right-wing minded. We also thought we could include some words form the youtube video named 'My Tram Experience' in our protest some way, as this was a viral video and really highlights what they BNP want to say.

 

http://www.bnp.org.uk/ -----This is a direct link to the BNPs website.