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The '''British National Party (BNP)''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] political party. The BNP's current leader is [[Nick Griffin]], who has been convicted of incitement to racial hatred in 1998, and is noted for [[holocaust denial]], calling the extermination of the European Jews "the Holohoax". Though it is generally described as being on the right wing of politics, it espouses a number of fiscally left-wing policies. For example, although it is in favour of repatriating non-white people from the UK, it also favours substantial government involvement in the [[economy]]. In the words of the BNP leader, they will also "hang race traitors."<ref>[http://www.stopthebnp.org.uk/index.php?location=link5 ''Hope Not Hate''] "Stop The BNP"</ref>

The '''British National Party (BNP)''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] political party, which has been described as "a classic [[fascism|fascist]] organisation whose leaders believe in [[Nazi]] race-science and whose members carry out physical attacks on their perceived opponents."<ref>Silver, Steve. [http://www.stopthebnp.org.uk/index.php?location=election&link=BNP36.htm ''Booted and suited - The BNP's Nazism'']. Originally published in [[Searchlight Magazine]] January 2004. Full version online at stopthebnp.org.uk</ref> The BNP's current leader is [[Nick Griffin]], who has been convicted of incitement to racial hatred in 1998, and is noted for [[holocaust denial]], calling the extermination of the European Jews "the Holohoax". Though it is generally described as being on the right wing of politics, it espouses a number of fiscally left-wing policies. For example, although it is in favour of repatriating non-white people from the UK, it also favours substantial government involvement in the [[economy]]. In the words of the BNP leader, they will also "hang race traitors."<ref>[http://www.stopthebnp.org.uk/index.php?location=link5 ''Hope Not Hate''] "Stop The BNP"</ref>

The BNP has strong ties to [[Neo-Nazi]] and [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semitic]] groups. "The BNP claims not to be a "race supremacist" party but its publications report on the [[gene|genetic]] superiority of the "white race". It claims not to have any connection with "race hate" yet many of its leading members have [[Crime|convictions]] for racist crimes."<ref>''Hope Not Hate'' op cit</ref> The party now also tries to "cash in on what it perceives to be the growth in Islamophobia" with its leader stating: "It stands to reason that adopting an 'Islamophobic' position that appeals to large numbers of ordinary people - including un-nudged journalists - is going to produce on average much better media coverage than siding with Iran and banging on about 'Jewish power', which is guaranteed to raise hackles of virtually every single journalist in the western world."<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/10/thefarright.race ''BNP seeks to bury antisemitism and gain Jewish votes in Islamophobic campaign'']</ref> This superficial repackaging of their party - without actually disavowing their neo-Nazi ideology - is simply an attempt commonly seen, particularly post-[[9/11]], in politicians and movements of the ultra-right to make a strategic breakthrough by appealing to a more mainstream audience. The BNP try to present a more respectable image but they are the same extremists that they always were.  

The BNP has strong ties to [[Neo-Nazi]] and [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semitic]] groups. "The BNP claims not to be a "race supremacist" party but its publications report on the [[gene|genetic]] superiority of the "white race". It claims not to have any connection with "race hate" yet many of its leading members have [[Crime|convictions]] for racist crimes."<ref>''Hope Not Hate'' op cit</ref> The party now also tries to "cash in on what it perceives to be the growth in Islamophobia" with its leader stating: "It stands to reason that adopting an 'Islamophobic' position that appeals to large numbers of ordinary people - including un-nudged journalists - is going to produce on average much better media coverage than siding with Iran and banging on about 'Jewish power', which is guaranteed to raise hackles of virtually every single journalist in the western world."<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/10/thefarright.race ''BNP seeks to bury antisemitism and gain Jewish votes in Islamophobic campaign'']</ref> This superficial repackaging of their party - without actually disavowing their neo-Nazi ideology - is simply an attempt commonly seen, particularly post-[[9/11]], in politicians and movements of the ultra-right to make a strategic breakthrough by appealing to a more mainstream audience. The BNP try to present a more respectable image but they are the same extremists that they always were.