Racist fail
As you all know, I'm somewhat politically motivated. I'm proud to say that my scorn knows not bias. Last night I got home to discover that a BNP leaflet had been delivered to our house.

I picked up the brightly coloured document and noted that at the very top was a photograph of a WW2 Spitfire - intended to symbolise British ingenuity and the struggle of British people against foreign oppression.

I looked closer at the black and white picture.

There on the Spitfire's nose was a Polish flag. The plane in the photograph belonged to one of the many Polish squadrons that formed part of the Royal Air Force during the war.

Now tell me all about "British jobs for British people"?

Fail.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 21 May 2009, 9:43, 17 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Damn Polish
stealing our jobs even back then.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 21 May 2009, 9:48, Reply)

Win!

( Captain V, Thu 21 May 2009, 9:50, Reply)

I staggered in last night
after getting back from the beer festival and I was effing and jeffing that some filthy BNP *and* UKIP sods had dared to touch my letterbox.
( djtrialprice, Thu 21 May 2009, 9:50, Reply)

I think we had the same leaflet
It went straight in the bin though else I'd do what I'm going to suggest you should.

- Scan it then make a copy with the polish flag highlighted
- Email both copies to newspapers, bbc and any other news outlet you can be bothered to send it to
- Hope that it makes the new
( Captain V, Thu 21 May 2009, 9:50, Reply)

I'd rather vote for crooks than fascists

(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 21 May 2009, 9:53, Reply)

And it's news.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4935429/BNP-uses-Polish-Spitfire-in-anti-immigration-poster.html

I seem to remember this from a while back too.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 21 May 2009, 9:55, Reply)

Good old Charlie Brooker
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/18/charlie-brooker-bnp-racism
( chart cat has an itch, Thu 21 May 2009, 10:01, Reply)

It's good to have people like him
who can remain sharp and eloquent despite their anger. I'd like to be able to respond to such things in such a mature (and funny) manner myself, but as soon as the BNP start doing stupid things like this I go into an apoplectic fit of rage and start spluttering at their sheer stupidity...

Edit: I've done it again. Just started reading some of the boneheaded comments underneath the article and have already had to wipe several cm³ of scalding spittle from my keyboard...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 21 May 2009, 11:50, Reply)

Yep. Those nasty foreign people...
It's not just the Polish who fought valiantly for our freedom during WW2.

*deep breath*

Pilots from Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Canada, India, Trinidad, Palestine, The United States, South Africa, Rhodesia, Jamaica, Holland, Sweden, Norway and even an Austrian aristocrat all threw in their lot with the RAF between 1940 and 1945.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 21 May 2009, 10:02, Reply)

yeah
But it looks like the polish had the best advertising!
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Thu 21 May 2009, 10:11, Reply)

Two things...
1. The BNP were slagging off Beharry VC as a non-Brit; he won the feckin' VC for God sakes!

2. Czechoslovak isn't necessarily accurate ... many Slovaks actually fought with Hitler not against him.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 21 May 2009, 10:14, Reply)

re number 2
Same with the French, Dutch, Irish and dare I say British. (Not as many as the Slovaks I admit but wanted to point this out.)
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 21 May 2009, 11:31, Reply)

I'm just glad I wasnt in when the BNP leaflet was pushed through my door.
I may have thrown a wobbly at the person responsible.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 21 May 2009, 10:16, Reply)

Benefit of the doubt.
Maybe the BNP have chilled out a bit and are now recognising other societies contributions to this green and pleasant land?

(Well - as long as they are fair-haired Aryan types and not dark of skin of course.)
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 21 May 2009, 10:54, Reply)

Within 500m of me
there's a large W African population - I suspect that the knuckling dragging fcukwittery (sorry). Ahem. BNP. wouldn't dare come down here!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 21 May 2009, 11:19, Reply)

The chap next to me
Originally hails from India.

He's come to work in the UK.

He's a local Police Liaison Officer.

His work ethic is beyond criticism.

He's a nice guy to boot.

He's also paid out £2500 in various thinly disguised taxes levied by the Home Office. Not much mention of this in the press, is there? Xenophobia sells newspapers.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 21 May 2009, 11:52, Reply)