To be disappointed by mumsnetters

[CaptainBirdseye]

ok it's late on Sunday not the best time to get a debate goinging, however my post about the BNP dropped like a stone off active cons with no reply. Are people so caught up in their narrow worlds that racism can slip through so easily unnoticed?
I thought that although the march wasn't relevant to many that the news story might get some debate going

www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/corshamheadlines/display.var.1438331.0.antibnp_protesters_organise_rally.php

I will be going to this demo against the BNP I feel they should be opposed at every stage. Thought I'd post on here incase any local MN wanted to come too.
The message board for this local rag seems to have draw alot of BNP support so if you want to balance the arguement please post your feelings

you mean hunkerlurker???????

is she really !

well, still don;t want VVVQ to leave !!

OH I'm not going....just bored atm. So not bothering much. When I do switch on - i see threads like this. I appreciate OP has apologised - im not getting at the OP - its a general trend lately.

Dont squeeze too hard pan....sunburn

fair enough

ooooch!!..I have it on shoulders and neck...two BBQs in two days........was barbecued myself........

Oh, lulu - I keep meanng to ask you.

You posted something the other week about there being a line or something when a woman is ready to 'push', even if she doesnt seem fully dilated. Can you explain please?

shoulders? Were you going strapless?

dont EVER get sunburned then wear a beaded evenign dress
OW the chafing

Topless, honey...well today anyway...next door.

you slut!

Sunburn is never a good look - or feel. Unfortunately I was feeling particularly stubborn and ignored DP's request that I put on some sun lotion. Was too busy tending to my garden.

That's what next doors said...just jealous I reckon....

it was something Mars told me about...a crease that appears in a woman;s back when she is in labour...and the reason it came up,is that you can see it clearly in FA;s birth picture....! I had not heard of it before, but Mars knows all about it ! I saw it with my client last week , it is really amazing..

a purple line ?

We got a flyer for the National Front posted through our door last year so I ran outside to see if the poster was still in the road. Couldn't see him/her for dust. Was going to invite them in for a discussion on whether they still wanted our support (dh black) Would love to see them splutter. Bastards

I never saw the original thread, sorry! Just read the link, does that mean that the BNP candidate got in because there was noone standing against him? Shame on the people of Corsham if that is the case, perhaps this might force them to get off of their apathetic (is that a word?) backsides and do something, I doubt it though.

purple line or rhomboid of michaelas?

michaelis even

I am very politically and socially active in RL. If I had seen the original thread I might have commented as the BNP were targetting my town very heavily in our local elections. (IIRC, they stood for 14 out of 16 seats but got nowhere, just 800 odd votes.)
MN is where I come to get advice, let off steam and piss about generally. I rarely do 'heavy' stuff on here as RL is heavy enough IYKWIM.

I hope you can rally up more support in your hometown, which is, after all, where it matters most.

No I don't think you're being unreasonable. You said how you felt - fair enough - you're disappointed. I don't think you pointed any fingers. I also wonder why people feel compelled to post bitchy/unsupportive posts on a support site.

I don't get it. The BNP are fairly odious, for sure, but we live in a liberal democracy - we beat ideas we disagree with with reasoned argument, not by getting them banned.
Give 'em enough rope, and all that.

I don't actually agree with that. I don't think any parties who not only exclude minority groups but actively seek to prevent them being part of British culture should be allowed to stand election. In the same way, I don't agree with (for example) extremist moslem groups who encourage fundamentalism which incites followers to cause harm to others. I am also intensely irritated by the government's intention to bring in this notion of what it is to be british in order to educate immigrants. How banal and patronising. I saw on the news one of the areas of focus was "good neighbours". Ffs, wouldn't it be good to encourage that in Brits first before preaching it to other communities. We are lucky - we have great neighbours but I have had some awful ones too and as I have said before, many of us don't want to be too close to our neighbours. We like to say we have nice neighbours, but we don't want them to pop in for a cup of tea as that would be considered rather intrusive. Sad but true.