Analysis of a party – what the BNP list says about its members

[oldironside]

"The leak of a British National party membership database provides a detailed anatomy of an organisation whose growing public profile means that this week it will enjoy the most prominent platform in its history when Nick Griffin, its leader, appears on Question Time on BBC1.

The BNP's constitution states it is "committed to stemming and reversing the tide of non-white immigration and to restoring, by legal changes, negotiation and consent the overwhelmingly white makeup of the British population that existed in Britain prior to 1948". The party also proposes "firm but voluntary incentives for immigrants and their descendants to return home". Only last week did it agree to alter its overtly racist constitution which bans non-whites from joining. But who are the people who join such an organisation and who does Griffin represent?

This morning BNP officials began scouring the document but could not confirm or deny whether it is genuine. According to the Guardian's analysis of the available data a typical supporter is likely to be called David, John, Paul or Michael and he is likely to have a "standard" membership which means he has a paying job. The most common names among the BNP's 2,034 female members are Patricia, Joanne and Karen, and the largest concentration of BNP members is in Charnwood, a Conservative-controlled East Midlands constituency."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/20/bnp-membership-list-analysis

[TheBigotBasher]

1. Having played a little with the list

the Guardian story is not very accurate.

Never the less well done wiki leaks.

[TheBigotBasher]

2. Top 20 Nazi hotspots

Essex 588
Lancashire 526
West Yorkshire 487
West Midlands 392
Kent 353
London 349
Leicestershire 307
South Yorkshire 296
Surrey 282
Nottinghamshire 256
Hampshire 246
Cheshire 245
Lincolnshire 227
Derbyshire 218
Tyne & Wear 206
Hertfordshire 194
Devon 190
West Sussex 188
Staffordshire 183
Norfolk 180
Warwickshire 174
Manchester 170



Sorry if the formatting goes awry. Also this, as with the Guardian article is unedited data. So Middlesex needs adding to London etc.


However, I am having good fun on excel with this.

[Hopeless Romantic]

3. It is of concern that they appear to have around 16,000 members now

if memory serves, at the time of the last leaked membership list they had around 10,000 or so

That is quite some % gain in a short period of time, particularly when memberships of mainstream political parties are in decline.

Worrying.

[TheBigotBasher]

4. Not a surprise

it was a good election year for them. However, I am not sure that this list reflects just live members.

Makes for some interesting analysis. Although the data needs tidying up (Again, not a surprise, it was compiled by stupid racists).

[oldironside]

5. We should be careful not to...

... dismiss them all as stupid. Mean spirited, hate filled, gullible, ignorant, and small minded, yes. But they are not all Neanderthals.