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Originally Posted by nomadking
b) Then both should face the same level of criticism. You cannot single out members of the BNP for criticism for who they meet/associate with, unless you are prepared to see the same criticism levelled against those on the Left and the large(too many to even attempt to list) number of undesirables that they are happy to support..
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Actually it's more complicated than that. As a member of the government Jack Straw has to meet people for his job. Some people in the world are not nice, but they govern countries and it's sometimes in our interest to engage with these nations. It was never the case they shared ideologies and decided to meet, they would not meet outside of government.
The BNP choose to share platforms with these people without such cause.