No, it does not.  Fred inadvertently sent this to all his contacts, and didn't remove Ballad-L from this announcement.  By the time he posted it, it was too late for me to do anything.

Peace.

	Marge 

-----Original Message-----
From: study of popular / folk / traditional ballads [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Cox
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 6:52 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Keep the BNP Out Of Europe

Has this got anything to do with ballads?  If not, the email is spam.
 
Personally, I would rather see BNP candidates elected than Communist or Fascist.  But I am not aware of any campaign against Communists or Fascists being free to vote how they wish.  Their political views, like yours and those of BNP supporters, are not relevant to this list.
 
John Cox

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From: study of popular / folk / traditional ballads [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fred McCormick
Sent: Tuesday, 19 May 2009 1:07 a.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Keep the BNP Out Of Europe


This email is being circulated to as many people as it can reach. It's message is urgent, so please forward to everyone you know and ask them to do the same.
 
The British National Party is fielding a number of candidates in the European elections on June 4th. Their policies are abhorrent to the vast majority of British people. Even so, there is a serious danger that they will win a number of key seats. That is partly because MEPs are elected by proportional representation, and partly because European elections attract low voter turnout. Therefore, in some seats the BNP only needs to mobilise its own supporters to win.
 
This Cannot Be Allowed To Happen.
 
For all their 'constitutional' façade, no less a body than the Daily Mirror recently described the BNP as being 'packed full of criminals, thugs and nazis'. It has links with many other avowedly fascist organisations in Europe, and it has roots which go right back to the earliest days of post-world war two British Nazism. 
 
Giving the BNP a voice in Europe would:-
 
1. Unlock around a quarter of a million pounds of EU funding, to enable the BNP to spread its vicious ideology even further.
2. Provide a platform and a forum where they can present a united front with the other fascist parties in Europe.
3. Give them an air of spurious respectability, which they do not deserve.
 
You can help stop it happening
 
All you have to do is get out there and vote. Whether you're Labour, Tory, Lib-Dem or Monster Raving Hot Air Balloon Party, your cross on the ballot paper will help depress the BNP share of the vote, and help to keep them out of Europe.
 
And if reports of crooked politicians lining their pockets at the tax payers expense have put you off voting, just remember, the Nazi government was not just the vilest regime in modern Europe, it was also the most corrupt.