Bill will ban 'white-only' BNP

The UK government is, yet again, shooting themselves in the foot. They are basically forcing the BNP to give up being obvious about their bullshit. 

So, what will happen is, the BNP will amend their Constitution and go on being exactly what they are, only now they will be more behind-closed-doors than ever.

Good job, UK Government.

From the London Evening Standard:

The British National Party will be forced to admit black and Jewish members under the Government's new Equalities Bill, ministers revealed today.

Commons leader Harriet Harman said the new legislation would make it illegal to have a "whites-only" political party in the UK.

Under the BNP's constitution, membership is "strictly defined" as "indigenous Caucasian".

Ms Harman said the bill will outlaw such restrictions in a bid to stop "apartheid-style" politics being imported to Britain.

She told the Commons: "We have all been shocked and horrified by the fact that two great regions of this country - the North-West and Yorkshire and Humberside - are represented by the British National Party - a party who have in their constitution a provision that you cannot be a member if you are not white.

"In the Equality Bill passing through this house, that constitution will be unlawful."

Ms Harman said she hoped the Tories would now stop opposing the bill because "it prevents us having an apartheid political party in this country".

She said: "I think all of us should agree there's no place for a party in this country to have an apartheid constitution."

An Anonymous commenter reminds me that the BNP do already have Jewish members.