Meanwhile, while the tie dyed t-shirt wearing hippies of the "Stop The War" group were gathering in the center of London, some of our members and supporters were manning the famous "Support Our Troops - Bring Our Boys Home" stalls in St Helens (Merseyside), Orpington (Kent), and Chelsea (West London). Our national campaign to bring our troops home was running at full capacity from Mid-September to Mid-October. It has since wound down to a handful of branches and groups across the U.K. Our online petition can still be found on the right of this page and on the official British National Party website.
The pictures below are from the official BNP website
London, England (CNN) -- A large protest was happening Saturday in London against the war in Afghanistan, with organizers saying thousands from around the country would take part.
Demonstrators were marching from Speakers Corner in Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square, where there were planned speeches from Labour politician Tony Benn, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, two members of Parliament and others.
London's Metropolitan Police said more than 5,000 people were expected to take part.
Former British soldier Joe Glenton was one of those marching. He served in Afghanistan and was jailed when he refused to go back, and Friday, he handed back the veterans badge he received when he left the armed forces. "There's a real upswell of support, and there's something coming," he told CNN about the anti-war sentiment he sees in Britain.
Also at the protest was Mandy Sylvester, who said her son has been in Afghanistan for four weeks with the British Paratrooper Regiment. As protesters behind her held signs reading, "Cut war not welfare," Sylvester told CNN the war costs too much and is no longer justified.
"The reason why we're there has changed three times, to my knowledge," she said. "The reason why we're there now is because we're there." The Stop the War Coalition was organizing the demonstration along with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and the British Muslim Initiative.
Afghanistan is at the top of the agenda for Saturday's meeting of NATO leaders in Lisbon, Portugal, where they agreed with the Afghan government to leave international forces there for many years after a planned military transition in 2014.
Protesters called Saturday for the troops to come home, with one saying they are only "exacerbating the situation" by being in Afghanistan. "Any development that has happened hasn't been for the Afghan people," said protester Chaz Singh. "It's only been for the businesses that have come from America, the U.K., and Europe."
The British National Party's Foreign Policy is as follows:
- British foreign policy must be driven by one guiding principle alone – to serve British interests above all else. This iron principle will be strictly enforced by a British National Party government. In reality, this means that Britain’s foreign relations should be determined by the protection of our own national interests — and not by our like or dislike of other nations’ internal politics. Britain has no right to dictate the internal politics or social configuration of any other nation. We would also expect all other nations to grant this same right to Britain. We would have no quarrel with any nation that does not threaten British interests. In this regard, a BNP government will:
Reach an accord with the Muslim world whereby they will agree to take back their excess population which is currently colonising this country, in exchange for an ironclad guarantee that Britain will never again interfere in the political affairs of the Middle East or try to dictate to any Arab or Muslim country as to what their internal government form should be; and - Maintain an independent foreign policy of our own, and not a spineless subservience to the USA, the ‘international community’, or any other country. -
Even though the "Stop The War Coalition" claims to be the voice of the anti war movement, I would like to remind them that we started our street campaign two months ago. It took a budget cut to get them out of bed.
