"Will this 'equality' Bill also apply to the Black Police Officers Association, the Muslim Council of Great Britain, the Black Lawyers Association and the myriad of other self-interest, racially exclusive groups? Just like those organisations mentioned above, the BNP is exempt from the Race Relations Act 1976, as amended by the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000. Its membership constitutes a group of more than 25 members whose main purpose is to provide services to a particular racial group - the Indigenous British. Harman will be thwarted by her own laws."

"The electorate are the only ones with the right to decide what politics are 'permissible' and they do this at the ballot box. Harman is a disgrace. Preaching about 'democracy' and then effectively banning a rival political party because it's too successful tells you who the real fascist is."

"I don't know why I'm posting a comment, because it will not make any difference, but here's a thought. Politicians rarely engage brain when purporting these hair brain schemes and scams, do they? Does this mean that anybody will be able to join an ethnic association such as the Black Police Association, Lawyers, Architects etc. the list is endless. If they (the politicians) wanted harmony these associations should not have been created in the first place. I don't know if also still applies, but to join the Scots Guards, you have to be Scottish, will that change."

"They do not listen! They do what they want if people do not agree they change the law! We are living in very dangerous time! This good new for the BNP! They will fight this and the BNP will win and become even stronger! It's truly a story of david and goliath."

"If people want to join a pro multicultural party then they can join the LibLabCon and take on the BNP. Harriet Harman is without doubt a real undiluted communist, and has no respect for democracy."

"I don't get it. Westminster represents migrants far better than they do the British. Labour have turned their back on the us. Other than the British National Party who are we meant to turn to? Migrants now have many of our jobs. The houses we were encouraged to purchase are being repossessed at an alarming rate. We can't even get on the social housing list because we are classified as non-urgent cases - even though we've been paying our taxes into the treasury for centuries unlike Johny-come-lately. Without a return to democracy, the British National Party is all Brits' have."

"I think this is both wrong and short-sighted. First, as a matter of principle I would rather that people have the right to to have clubs and groups that cater for particular groups e.g. all-male or all-female social clubs, black lawyers and yes, however wrong-headed, a political party for whites.Government should not be interfering in people's freedom of association. How many black people would really want to join the BNP? On a practical level is it really a good idea for the main parties to force the BNP to reform its constitution? If the BNP did so, a major plank of criticism would be removed. No legislation can be passed to dictate its policy, so it would still be a racist party, but with a newly respectable constitution."

"What about the Black Police Officers' Association and the Muslim Lawyers. Will you ban those two? Of course not; it's only your own people you hate"

"It is interesting to note that the Labour Party has a Black Socialist Society within its own political ranks, and we look forward to Ms Harman speaking out about the name and membership of that body as well. Perhaps she will force THAT membership to open its doors to non-Blacks..."

"Well she's a fine one to talk about an "apartheid constitution' that bars certain groups. Let's not forget that bin-Harman and her so called equality bill proposes a bar on while males from applying for jobs. Or is that known as 'positive apartheid' these days? "

"I'm curious about the truth behind the BNP and was just reading this on Wikipedia .. not sure about it's relevance .. Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen v. the United Kingdom [2007] IRLR 361 was a landmark case before the European Court of Human Rights and upheld the right of ASLEF, a British trade union, to be able to choose its members. Judgement was given on 27 February 2007."

"Marxist Brittain here we come."

"The reason the BNP have support is the fault of our government, who have shown no support for the basic hard working, tax paying, law abiding British people. If there was a tougher stand against the people coming into this country and making a total mockery of everything we ONCE HAD PRIDE IN. This is the only way the people of this country can make their feelings known. The majority do not agree with the harsh views hels by the BNP, but feel someone has to be there who will voice what the all other parties try to avoid. The facts are WE have had enough of all the discrimination against US by the people we elected to keep our country together. If this bill goes through you have shown us that you have total disregard for this country and its people."

"Well there are nearly 2,000 other so called 'racist' parties and groups that will need to be treated the same: The Black Police Association is just one of them. Are they going to allow whites into a a black association and non muslims into the Muslim Association of Britain? Where does it end? The big 3 just cannot stop licking their wounds. The horse has bolted and they are still trying to close the stable door. Never mind."

"IMO a case could be made that the BNP is in fact operating illegally. This is a political party seeking political power over all Brits. Political power means the privilege of framing rules and regulations that all Brits must follow. The BNP seeks power to legislate and enforce that legislation by means of police and judiciary system. And yet the BNP bars certain Brits from being members of the BNP for what most of us would term capricious grounds. In short, only 'indigenous whites' may be members of the BNP, and yet the BNP seeks powers over all British citizens, whatever their colour, creed or ethnic origin. In other words, the BNP bars members of the public who will be the subject of BNP legislation from having any role in framing that legislation. If in fact this is legal, and I doubt it, then it should be."

"Why is the existing non discrination laws not being implemented and what is the difference between them around the BNP and the new equality bil"

"I am personally not impressed. The BNP's membership criteria are based on members being British and 'originally from the geographical location of the British Isles'. Hey! I hear you cry, that means you can only be white! i.e. 'racist'. If you go to the website of the Black Police Association, they have an interesting definition of the word 'black'. 'Black', they stress, is not based on skin colour, but means police officers who are British, but originated from the geographical locations of Asia, Middle east, Africa and Afro Caribbean. i.e. not racist? Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black. Can I still say that?"

"this stinks we want the bnp the only party that speaks for us who were born here british workers for british jobs return of illegals is a good idea"

" felt so angry that the Independent and Guardian put Nick Griffin's picture on the front page and then again inside. Yet more publicity for fascism. You can bet that it made Griffin and the BNP happy. The BNP couldn't have asked more from the Independent and the so called left of centre Guardian! Publicity that cost them nothing! More people will get to hear about them and how successful they have been. What better recruitment drive than to get on the front page of the daily newspapers? Yet a union backed, working class organisation like No2EU-Yes to Democracy, which fights against racism, privatisation and attacks on workers' rights and conditions with Terry Fields taking a workers' wage and refusing to get on board the gravy train, gets virtually no publicity. Even the BBC refused to allow NO2EU's convenor Bob Crow to go on Question Time, leaving the left with no voice, with only mainstream politicians and the BNP to be heard as usual. "

"So we have Conservative Shazia Awane wanting a priority list of non whites and that is not rascist?? It seems that the powers that be want everything their own way"

"I am eternally grateful I live in a democracy... Oh no. Wait?"

" This act is so self destructive. I have a genuine dissability that prevents me from doing the job I love which is a nurse. This means that in effect I could go back to the NHS and insist on being offered a post with a position that would risk the well being of the patients I would be caring for.Out of a sense of responsibility I will not be going down that avenue. It does beg the question however how many people will abuse this law and how many unethical lawyers will encourage this in order to cross thier hands with silver. "