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Originally Posted by sollp
I wonder how many left wing groups are illegal?
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The list is here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...ganisations--2
I did a search for 'left' because the list was too big and found two but there might be more.
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Originally Posted by Qtx
The slippery slope which always happens means the BNP could land on the list of extremists groups in the future due to a few of its members. Similar groups that popup would get the same designation. It's not hard to see how they might become illegal in the future or if they tried to come in to existence today.
Without the BNP we might not have had UKIP and further down the line a referendum on the EU. So trying to silence and ban groups or parties that have different views is a dangerous thing to do as it can effect politics and the country.
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But the BNP and UKIP were not banned. So far the government has not abused it's position in naming this groups and you would hope that any attempt to do so would meet resist by Parliament and the courts.
Yes it can be a slippery slope but a lot of laws work like this because it's a complicated world. There are a lot of things that are simply a matter of scale and the government, police and society find somewhere to draw the line.