"Unwitting racism" and other Green follies

A guest writer at Samizdata goes through the (UK) Green Party's Manifesto for a Sustainable Society, to sort out the likely effects from the implementation of the proposed policies:

Rob Johnston has produced a very interesting essay on the true soulmates of Green Politics in Britain

   * Forbid the purchase of corner shops by migrants
   * Stop people from inner cities moving to the countryside to protect traditional lifestyles
   * Grant British citizenship only to children born here
   * Boycott food grown by black farmers and subsidise crops grown by whites
   * Restrict tourism and immigration from outside Europe
   * Prohibit embryo research
   * Stop lorry movements on the Lord's Day
   * Require State approval for national sports teams to compete overseas
   * Disconnect Britain from the European electricity grid
   * Establish a "new order" between nations to resolve the world economic crisis

These are the policies of one of Britain’s most influential political parties: a party that has steadily increased its vote over the last decade; a party that appeals overwhelmingly to whites; and a party that shares significant objectives with neo-fascists and religious fundamentalists.

Perhaps — the BNP? Despite its attempts to appear modern and inclusive and the soothing talk in its 2005 General Election Manifesto, of "genuine ethnic and cultural diversity" [1].

Or UKIP? It harbours some pretty backward-looking individuals — but would they stop Britain buying electricity from France if necessary?

Or, maybe, the Conservatives? Could that be a list of recommendations from one of Dave’s lesser-known policy groups — chaired by the ghost of Enoch Powell — quietly shredded to avoid "re-contaminating the Brand"?

Actually, affiliates of the progressive consensus may be surprised to learn that all the reactionary policies in the first paragraph are from the Green Party’s Manifesto for a Sustainable Society (MfSS) or were adopted at the party’s Autumn Conference in Liverpool over the weekend of September 13-16, 2007 [2].

It's a lengthy post, but well worth reading the whole thing.