Provocative.

Here’s a question for you:

Earlier this week, the interwebs were buzzing with the leak of a list of members of the British National Party. It didn’t take long for a police officer who was included in the list to be suspended and investigated.

How do you feel about this man’s employer specifying that he can’t be a member of a particular political party? Or, how do you feel about his membership of a certain party precluding him from serving as a police officer?

"Chief Constable Bernard Hogan-Howe has reiterated our position that membership of the British National Party is totally incompatible with the duties and values of Merseyside Police. "We will not accept a police officer or police staff being a member of BNP."

While I would be very surprised to find anything at all from the BNP I could agree with, I’m finding this question a bit tricky.