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Originally Posted by Hiroki
Personally I am interested in hearing what they have to say on questiontime I mean after all they must be doing something right after gaining all those council seats and being elected to European parliament.
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Originally Posted by foreverwar
Hiroki, the BNP gained 3 seats out of nearly 2400 contested in the 2009 Council Elections - not really a lot, is it?  |
Also, IIRC, although they won two seats at the European Parliament, the actual number of votes Griffin & Brons received was
lower than the number of votes the BNP candidates for those constituencies received at the previous European elections...but although their actual number of votes was lower than last time, the total number of votes was lower also (fewer people bothering to vote at all), & so the BNP's share was higher than before & so they scraped in under the PR system used.
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Originally Posted by punky
I did read that but I think its a long way from impartiality. The BNP formed in 1982, only 27 years later being considered? If they were impartial they would have made sure all parties got equal exposure or at the very least some exposure.
And also if no parties can dictate who cannot be on the show, why the need for "talks" with other parties?
I can understand why the BBC doesn't want to touch the BNP - its a PR nightmare for them. However they can't then claim to be impartial by excluding them.
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They may have formed back then, but it took several years before they
appeared even remotely acceptable, given the BNP of old used to be quite open about its racist policies e.g. forced repatriation.
Plus of course it is only relatively recently that they have made any kind of real electoral gains. Why would anyone have given them a platform like QT years ago, when they had zero seats at all.
How many other fringe parties appear on QT?
Re. "talks" with other parties... Well, if other parties say "We won't be on it if they are!", what else can the BBC do? Have the BNP represented on the show, but with zero members of other parties, or have the various other parties, but with no BNP presence?
As others have said though, I would like the BNP to appear on it, then people can see them for what they are.