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Originally Posted by alferret
I have also seen in todays papers and on the BBC news web site how some of his comments have been taken out of context & or the full sentence of his reply's havn't been used verbatim. Which from those media representitives is a pretty poor show.
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You seen the program? There is little taken out of contest although the 'defending' of the KKK was kind of badly worded. He did defend the leader of the KKK and unsuccessfully tried to make a joke out of the KKK which brought a stamming response from Greer.
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We dont really need to know how friendly he is with the KKK or that he has changed his mind over the holocaust, what we need to know is if the BNP were to get any further than they are in the political arena would they do the right thing by all citizens of the UK, what the people really want or would they continue to use their soaring popularity to persue their own agenda.
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Of course we need to know if he is friendly with the KKK! He is an elected representative in the European Parliament, a leader of a party with aspirations to get members into the British Parliament. Going to meet the KKK and being friendly with it's leader is important.
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I didnt understand why Bonnie Greer was on the panel, never heard of her and although she talked a good arguement really shouldnt have been on there as she is not representative of the UK and not an elected party member.
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They always have someone from the world of culture on the show. This time the politicians were overrepresented as it's usually 3 politicians and 2 from the world of culture/sport/business/religion/other social organisation. She was the best on the show so I am glad she was on.
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I would like to see more of Griffin on shows like question time. All the other parties seems to get lots of air time and we have to endure them why should the BNP be singled out as a party that shouldnt have a voice when they have 2 ELECTED members of the EU parliament.
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Because they only have 2. Parties get coverage relative to their position amongst the electorate and the BNP are still a minority party by a long way. The Greens and UKIP also don't find a lot of attention. I don't think the BNP deserve special treatment.
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I dont think that Griffin shot himself in the foot by going on QT, he didnt seem comfortable with the studio and the audience but as this was his first foray into live TV debating he wasnt totally stupid, arrogant or ignorant.
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He didn't come across the way he wanted too. His explanation of changing his mind on the Holocaust was poor as was his (lack) of explanation into why a senior member of his party said Churchill was a traitor for fighting other white nationalists (Hitler).
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And no I dont support the BNP, but I do support freedom of speech and expression and if that means more parties like the BNP getting airtime then so be it.
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Freedom of Speech does not equate to a free platform. I have freedom speech but couldn't be on Question Time because of my insignificance and lack of interesting things to say.