[Update] BNP on Question Time this week

[nomadking]

They only won two seats in the European Elections, but received getting on for 1 million votes(6.2%) of the votes cast.

Originally Posted by nomadking

They only won two seats in the European Elections, but received getting on for 1 million votes(6.2%) of the votes cast.

It does sound insignificant when people say they only won two seats, what should be noted, and concerned about is as you say close in 1 million people had their heads turned by a Racist ( or so called ) party.

But yes, let them appear on Question time, should liven up an otherwise dull Thursday night.

Our Government surrendered to the IRA, They let a convicted bomber fly home on the promise of an oil deal, so after them two examples alone what's all the fuss ?

[Stuart]

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.

They didn't do well. They did what Facists often do. They profited as a result of voter apathy.

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Originally Posted by Sirius

The Nazi party in Germany was a legitimate party as well and look where that got us. Why does this country never learn from past mistakes.

Well, we are still technically a democracy. That means that any political party has a right to hold their own beliefs and express them, no matter how much other people may find them objectionable or offensive.


The BNP are personally offensive to me (as I have stated many times on this forum), but they *are* a legitimate party.

Besides, they do seem to have an unerring habit of making themselves look bad, so giving them more exposure could be a good thing.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Sirius

This will only increase my dislike of the BBC.

iplayer was starting to make me think the licence fee was worth the money, then they go and do this.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8240206.stm

I do not like the idea of the BNP having any form of media attention from any mainstream news media, but I think if they do appear on this programme that they are so blinkered that they will trip themselves up big time on air and that will be an opportunity not to be missed.

Just think about some of the questions that will be asked and how they will try to answer them, it could end up being similar to shooting fish in a barrel.

I would hope that on the same programme we would have the likes of Shami Chakrabarti on the panel.

I hope they give Dimbleby the night off, hire Krishnan Guru-Murthy to chair it, then invite Shami Chakrabarti, Diane Abbot, Adam Afriyie, Parmjit Singh Gill and Lenny Henry to be on the panel.

[punky]

Originally Posted by Chris

I hope they give Dimbleby the night off, hire Krishnan Guru-Murthy to chair it, then invite Shami Chakrabarti, Diane Abbot, Adam Afriyie, Parmjit Singh Gill and Lenny Henry to be on the panel.

Which would defeat the object in the first place?

Deliberately skewing things out of neutral and away from their favour isn't going to help.

You don't have to rig the jury to send the BNP down. A level playing field would do. Even if the jury was rigged it would achieve a meaningless result.

Crumbs, dude, relax and enjoy the satire for goodness sake!

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Chris

I hope they give Dimbleby the night off, hire Krishnan Guru-Murthy to chair it, then invite Shami Chakrabarti, Diane Abbot, Adam Afriyie, Parmjit Singh Gill and Lenny Henry to be on the panel.

some fine old English names on that list why would mr nick object

[Hiroki]

Originally Posted by Stuart C

They didn't do well. They did what Facists often do. They profited as a result of voter apathy.

Oh I agree with that and I agree with a lot of what everyone has said but like every other political party I would like to hear what they have to say before I judge them.

Nothing wrong with at least doing that, right?

Originally Posted by Hiroki

Oh I agree with that and I agree with a lot of what everyone has said but like every other political party I would like to hear what they have to say before I judge them.

Nothing wrong with at least doing that, right?

There's always their website, which gives their views on quite a range of topics.

[Osem]

True but what I'd like is their views exposed, debated and tested in public on national TV. That's the only way to beat extremists.

[soicky]

Entertainment wise this will be a good episode to watch. I can just see David trying to calm the crowd down while Nick's security people looking for the exit.

[frogstamper]

The best antidote for the BNP are the BNP themselves, whenever they appear in a public forum they try and play down their racist policies, then end up contradicting themselves.
They maybe able to convince a pub full of pie-eyed skinhead knuckledraggers that they are the answer to Britain's problems, but put them in front of an audience with more than two brain cells and they fall apart....bring em on.

Originally Posted by Osem

True but what I'd like is their views exposed, debated and tested in public on national TV. That's the only way to beat extremists.

This is the situation that we have had for some time and the BNP have played up to it.Time to call their bluff and to really put them to the test.If other political parties won't appear with them then they have completely lost the point and the plot and are failing a chance to really put the BNP in their place.

A good healthy debate between all parties should sort the real politicians out from the racist,fascist bullies.

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[nomadking]

Perhaps the panel could be asked about this story of 5(so far) racist attacks.