Virtual Abuse of Nick Griffin
Oct0
Since 99% of the world will never be able to see Nick Griffin in person and convey their feelings, the internet has once more sprung to the rescue with a variety of blog posts, online columns, forums and general communication kicking his already somewhat sore backside (following his roasting on Question Time) even further our of civilised society.
There are also games. Here are a couple of my favourites. You can now vote with the back of your hand and Slap Nick Griffin (sound warning!), or for the more puerile amongst you there’s an opportunity to take advantage of the Dick Griffin witticism.
Don’t you love the internet?
BNP on Question Time? Oh noes!
Oct1
The BBC is once again the target of a bit of a fuss over the revelation that the BNP leader, Nick Griffin, will appear on Question Time. To which my response has to be a very bored sounding “yes, so?”.
Question Time is principally a platform for political parties to engage in televised debate and (as the name implies) answering of questions from the general public. The BNP, like it or not, is a political party in this country.
Now, don’t confuse this support for their appearance on the show with support for what the BNP stand for. As far as I am concerned (and which the evidence tends to support) they are lying, racist white supremacists. However, I will defend their right to argue their point in an open venue, because I suspect they’ll come out of the other side feeling a bit more bruised than they expect.
Knowing what David Dimbleby has been like in the past with ‘fringe’ political parties Mr. Griffin will get very, very little leeway in pushing an agenda outside of the questions he is asked to field. I suspect that the BNP’s policies will be called into question by other panel members and then ripped apart by the reactions of the studio audience. All on live TV, with the whole of Britain watching.
Sure they’ll get a bit of airtime as a ‘genuine’ political party, but unlike most ‘genuine’ political parties the BNP probably won’t have much in the way of policy with which to respond.
Incidentally if you’re into this sort of thing you can follow Question Time on Twitter (@bbcquestiontime).