Friday 23 October 2009

Ah Nick Griffin, What A Card

Wait, no, that other word beginning with c, cunt, that's the one.
 
So the BBC let Nick Griffin on Question Time, fine by me to be perfectly honest, the man 'is' technically an MEP now and therefore a politician so claims that the appearance on Question Time 'legitimise the party' are a bit irrelevant, they are legitimate, they have two fucking MEPs.
 
However legitimacy as a political party doesn't make them any less batshit insane OR pants-on-head retarded.
 
The BNP are a single issue party putting on airs of serious political intent. They don't really have any policies of substance, more like vague ideas that sound good to the sort of politically ignorant people the BNP is largely comprised of and have set in their sights on as potential voters.
 
I think Question Time really missed an opportunity to oust the BNP for their blatant lack of substance. Why bother attacking Nick Griffin for his racist beliefs for an hour? Most voters are accutely aware of the BNPs racist status by now and hammering the point home isn't really going to change much, the people who share Griffins bigotted views aren't going to blink if he sits there and criticises Islam, denies the Holocaust or supports former KKK heads. What may make people think twice on the other hand is making him talk about Education, Defense, Healthcare, foreign policy. Even bigots are unlikely to vote for a party who has no clear vision for the future of the country as a whole past getting rid of everyone who isn't white.
 
One of the other panelists, Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne pointed out current British immigration policy is a bit on the shit side and may be allowing more immigration than we can actually support and this may be a major contributing factor to current BNP levels of support. I think it's fair to say Britain is fairly disillusioned over the competency of its government right now and poor policy is the extremists dream. Fix it please.
 
The BBC report that Nick Griffin is going to complain about how he was treated on Question Time, claiming the format was changed so he could be "attacked" and wants on again so they can do it properly. I say do it, and this time crack the hollow shell of his "manifesto". Attack the policies, not the man and his views.
 
I actually like this particular bit from the BBC article:
 
He also claimed the audience was not representative of the UK as a whole as levels of immigration in London meant it was "no longer a British city".
 
Who needs to misquote the man when he spouts this pish.
 
freedoms_stain,

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