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Shame the other panellists didn't deliver a knock out verbal blow. Griffin no doubt got some sympathy from some viewers. The panel (including Dimbleby!) should have debated not bullied.
I had to laugh when Straw et all said you're not answering the question! Perhaps they should take a look at themselves...
[s]Hmmm...[/s]
I'm more concerned over some of the comments on many of the news reports that came out this morning.
The BNP seem to be doing fantastically in gaining the support of people who are too ignorant to look into their history and just go on face values, the same people who will believe what they read in a newspaper and form a lynch mob over some stupid story.
The issue is that this has happened before. There was this guy in Germany who was originally banned from public speaking over his views then towed the legal line to make his party legally able to enter the political arena. He succeeded in gaining leadership of his party in 1933 and played on individual fears to get the 'working class people's' vote. Once in power...well, you know the rest.
Ok, you could call that conjecture, but looking in to Griffin's past it's all shockingly familiar. You can say 'oh, surely no-one would vote for them to give them power' but people already have and looking at some of those discussion boards those same 'working class' people who are angry because they've lost jobs (despite not wanting to take up new ones because they're too proud to be a street sweeper etc) think that they've been hard done by.
I can guarantee that the people there were the same people that protested about G8, about the war and even about the airport expansion. I hate protestors with a passion.
And BNP? let them have their views. If I don't want to listen I don't have to. We have been through this all before on these forums if I remember and my view has not really changed.
If the country was not in the state it is currently, people wouldn't be so easily persuaded by these extreme views, (if you can call them extreme even).
At some point or in some way every British person has probably felt let down by the governments choices. Especially in response to the current view on the benefits and immigration policies.
Surely the protestors' actions were rather fascist in themselves?
I haven't seen this weeks QT yet, but it has already made more people aware of the BNP which, as has already been mentioned, is rather ironic.
> Machie wrote:
> What did you think of it all Garin?
>
> It was basically a lynching that even the presenter took part
> in. I dont think thats the way to convince people of the evils
> of the BNP. I doubt Nick Griffin will get much sympathy but I've
> no doubt his treatment will become part of his party's spiel now.
> Especially as they like phrases like "political elite"
> these days.
Well said Garin and a very good point raised there.I think some people will feel that Griffin was basically bullied by the panel and the pretty hostile audience and like you said with even the presenter appearing to join in.Don't think that myself,reckon Griffin was pretty much exposed for what he is on the show but could see how some could think he was given a rough time.His party now will most probably attempt to exploit this situation.Like I said before the publicity Griffin and his party have gained from this does not appear be have been a positive thing IMO.
> What did you think of it all Garin?
It was basically a lynching that even the presenter took part in. I dont think thats the way to convince people of the evils of the BNP. I doubt Nick Griffin will get much sympathy but I've no doubt his treatment will become part of his party's spiel now. Especially as they like phrases like "political elite" these days.
I think I'll be watching it tommorow when I return to London :)