Labour plus Tories invaded an Arab country on the basis of doctored intelligence reports and a pack of lies (more or less the reasons Hitler invaded Poland). A million Muslims and Kurds died as a result. And no, they didn’t die peacefully under anaesthetic: most of them died “violently” to use your phraseology.

In contrast, the BNP always opposed the war. That makes Labour plus Tories about a million times as racist as the BNP. Though under pressure I might reduce the latter million to a “mere” hundred thousand, or even, at a push, to ten thousand.

Your last line sums up my feelings exactly: No Platform for fascists.

str8 from the mouth of Melanie’s teacher. Mooslems are taking over!

Though there is much in her article that I disagree with, it did seem to be one of her better attempts. However, I agree with you that the rising appeal of the BNP has more to do with horror stories in the media than to anything that politicians have failed to do.

I get the impression from various comments that my neighbours are leaning towards the BNP, which surprised me at first as they are the loveliest of people. When I noticed that The Express often sits on their coffee table, though, I was somewhat less surprised.

If politicians have failed in anything (although whether it is their role is another matter), it is in not challenging spurious tales. Someone with influence really needed to say something about the case of St John’s Longsight, for example, to counteract the streams of chain-letter emails currently making their rounds. We’ve reached some low when you hear ordinary people talking of the genocide Muslims are carrying out in our midst.

Still, I do think Philips has a point about the panelists, even if her prime choice is somewhat wayward. William Hague, perhaps, might have been a good choice. Right-wing and white, I’m sure his challenges would carry more weight in the eyes of viewers.

Griffin’s appearance at all, though, is clearly questionable. On the one hand there is the feeling his views should be exposed, but the fear is the publicity will do for the BNP what media coverage did for LePenn’s party in France in the 1980s. I don’t know the platform well enough to judge. I do listen to Any Questions on BBC Radio 4 on Friday evenings, but without a TV, Question Time has passed me by. I’d like to think the audience is intelligent and analytical. I fear that might be too optimistic a hope. .-= Tim´s last blog ..Extinguishing the fires of fitna =-.