Dear All
There is a saying you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs.
If the BNP is to be defeated then everyone should know what they stand for so that they can make an informed judgement.
In a democracy, everyone has to support the right to free speech, remove that and we are on the way to a fascist state.
The BNP appearing on Questiontime will increase their support but it will be temporary as once people see the calibre of their people, they will see that these people are totally wrong to represent them.
Peter Hain says his fears have been proven right after the BNP appeared on the programme.
A statement of the obvious!
The YouGov poll in the Daily Telegraph suggests 22% of people would "seriously consider" voting BNP.
The main political parties have ignored this threat and buried their heads in the sand and less we forget; we now know the support the BNP can possibly achieve if action isn’t taken.
All we learnt is the true extent of the damage that has been done in society by successive Labour and Tory governments.
Hain would rather the crack was papered over.
I chose not to watch the edition of Questiontime as I was of the opinion, it would have little value and it appears I was right.
Although Griffin has the right to free speech; I have the right not to listen.
The BNP has claimed 3,000 people registered to join the party during and after the show.
I wonder if they would have joined if they had seen the Panorama investigation into racism against a couple of reporters posing as a couple in Bristol.
I firmly believe that if both programmes were run one immediately after the other, this would have given people cause to pause for thought.
I think most people are genuinely good but some get misguided.
As long as the main UK political parties continue to drive people apart then the BNP will continue to expand.
Can the problem be fixed?
Yes, but the solutions need to be radical across a range of measures.
At present that strength of political will doesn’t exist in many.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
There is a saying you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs.
If the BNP is to be defeated then everyone should know what they stand for so that they can make an informed judgement.
In a democracy, everyone has to support the right to free speech, remove that and we are on the way to a fascist state.
The BNP appearing on Questiontime will increase their support but it will be temporary as once people see the calibre of their people, they will see that these people are totally wrong to represent them.
Peter Hain says his fears have been proven right after the BNP appeared on the programme.
A statement of the obvious!
The YouGov poll in the Daily Telegraph suggests 22% of people would "seriously consider" voting BNP.
The main political parties have ignored this threat and buried their heads in the sand and less we forget; we now know the support the BNP can possibly achieve if action isn’t taken.
All we learnt is the true extent of the damage that has been done in society by successive Labour and Tory governments.
Hain would rather the crack was papered over.
I chose not to watch the edition of Questiontime as I was of the opinion, it would have little value and it appears I was right.
Although Griffin has the right to free speech; I have the right not to listen.
The BNP has claimed 3,000 people registered to join the party during and after the show.
I wonder if they would have joined if they had seen the Panorama investigation into racism against a couple of reporters posing as a couple in Bristol.
I firmly believe that if both programmes were run one immediately after the other, this would have given people cause to pause for thought.
I think most people are genuinely good but some get misguided.
As long as the main UK political parties continue to drive people apart then the BNP will continue to expand.
Can the problem be fixed?
Yes, but the solutions need to be radical across a range of measures.
At present that strength of political will doesn’t exist in many.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
5 comments:
George, couldn't agree with you more! i did watch that edition of Questiontime featuring BNP chariman Nick Griffin MEP. Were the people sitting around that table stupid? They were playing right into his hands. He is a clever man, and should not be under estimated. On Thursday night things went according to plan, he won the sympathy of the voters. The BBC knew what they were doing, the panel knew what they were doing, the audience knew what they were doing. All creating a scenario that depicts Mr Griffin being "bullied" and it was too successful. Now, the mainstream parties have a "threat" to deal with, and the sooner they expose and destroy this "threat" the easier they will sleep. There is no point in ignoring the BNP anymore, because now they are becoming serious candidates in recent and future elections, especially in England. Why do they sit there so arrogant and pompous, when our multi-cultural society, which has learned to co-operate and live in peace and harmony, is under threat. Where the honest working immigrants who inhabit the land we were born and bred on are now feeling the brunt of discrimmination. I, and many others, thought that society had learnt from it's mistaked? Obviously the BNP want to take us a step back into the dark ages, where they spend most of their time brroding because it "suits them".
I noticed there is a few spelling mistakes, but I type extremely fast.
I also wanted to add my last point. The most worrying thing of all is that people are voting BNP, not knowing about party policy, only to use them as a protest vote. What does that tell mainstream parties?
Dear David
Nick Griffin isn’t stupid by any means but he can be stopped.
Griffin had a good day; no one can take that away from him.
1/ free food and drink
2/ Police fought his battle with the protestors.
3/ Hostile panel
4/ Free publicity
5/ Possible boost in membership.
Bonnie Greer’s comment;
“I spent the entire night with my back turned to him. At one point, I had to restrain myself from slapping him. But it was worth it because he was totally trounced,"
I have seen Ms. Greer on Newsnight review doing the arty thing, I confess I am not a luvvie myself, not part of my upbringing.
Her statement of how she wanted violence, begs the question did she realise the audience she was speaking to?
You have to wonder about some people sometimes.
The solution to a problem is not creating another problem.
I have heard that Questiontime didn’t follow its normal format, a mistake that gave Griffin more ammo to complain.
His message, ‘see how they rigged the programme to try and lynch me’.
I bet Griffin couldn’t have planned it better.
And the best thing from his point of view, he had BBC media professionals do all the work for him!
Makes you wonder just how some people get employed.
Finally, don't worry about typos, my stuff is littered with it.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Nick Griffin's only flaw in this whole situation is something he said post Questiontime. I believe it was regarding himself approaching the panel to talk to them and they turned their back on him and he said something outragous; comparing the treatment he received by the panel to the treatment someone received in a concentration camp. I can't remember the quote word for word. That sort of thing he say's, which he regularly does, damages any sympathy he receives from the voter.
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