Take today for example I was all set for a nice blog (That one on facial hair will get written at some point I promise you) until I get home and switch on the news and what do I see? A break in at the BBC in protest at Nick Griffin appearing on Question Time. Now I am no BNP fan, far from it, but perhaps someone could explain to me the logic of this protest? I mean what are the BBC playing at inviting an elected official on a political debating show. If the same number of people who were protesting today had actually got off their backsides and gone to vote in the Euro elections then this whole point would be moot.
The ones that I really failed to comprehend most though were those prtesting against the BNP outside Radio Merseyside what the hell? That's akin to me protesting against the Iraq war at the UK consul in Tajikistan, a legitimate protest certainly but what do you expect them to do about it? Send Geoff from accounts running down the M1 to broadcasting house to stop the recording maybe?
As I have said I am no fan of the BNP and their abhorrent views but they have been elected, they have 2 MEP's, what are we supposed to say? "You are legitimate enough to go on a ballot paper but not to be seen on television"? Ironically this debate could be the thing to show the world just what is wrong with the BNP. We should invite them on more debate shows, as many as is physically possible get Griffin on Gardeners Question time, hell get him on Chess Grandmasters Question Time if we can, take every opportunity possible to quiz this party on their actual policies because that's the way of destroying them, you start behaving like a savage and break into the BBC all you do is legitimise this party and avoid making them answer the key questions of policy. We know what the BNP want but how about actually asking them how they plan to achieve it? They want to physically repatriate anyone who doesn't speak English but what about those who were born here where do they intend to repatriate them to? And how are they going to afford all the extra admin staff to do the paperwork? This is the kind of thing we should be doing, not just spew at him, no matter how repellant he is.
What I would love this evening is just to see no-one mention race or fascism at all (Although having seen the clips on news 24 it loks very much like it will all be about Nick Griffin) and actually try and engage the BNP in a proper debate because Griffin is all set to act the martyr and endure all the slings and arrows, an actual debate may just disarm him and let the veil slip and show the apathetic British public exactly what happens when you don't exercise your right to vote.
Today Matt:
- Was actually relieved he wasn't able to witness Everton "Play" this evening.
- Got very annoyed by a colleague saying "I know" over and over again.
- Started re-reading Messiah, when you're not in the best mood you can't beat a nice religious themed, blood-filled, psychological thriller.
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