I think the Radio 1 interview a few weeks back did a better job of exposing their lunacy.
Werthead Send a noteboard - 23/10/2009 01:06:19 AM
During that one, a BNP member walked straight into the trap of saying that "Ashley Cole should go back where he came from," (erm, the East End of London?), which regardless of anything else made him sound like an absolute fricking moron.
The Question Time interlude did an interesting job of making Griffin look completely out of his depth when faced with serious politicians and journalists, but didn't engage properly with the issues and just degenerated into a slanging match at times. If the goal was to give him enough rope to hang himself, it didn't quite succeed, although it came close a few times.
That said, the bit where he claimed that the BNP had abandoned its policty of anti-semitism so they could support Israel and bash some Muslims instead (cue the probable Israeli reaction of, "Erm, thanks but not thanks," in a newfound sense of Islamaphobic brotherhood was genuinely hilarious.
The Question Time interlude did an interesting job of making Griffin look completely out of his depth when faced with serious politicians and journalists, but didn't engage properly with the issues and just degenerated into a slanging match at times. If the goal was to give him enough rope to hang himself, it didn't quite succeed, although it came close a few times.
That said, the bit where he claimed that the BNP had abandoned its policty of anti-semitism so they could support Israel and bash some Muslims instead (cue the probable Israeli reaction of, "Erm, thanks but not thanks," in a newfound sense of Islamaphobic brotherhood was genuinely hilarious.
Question Time and the BNP
22/10/2009 07:29:34 PM
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I think you gain more letting them speak them trying to silience them
22/10/2009 07:58:52 PM
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They like ratings.
22/10/2009 08:22:59 PM
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It's funny how equality means they have to let anti-equality groups on *NM*
22/10/2009 08:27:14 PM
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I think it's a good call from the BBC, and I do intend to watch it.
22/10/2009 08:41:25 PM
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Sorry, we're 20 years behind the rest of Europe because we have a system that makes it hard...
22/10/2009 10:33:08 PM
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I rather liked (if I can be forgiven for sounding like a broken record) ...
22/10/2009 10:57:10 PM
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BNP membership list
22/10/2009 11:01:34 PM
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I find the leaking of that to be disturbing.
23/10/2009 01:38:09 PM
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That was really quite disappointing.
22/10/2009 11:42:58 PM
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I thought it was perfectly executed.
22/10/2009 11:58:18 PM
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That's why I said it'd have been much more interesting without him.
23/10/2009 12:33:57 AM
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I think it exposed him as an non-viable alternative
23/10/2009 12:54:57 AM
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You clearly watched a different programme to me. *NM*
23/10/2009 12:57:59 AM
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At which point did it show he was anywhere near capable of being a serious politician
23/10/2009 01:15:20 AM
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At which point do you think any rational human being thought he was a serious politician?
23/10/2009 01:21:38 AM
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I think the Radio 1 interview a few weeks back did a better job of exposing their lunacy.
23/10/2009 01:06:19 AM
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Went about how I expected
23/10/2009 12:16:50 PM
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Pretty much my thoughts exactly
23/10/2009 01:22:56 PM
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Re: Pretty much my thoughts exactly
23/10/2009 02:14:50 PM
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I think we liked and disliked the same thing for the same reasons
23/10/2009 03:07:00 PM
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I've already seen BBC interviews today out on the street
23/10/2009 02:14:13 PM
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It will be interesting to see any polls done, to see the actual impact.
23/10/2009 02:55:49 PM
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