BNP get a place on Question Time
BNP get a place on Question Time
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Parrot of Doom

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23,075 posts

251 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/art...

I'm quite glad this is happening. Not because I support the BNP in any way, but because its a rather adequate finger in the eye of the government—who will now be forced to confront issues they've repeatedly ignored—and also because it demonstrates that at least some people in the BBC understand the concept of impartiality.

I can only hope that there will be people on the panel erudite enough to grind whichever representative the BNP elects to use into the ground.

Steve748

8,542 posts

201 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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I agree, hopefully he will get some interesting questions

ShadownINja

78,790 posts

299 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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Yep!

Topboy

653 posts

276 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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That should be an interesting show to watch.

Would love to see winky or mandy on the same show with Nick

Funk

26,906 posts

226 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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We may not like what they have to say, but they do have a right to say it. What does it say for the electoral system when an elected party isn't given the same proportional space to speak alongside other elected parties?

Good on the BBC for finally being impartial, even though I think the BNP are vile.

sjn2004

4,051 posts

254 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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Topboy said:
That should be an interesting show to watch.

Would love to see winky or mandy on the same show with Nick
It won't happen, Nulabia will phone up "rent-a-mob" aka the Stalinesque UAF who will disrupt the venue/filming etc.

deadslow

8,622 posts

240 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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sjn2004 said:
Topboy said:
That should be an interesting show to watch.

Would love to see winky or mandy on the same show with Nick
It won't happen, Nulabia will phone up "rent-a-mob" aka the Stalinesque UAF who will disrupt the venue/filming etc.
No. Labour will let them have their 15 minutes, since they will steal from the party which used to be known as the Tories (now 'hug a hoodie, economic cataclysm - no comment'), but which now has zero policies about anything, unfortunately.

AndrewW-G

11,968 posts

234 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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sjn2004 said:
Topboy said:
That should be an interesting show to watch.

Would love to see winky or mandy on the same show with Nick
It won't happen, Nulabia will phone up "rent-a-mob" aka the Stalinesque UAF who will disrupt the venue/filming etc.
You've got to hope that they think very carefuly before doing that, if they do it wont be long before people wake up to this tactic and draw the conclusion rightly or wrongly that the BNP are the lesser of two evils for not resorting to the Nazi tactics of the UAF & Labour.

IMHO this is a fantastic thing to do, not only will it force the discussion of the issues that are driving people to support the BNP, but it will also allow people to debate their more questionable policies and attitudes. This change in tactic, will I am sure result in less support in the long term, than sponsoring Nazi'esque organisations like the UAF or Searchlight

grumbledoak

32,193 posts

250 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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deadslow said:
No. Labour will let them have their 15 minutes, since they will steal from the party which used to be known as the Tories (now 'hug a hoodie, economic cataclysm - no comment'), but which now has zero policies about anything, unfortunately.
rofl You're funny. Did you intend it?


Labour fear the BNP for precisely that reason- they claim the same 'core' voters. The Conservatives' core vote has little to fear from immigration.

Edited by grumbledoak on Sunday 6th September 08:37

chris watton

22,545 posts

277 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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I wonder if the BBC are doing this to help their party of choice out, as they are up against the ropes, and having a BNP representative on the show will delflect from their own unpopularity....

Baby Huey

4,881 posts

216 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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grumbledoak said:
deadslow said:
No. Labour will let them have their 15 minutes, since they will steal from the party which used to be known as the Tories (now 'hug a hoodie, economic cataclysm - no comment'), but which now has zero policies about anything, unfortunately.
rofl You're funny. Did you intend it?


Labour fear the BNP for precisely that reason- they claim the same 'core' voters. The Conservatives' core vote has little to fear from immigration.

Edited by grumbledoak on Sunday 6th September 08:37
Rubbish, most people I know who support the BNP are middle class, Mail readers who would usually vote Tory but find they aren't right wing enough these days.

grumbledoak

32,193 posts

250 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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Baby Huey said:
Rubbish, most people I know who support the BNP are middle class, Mail readers who would usually vote Tory but find they aren't right wing enough these days.
rofl Another one! Sold any votes, recently, Huey?

I won't claim that there are no anti-immigration Conservative voters, but it is a small proportion. Those middle class Mail readers you talk of aren't competing for jobs with our recent immigrant population. Labour is between a rock and a hard place on this issue; both of their own making.

The current debacle in Birmingham is most amusing, for precisely this reason...

Parrot of Doom

Original Poster:

23,075 posts

251 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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chris watton said:
I wonder if the BBC are doing this to help their party of choice out, as they are up against the ropes, and having a BNP representative on the show will delflect from their own unpopularity....
Is that this BBC?

http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/08/me...

chris watton

22,545 posts

277 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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I am sorry, but I simply cannot envisage ANY 'middle class' (whatever that means..) reading the Mail.. Arn't they more likely to read the Guardian, Telegraph or FT?

Baby Huey

4,881 posts

216 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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grumbledoak said:
Baby Huey said:
Rubbish, most people I know who support the BNP are middle class, Mail readers who would usually vote Tory but find they aren't right wing enough these days.
rofl Another one! Sold any votes, recently, Huey?


I won't claim that there are no anti-immigration Conservative voters, but it is a small proportion.
Small proportion? Get real.

Never sold a vote in my life.

Baby Huey

4,881 posts

216 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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chris watton said:
I am sorry, but I simply cannot envisage ANY 'middle class' (whatever that means..) reading the Mail.. Arn't they more likely to read the Guardian, Telegraph or FT?
Maybe not middle class, but Mail readers all the same. Nobody who reads the Mail votes Labour.

Fittster

20,120 posts

230 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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chris watton said:
I am sorry, but I simply cannot envisage ANY 'middle class' (whatever that means..) reading the Mail.. Arn't they more likely to read the Guardian, Telegraph or FT?
It depends on how you wish to define middle class but I would think more middle class people would read the Mail than either the Guardian or FT due to its much higher circulation.

Poledriver

29,177 posts

211 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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This could be the one opportunity for BNP to back up their claims that they are not racist.
Should be an interesting show!

Baby Huey

4,881 posts

216 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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Poledriver said:
This could be the one opportunity for BNP to back up their claims that they are not racist.
Should be an interesting show!
How? If Nick doesn't beat up a black man on National TV will that mean the BNP aren't racist anymore.

Poledriver

29,177 posts

211 months

Sunday 6th September 2009
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Baby Huey said:
Poledriver said:
This could be the one opportunity for BNP to back up their claims that they are not racist.
Should be an interesting show!
How? If Nick doesn't beat up a black man on National TV will that mean the BNP aren't racist anymore.
Do you not think that people will be aiming as many loaded questions at them as possible? This will either make them or break them.

IMHO of course!