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Among the pages of this morning’s newspapers this morning are stories of murders, child abuse, a child who died of Swineflu, strikes both actual and threatened, severe food shortages in north Korea, yet more suicide bombers killing people in Pakistan, soldiers fighting in Afghanistan, damage to Samoa caused by the recent tsunami, forest fires in Australia and many others involving death and destruction around the world.
Yet all these stories have been pushed to the back pages as this morning’s front pages virtually all feature Nick Griffin, the Leader of the odious British National Party, who was invited by the BBC to appear in last night’s ‘Question Time’ and despite the hundreds of protesters outside the studio.
Facing jeers and boos from the audience, Griffin made a poor showing and never really answered any of the questions put to him. He refused to confirm that he had denied the Holocaust, defended the Ku Klux Klan and attacked homosexuals and Muslims. Referring to the ‘indigenous people’ who he said felt shut out in their own country, he went on to say, ‘We are the aborigines here.’
Though pushed mainly on the extremist views of his party, Griffin had little time to develop what, if any, other policies the BNP had. Indeed, if they had any on the present economic condition, the health service, postal strikes, etc., etc., we didn’t hear them.
All in all, it was a sad showing and, despite the criticism of the BBC for allowing this man to take part in the programme, it did have one benefit.
The majority of viewers would most probably have been switched off by this smug person representing an odious party with no real answers or policies except that of bigotry and racism..
Among the pages of this morning’s newspapers this morning are stories of murders, child abuse, a child who died of Swineflu, strikes both actual and threatened, severe food shortages in north Korea, yet more suicide bombers killing people in Pakistan, soldiers fighting in Afghanistan, damage to Samoa caused by the recent tsunami, forest fires in Australia and many others involving death and destruction around the world.
Yet all these stories have been pushed to the back pages as this morning’s front pages virtually all feature Nick Griffin, the Leader of the odious British National Party, who was invited by the BBC to appear in last night’s ‘Question Time’ and despite the hundreds of protesters outside the studio.
Facing jeers and boos from the audience, Griffin made a poor showing and never really answered any of the questions put to him. He refused to confirm that he had denied the Holocaust, defended the Ku Klux Klan and attacked homosexuals and Muslims. Referring to the ‘indigenous people’ who he said felt shut out in their own country, he went on to say, ‘We are the aborigines here.’
Though pushed mainly on the extremist views of his party, Griffin had little time to develop what, if any, other policies the BNP had. Indeed, if they had any on the present economic condition, the health service, postal strikes, etc., etc., we didn’t hear them.
All in all, it was a sad showing and, despite the criticism of the BBC for allowing this man to take part in the programme, it did have one benefit.
The majority of viewers would most probably have been switched off by this smug person representing an odious party with no real answers or policies except that of bigotry and racism..
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