Do you think the BNP will get more supporters after appearing on the BBC?
Have your say on Nick Griffin's TV appearance here
Regardless of what you think of them, the BNP get everyone's attention - whether it's the crowds of protesters outside BBC TV Centre yesterday, or the 7.8 million people who tuned in to his appearance on Question Time last night.
The ultra-right-wing leader was in the studio with Justice Secretary Jack Straw, Tory shadow cabinet member Sayeeda Warsi, Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne, and poet Bonnie Greer. Mr Griffin was visibly shaken by the end of the show, as he put forward his views on everything from Churchill and immigration, to why he would not explain why he had stopped denying the Holocaust.
The BNP Leader:
- Said Churchill would be a member of the BNP today as no other party would have him
- Said that seeing two men kissing in public was 'creepy' and that 'militant homosexuals' were 'preaching' in schools
- Said that Islam 'was not compatible with life in Britain' because of 'the way it treats women'
- Refused to explain why he had stopped denying the Holocaust had happened during World War Two, saying he could get into legal trouble as a Holocaust denier - even when Jack Straw told him as Justice Minister he could.
- Talked about meeting the leader of the Ku Klux Klan in the US and their 'almost totally non-violent' organisation.
But will this appearance have been a PR dream for the BNP, or is it the final nail in their coffin? Do you think people will be more likely to support them now that they have been allowed to talk on national TV?
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