Nick Griffin on Question Time

No wonder the BNP has made such headway if our leading politicians can’t muster a better counter-argument than they did on last night’s Question Time. Were they told to call Griffin “Nick” all the time? It just made it all seem uncomfortably chummy, making him one of the gang, which is surely exactly what he wants.

I could hardly believe it when Jack Straw, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, offered to suspend the law so that Griffin could feel free to speak.

Thank heavens for the audience, several of whom were articulate and even funny.

“You’d be surprised how many people would have a whip round to buy you and your supporters a ticket to go to the South Pole – that’s a colourless landscape. It’ll suit you fine.”

I was tempted to zeboo the pathetic Jack Straw instead of Griffin but in the end went for the easy option.