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Protesters howl for BNP leader’s blood as he appears on TV

From The Guardian 23/10/09

In passionate exchanges on the BBC's flagship current affairs programme, a black member of the audience accused Griffin of "completely disgusting" behaviour as he was forced to explain why he had met a Ku Klux Klan leader and attacked Islam.

The BNP leader Nick Griffin was repeatedly pilloried and criticised on the BBC's Question Time tonight when he was dubbed the "Dr Strangelove" of British politics after attempting to claim the mantle of Winston Churchill and struggling to explain his denial of the Holocaust.

Hells bells, just let the guy speak. I congratulate the BBC for having the balls to have him on the show. I find most of what he has to say abhorrent but trying to silence him is an affront to free speech. Let him and all the racists speak up and challenge them on their ideas. I'm sure the guy must have at least one good idea.

Of course, beating the crap out of racist scum in a back alley does have its appeal, especially if you're the target of the malice.