Nick Griffin on 'Question Time' right or wrong?

Well, there's two sides to every story. Although where Nick Griffin is concerned his doesn't seem very valid. Did he really contribute anything to Question Time that we didn't already know? He spent most of the time denying things that he had said in past interviews.
For example he said: "If you look at some of the things I'm quoted to have said in the daily mail and so on...I'd be a monster, those things are outright lies".
David Dimbleby went on to say:
"You say you are misquoted on ethnicity... "I want to see Britain become 99% genetically white just as she was 11 years before I was born"..."You say you're misquoted all I'm saying is I can't find the misquotations, and apparently nor can you".
Of course there is such a thing as democracy and everybody is entitled to have their say. The BNP did get two seats in the European parliament and therefore should be able to participate in debates on a political show such as question time. However it seems Nick Griffin will never be treated the same as other politicians.Also Griffin is quoted as saying the show had been a "beat up Nick Griffin programme instead of Question Time". But if he had actually answered any of the questions directly then it may have certainly been Question Time.

Is their any sense in their argument?

The BNP have many different arguments and manifestos and claim to have moved on from the times when they were purely seen as a racist party. When Nick Griffin became the leader in 1999 he tried to modernise the BNP's image, move away from fascism and make them more publicly accessible. Their main argument for voting for them instead of other political parties is that they address the subject of immigration.

They state on their website that "Only the British National Party has the reasonable, sensible, fair and just immigration policy which will guarantee that Britain remains British." On the surface it seems they really do just want immigration sorting out because it seems the Labour government don't have sufficient figures or control over the situation at the moment. On the other hand they also state that "Given current demographic trends, we, the indigenous British people, will become an ethnic minority in our own country well within sixty years – and most likely sooner." However according to the latest census, 85.7% of United Kingdom is classed as "White British." Therefore its highly unlikely that "White Britons" will become the minority. Some of their statements on their website about immigration just show their racist views and how they don't welcome any other race or culture.

Nick Griffin; The Man, The Myth, The errr..

Nicholas John Griffin was born 1st March 1959, in Hertfordshire, England. Nick joined The BNP in 1995 and took over from previous leader John Tyndall in 1999. He has tried to modernise the party and move it away from its racist and fascist roots. He always looks sharp in a suit and tries to be articulate. I have watched many interviews with Nick and feel that sometimes he doesn't actually get to put across any of the party's manifestos because he is always answering questions about race issues. However when he is asked a serious question he will usually not answer directly. He also spends a lot of time denying things he has said before; when he is quoted he denies it blatantly. He is also very contradictory, he will say one thing in one interview and then say something completely different in another, this could show his unprofessionalism. All in all I conclude that he is probably just trying his best with what he has been given and sometimes the things he says are misconstrued.

Reactions and views...

Controversy surrounds The BNP and everything they do. Therefore alot of people have strong views about the party, including government members and celebrities.

Gordon Brown said this about Nick Griffins appearance on Question Time: "If, on Question Time, they are asked about their racist and bigoted views that are damaging to good community relations, it will be a good opportunity to expose what they are about."

Russell Brand wrote an article for the sun and said: "I suppose if you're of the view that extremists are fundamentally wrong then there's no harm in popping them on the telly and letting them gurgle up their chuckle-brained hate-broth". Russell Brand has views on the BNP because a few years ago he made a programme called RE: Brand and had an episode called "Nazi Boy" where he met and spoke with Mark Collett, who at the time was the leader of the young BNP. In this programme Collett is openly racist and homophobic. He openly calls gay men "AIDS monkeys".

Justice Secretary Jack Straw commented on the BNP and their use of Winston Churchill in their campaigns: "How dare he say that Churchill's "own place would be in the BNP"?... he came out with his extraordinary rant at the distinguished former army generals who had called for the BNP to stop using Britain's military tradition to promote the politics of racism and extremism".