22 October 2009

BBC, BNP, QT, OK

Worth a read: BBC is right to allow BNP on Question Time, says Mark Thompson | Politics | The Guardian And my 'hear, hear' goes to:
Ben Bradshaw, the culture secretary, said: 'I have always thought we have to take the BNP on. I have always thought they condemn themselves as soon as they open their mouths. In a democracy where they have elected representatives not just at European level but at local level it is very difficult for a broadcaster to exclude them … We should not give these people the opportunity to claim they are being gagged.'

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