Personally, I thought it was an excellent edition of Question Time, with Nick Griffin being ridiculed left, right and Centre (that's Chris Huhne, Baroness Warsi and Jack Straw respectively..... controversial!)
A final musing - the viewing figures for tonight's programme will be one of the biggest for a long time, by my guess.
For that, the BBC was right to invite him to speak. For a brief period politics has mattered again and hundreds (if not thousands) of people have been moved to demonstrate, to stand up and be active in the fight against fascists.
At the same time, the actuality of the BNP has been made visible for all to see. A Free Press has held politics to account, and we are free in our minds, without pressure to agree that the BNP are homophobic, racist and well, frankly, pathetic.
Nick Griffin in truth came across less like a baby-eating monster but instead as an inarticulate and foolish man.
The popular opinion at Scouse House towers however is that it is impossible for anyone to have watched that programme and make excuses for them - if you voted BNP you must now accept you voted for a party whose politics are abhorrent in the modern world.
But I celebrate the debate, and the popular discussion. Beats talking about Jordan and Pete again.
SH
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