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Thu 10 Oct 2009Mainstream politicians must start facing down BNP
Running away from the BNP, or hoping the party will vanish of its own accord, will not reduce its popularity, writes DAVID ADAMS
THOSE WHO have been complaining loudest about British National Party leader Nick Griffin’s appearance as a guest on the BBC television’s Question Time programme tonight are missing the point. They say that including him alongside mainstream politicians lends legitimacy to his vile fascist party. They are wrong. Whatever supposed legitimacy there is to be had, it arrived the moment the BBC issued its invitation to Griffin.
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