Question Time Reaction

OK, I watched Question Time this evening and there are a few things I need to get off my chest.

1. Griffin didn't come across particularly well, he looked nervous throughout, however, I thought Jack Straw looked equally terrified and stumbled all through his first answer.

2. The way the whole show was about the BNP was a huge mistake in my opinion, why was he given that amount of attention?

3. The general tone of the programme was how outraged most of the people were at the BNP's views, especially the panel. I fail to see how that can be called debate or a constructive attempt to understand why one million people voted BNP.

4. Why is no one willing to accept that the one million BNP voters are racist? maybe they are, I would guess that there are far more than one million people in Britain who hold racist views. If you believe in the values of a multi cultural Britain you need to argue your case with the people who matter, not the educated political elites and ethnic minority audiences in a BBC studio.

5. Which leads me to my final point. Many people hold racist views and for a variety of reasons, there is no point demonising those people since that won't change anything, there needs to first be a willingness to accept that racism exists and to calmly try and reduce it. I think Question Time provided further evidence that most people are still in denial and therefore the problem will continue to grow. In which case, a victory for Nick Griffin.