October 26, 2009 at 06:35 AM
Britain stands for many positive things, even now whilst struggling along in its current demoralised state. One of those characteristics, loved and admired by countless millions over the years, is the strength we find through the open debate about principles and practicalities. Through broadly peaceful, verbal struggle our constitution had developed to the point where it has historically been a bastion for the freedom of speech and association. Allowing political opponents to make their points has enabled discussion to be undertaken on matters of opinion, as factual errors could be proven wrong. So important has the right to speak freely been that, with the exceptions regarding incitement to do wrong, we have seen many independent minds suffer and sometimes die to protect an individual's, and their party's, right to speak.
And so it should be with the BNP. It is not enough for us to be told that their policies are objectionable, we need to discover this for ourselves. For them to be rendered irrelevant, let us hear their illogical arguments with their irreconcilable answers to challenging questions. Let us shine the spotlight not just on their racially discriminatory language but also on their economic policy. Let their inadequate spokespeople stand up and explain what they would do differently if they were in power. Be passionate about defeating them in the court of public opinion (yuck-horrible phrase), but dont be emotional. Scrutinise the costs of their economic policies, put to them hard questions about the demonstrable social and economic value that hundreds of thousands of non-indigenous Britains have brought to the UK, see for yourself whether what they say about Islam is true. So of course Nick Griffin should have been heard; had his fellow QT panelists not ganged-up on him, and rather forensically investigated the premises for all his beliefs, his inadequacy and possible mental instability would have been the better and more clearly revealed.
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