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Well, that's your right to comment blown out of the water.

'Middle class?' Bit lazy from you, isn't it? You're associating 'poor' with 'stupid', and while there is some correlation between poverty and lack of education, they're not mutually exclusive. If people are f***ed off, that's one thing. Changing things for themselves (whatever that means) is...

I wasn't so much talking about The Sun's stance on the BNP, more about the ease with which they can manipulate the electorate to vote for whoever they recommend. They know their power, and don't always use it responsibly, though in this case, it may be slightly different.

Sort of. People being treated with contempt by the main political parties is one thing. But you've also got a highly irresponsible media, specifically the press, who really talk down to people. It's no coincidence that The Sun is the best-selling newspaper, or that when you have the Daily...

Agreed. Question Time is generally little more than carefully manipulated ad-men babbling about nothing in particular. The difference tonight is that it might be a bit more animated. I fear the audience will fall into the trap of just abusing him (understandable). It's not good enough just to...

Nope.

Glad to see someone's on the ball.

And this is the point. It doesn't matter what is said, as long as it is said in an eloquent manner that comes across as articulate and well-thought out, people will be taken in and will swallow it. Scratch the surface, however... We truly have a gullible electorate in this country.

I have heard Nick Griffin plenty of times. There is nothing he has to say of any value, and there is nothing to be learned from him. However, if you want to continue your kittenish admiration for him, you go ahead. Don't drag me down to your level.

Not in my household. "Ooh, look there's a pig-faced racist on telly tonight." "Oh, Goody..." :rolleyes:

Um, no it's not. 5% of the British electorate is about 2.2m. And to say that is how many voted for them is assuming a 100% turnout. They actually polled 943,000 votes in the 2009 European elections.