The episode of Question Time which featured the leader of the BNP, Nick Griffin, has just aired. Once again, Twitter came into full force. According to @tweetminster there were up to 53.5K tweets with 12.49 tweets per second at close of #bbcqt. Analysis of the debate will no doubt dominate the headlines and the blogosphere tomorrow [...]
Bloggers launch the “Coalition Against No Platform“ Today I am pleased to publish a new page, the Coalition Against No Platform, a directory of bloggers and articles from all political parties. We believe that the No Platform policy, where speakers refuse to participate in debates at which the BNP or other undesirables are present is foolish [...]
Tom, I’m glad you start your reply (to my reply of your reply to my article) by acknowledging that “this topic arouses passions.” As you will have noticed, it is a topic that not just arouses passions but makes my blood begin to boil, mainly out of sheer frustration that I’m not getting through. I’m not [...]
Recently I wrote a piece denouncing the Labour Party’s No Platform Policy and its attitude towards the BNP. (Link to that) Shortly afterwards, fellow Labour Colleagues came forward with their own pieces agreeing with me, including Bryony King, Adam Connell, James Alexander and Olly Deed. (Each name links to each post) Even on the Right, [...]
The rise of the BNP is an issue that strikes a strange nerve in the Labour movement, one that triggers a huge sense of panic and hysteria. It is time to confront this phobia so we can confront the problem head on. Our first act must be to renounce the No Platform Policy. Those in [...]
This is a follow-up to my previous story on copyright. I finally won my copyright battle on Youtube! I had filed a complaint once before about by video, “Ricky Knight against the BNP” which was downloaded and re-uploaded by a user called “nobnp4uk,” a YouTube magpie who will grab any bits of footage that fit [...]
My good friend Simon Budden has written in to give his account of the event on Friday. Here he tells us what happened from inside the building. By Simon Budden While Hadleigh stayed outside during the protest at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute (BRLSI), I managed to make my way into the building [...]
Further to my previous posts here and here regarding the controversial decision to invite the BNP to speak at a debate on the European Elections of June 4th 2009, this is my account of what occured at the meeting. Arriving at about 1830 (I had aimed to get there at 1800, but the bus hit [...]
There have been some changes to the BRLSI event regarding the hustings for the European Elections. In light of the wave of walkouts lead by Labour’s Glyn Ford MEP, followed by Lib Dem Graham Watson MEP and Green Party Ricky Knight who all refused to share a platform with the British National Party candidate Jeremy [...]
Glyn Ford, Labour MEP for the South West, came to Bath yesterday and told me an interesting story about a debate due to happen in Bath. Glyn Ford MEP and Hattie Ajderian, Labour PPC for Bath. It seems that Unlock Democracy (formerly Charter 88) has been organising a Hustings Session at the BRLSI [...]
