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typically good response there Oliver. I disagree slightly about the bit about whether he should have had a platform or not. The fact that they have elected representatives despite their reprehensible views means that they would have made the argument again and again to appear and I think denying them a place on QT would be unsustainable after a while and plays up to their "victim" status. In the end it is probably 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. They are on the political landscape, they have been elected and thats just something the people of the UK have to deal with and our politicians and media respond to.
I hope the response is to try to bridge the disconnect between the public and our mainstream politicians who aren't all evil baby eaters, even if they are often flawed. Sadly it looks like the media response is to follow Griffin about and jump on anything contraversial/disgusting that he inevitably says giving him more publicity than he deserves. It would be so much better if we could just say that was last night's TV and move on to something new and more important than the rancid whitterings of some sad MEP.