SPB. I doubt that Griffin's comments could be legally interpreted as incitement - unfortunately. All he's saying (ostensibly) is that he condemns the harrassment but understands the reasons.

Leveller. "If we truly believe in free speech, even an organisation as rank as the BNP has to be allowed the opportunity to put forward its opinions. But – and here's the caveat – as I quoted on another thread, from John Stuart Mill , "No one pretends that actions should be as free as opinion".

We have to be careful here. To external appearances at any rate, the BNP is a legal political party which brings with it the trappings of constitutionality. Provided they stay within the law, there is nothing we can or should do to stop them. That however does not stop us from organising against them, or exposing them as a bunch of liars and hypocrites. Anyone who saw Griffin being interviewed by a Sky News reporter, on the night of his election victory, will have seen one great fat white git being tied up in knots, because he couldn't admit the contradictions which exist between their supposedly moderate stance and the reality of the programme they put forward.

I'd love to see Griffin on Question Time. The rest of the panel would make mincemeat of him.