I was disappointed by last week's Question Time. The big furore about allowing the BNP on, I was hoping it would generate a discussion about immigration, the giant elephant in the room.
That the BNP was outed as a racist party was good but I was sad it dominated the whole programme.
There was a great question from the audience as to whether the government's misguided immigration policy had opened the way for the BNP. Well yes, of course!
Jack Straw wouldn't admit this and in the end the elephant they all talked about was Elmer. Elmer's multi colours that the BNP don't like.
No talk that Elmer was very heavy indeed on public services such as the NHS and housing. No talk that Elmer had got so big that to grow anymore would be a disaster.
It was also a shame that Question Time was in London. We mostly love each other in London. Did no-one watch Panorama on Monday about racist attacks in Bristol? Couldn't the programme have been screened up north where the BNP got most of its votes and the audience could have said why it had voted BNP?
It was a wasted opportunity because I don't want to see the BNP on Question Time again. Griffin's a slimy character and all the other parties fear him and his party so much. Labour, Tory and the LibDems could have taken on board some of what the BNP was saying and work to take back voters. I'm not sure the episode achieved this.
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