John Abberley: Raging against the BNP will serve to strengthen support (AUDIO)

SOMETIMES I wonder if the vehemence levelled at the British National Party serves only to add new recruits to its cause.

I say this in light of the near-hysterical reaction in some quarters to the BBC's invitation to BNP leader Nick Griffin to join the panel on the TV show Question Time.

An organisation called Unite Against Fascism claims that the BNP is not a democratic political party, calls Griffin a neo-Nazi and urges the BBC to stop "rolling out the red carpet" for fascist bigots.

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