I watched Nick Griffin on BBC1 last night, and I have to say, it was a satisfyingly piss-poor performance on his behalf. All those protesters who worried about the BBC giving Griffin cred worried for nothing. He really wasn’t up to the task. And this afternoon, the Evening Standard brought us an exclusive with Bonnie Greer, who faced Griffin down last night. Here’s a taste:
“I was the last to emerge and when he saw me, he turned and smiled his greasy smile and clumsily half extended a hand. I ignored it and thought to myself: what are you about? Are you forgetting I’m black? Are you forgetting you called me a black history fabricator? Are you trying to show me you aren’t racist?” (…)
“I spent the entire night with my back turned to him. At one point, I had to restrain myself from slapping him. But it was worth it,” she insists, “because he was totally trounced. I had thought we’d face a formidable orator, somebody who knew his facts and had his ducks in a row but the guy was a mess!
“From the moment the audience began shooting questions, it was a case of the Emperor’s new clothes. He was completely exposed as an evasive liar who couldn’t even stand up his own quotes and looked like a buffoon.”
There were times when the guy seriously looked like a deer in the headlights.
Meanwhile Griffin is said to be readying a complaint against the BBC, because, get this, he was hoping that the audience members and panelists would want to hear his opinions on topical issues. Here’s a quote from Sky News:
“People wanted to see me and hear me talking about things such as the postal strike. One or two questions about what a wicked man I am, fair enough, but the whole programme – it was absurd.”
Well, sure. I guess they could have said, “Sir, as a racist, what do you think of the postal strike?” Instead of focusing on why he’s such a….racist. It’s like he has no idea why his positions on race, religion (okay, maybe just Islam?) and immigration make people not really care what he hast to say about a labor dispute, such as the one going on at Royal Mail right now.
Anyway. Here, watch — and judge — for yourself:
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