The BBC have made a huge mistake!

The BBC are set for a huge ratings winner tonight from an unlikely source, Question Time. Buy why? For the first time, the BBC have invited a member of the far right British National Party on to the panel, the leader no less. Tonight, Nick Griffin will be given a platform to preach his sugar coated hate speech. And I wonder just how many people will buy it?

Lazy activists on twitter will no doubt flood the trending topics with hash tags they believe are funny or remotely influential. Most of these people will not have taken an active interest in politics, but will still consider themselves an educated critic because "racism is bad yeh and they shudn't be aloud to say racism things right?"

Despite twitters largely left winged majority, they are, as are all activists, people with big mouths, the amount of noise they generate may appear to speak for majority however they are usually a vocal minority. I'm not suggesting that the Country is largely supportive of the BNP. However, from what I observe, I am of the opinion that as a country, we are largely leaning towards the right in our opinions, particularly about immigration and particularly amongst those most likely to bother to vote.

Nick Griffin is a very clever man. He is articulate and knows how to play the game. He talks to the Country specifically about the worries people have in the country, he doesn't have to worry in the same way as the major parties do about political correctness or offending minorities because everybody is fully aware of what they stand for. Perversely, this means, he will appear to be the only one willing to tell it straight, the only person who's not trying to appeal to the masses. He's not going to go on tonight and talk about his bizarre thoughts on the holocaust, he's not going to go on and talk about black people needing a bullet to the head. He's played the game long enough to know how to word the party's beliefs and how to make them attractive to many people who in some way believe that it'll take something drastic to change the way this Country is currently heading in.

I'm sure, like most people, at some point you will have questioned just how many illegal immigrants there are in the country or how the country is being slowly changed to adapt to all the different cultures running parallel in our communities. I have certainly questioned where this country is headed when I hear stories about people in the UK being tried by Shariah law and not by UK law like every other citizen has to abide by. What will a continuation of this lead to? Women being stoned to death for having the nerve to be raped by ten men?

This is the United Kingdom and I expect anybody who wants to live here to abide by the same laws as I expect to live by. I don't expect our country's identity to be lost because we don't know who we are or what we stand for anymore. If I were to go and live in a country with a vastly different culture to my own. I would expect to live by their laws. I would also expect to be able to practice my own cultural routines in my own privacy. I would not expect the country to change it's laws to suit me. And in time, I hope I would enjoy integrating in to their social customs. The UK is the UK. India is India, Iran is Iran and these countries have certain laws and customs that are part of their identity. It's quite simple, don't live in a country who's customs you don't agree with. I don't like Sharia law, it should have no place within our society.

I am worried that tonight will be a victory for the BNP. They will successfully preach their message to those people who are aggrieved with our ever changing identity. The BNP are like an apple that looks okay, but when you cut it open, it's rotten to the core. I don't think they should be given a platform on Question Time, quite frankly because I don't have any faith in the British public to decide what's right and wrong. This is a society who seem to enjoy popstar politics and a lost generation who need to be told what to think. Lets face it, we're about to let the Tories back in next year, so we can't be a hugely intelligent lot can we?