Debate rages over ‘no platform’ policy for Nick Griffin on Question Time

One of the website’s best exchanges is taking place at LabourList over the potential inclusion of the BNP’s Nick Griffin on the Question Time panel.

Leading the charge to stick our fingers in our ears and go ‘la la la la la not listening’:

• Ellie Levenson (author, Tottenham CLP) - The BNP: No platform, no exceptions
• Tom Miller (PPC for Woking) - Oposing no platform misses the point

In the sensible corner:

• James Alexander (PPC for York Outer) – No platform is dead
• Olly Deed (Surrey Labour Students)- A response to no platformers

In these serious times, however, you have to laugh:

It’s not the 1980s anymore.

A blanket ‘no platform’ is dead as an effective strategy.

Hat tip (second this week): The W*nk Rag