When British National Party head Nick Griffin went on Question Time in the UK, every other panellist launched sharp attacks on him, one after the other. The harshest attacks came from politicians: from a Liberal Democrat, to a Conservative, to a member of Labour. They all thought it important to reject such an openly racist party, and to stress that racism should have no part in their national political dialogue.
When our equivalent show, Q&A, featured One Nation’s Ian Nelson on Monday night, the ALP’s Anna Bligh and the Coalition’s Barnaby Joyce did not behave similarly. In fact, the only people who really attacked and ridiculed Nelson were in the audience. [ABC News] Read more [via Islamophobia Watch]
