BBC Panorama exposes far right group

November 26, 2001 4:40 AM

BBC Panorama exposes far right group and hosts a detailed website, that gives chapter and verse. well, that the BNP are a bunch of nazi's is no real expose, but as someone who fought against these fools in the 70's and 80's, we need to remain vigilant
posted by quarsan (4 comments total)

Now more than ever.
posted by vbfg at 5:12 AM on November 26, 2001

A really good programme, I thought. Griffin's attempts to dismiss their Executive Board member's criminal conviction for explosive charges as "a young man playing with an over-sized firework (as we all do)" was particularly entertaining.

Though in a "not-very-entertaining-at all, these-people-are-trying-to-destabilise-our-society" way.
posted by jonpollard at 5:14 AM on November 26, 2001

Panorama reporters are saints. They'd expose their own mother. Older MeFis will remember this was also true of the Sunday Times "Insight" team, under old Harold Evans's editorship. Good on them.
I tremble to think what would happen if far--right groups were given a wide berth in the UK, where they are more popular than others, outside the UK, would credit...
posted by MiguelCardoso at 6:41 AM on November 26, 2001

I tremble to think what would happen if far--right groups were given a wide berth in the UK, where they are more popular than others, outside the UK, would credit...


Miguel, would you care to
a) Explain that statement.
b) Provide some evidence of your claim.
posted by Markb at 8:11 AM on November 26, 2001