So #bbcqt - what a laugh, eh?

The BBC Speke Yor Branes Have Your Say forums are already overrun with people saying it was a set-up, poor ickle Dick Griffin didn't get the chance he deserved, the audience were all hand-picked leftie conspirators, etc. Griffin himself thinks he came across well. My view is more akin to that of Mark Reckons.

I thought he got ample opportunity to spout his poisonous tosh, and I thought the rest of the panel missed a few golden opportunies to skewer him, but on the whole he came across like the lying, shifty, weaselly toad he clearly is. I don't think the show will have put off any fervid BNPers, but it might have made a few protest voters think again - after all, he came across as just as two-faced and weaselly as any other politician. It's understandable that Dimbledore was so hostile to him, but it did kind of add to the air of the lynch mob, and it would have been better if the show had not been entirely BNP-focussed... But, on the whole, it was an entertaining hour, and Griffin came across as the swivel-eyed loon he clearly is. It could have been worse. It could have been Brons. He's actually got a braincell, and would have been much more coherent.

Best panellist this week? Bonnie Greer, by a country mile. Worst? I don't think I need to say, do I?

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Fallout From #bbcqt

The main conclusions of the regulars in the pub were that the audience was pre-selected by the BBC to be as hostile as possible, that Griffin wasn't given enough chance to air his views, and that it was a complete set-up.

Of course, the little he DID get to say was packed with lies and half-truths, but that doesn't matter. The perception is that poor ickle Nick was bullied by the nasty BBC and that's a bit of a problem, IMHO.

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My Brain is a Weird Thing

I was glancing at twitter, and saw Mummy Helen (who's subtitle looks suspiciously borg-esque to me) saying she'd been to dinner with Daddy Richard, and it struck me that I'll know I've really arrived as a Lib Dem Blogger when I get a spontaneously erupting nickname.

Isn't that right, Scary Charlotte, Count Packula, Mortimer-Who-Ate-All-The-Pies, and Gravelly-Voiced Sexpot?

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