BNP leader to launch BBC complaint

Fri Oct 23 2009 12:14:51

The leader of the British National Party is launching an official complaint about his treatment on the BBC's Question Time programme, claiming he was "bullied".

Nick Griffin says he was the victim of a set-up in which the format of the current affairs debate show was changed "after 30 years".

He said: "That was not genuine Question Time, that was a lynch mob."

At an impromptu press conference in Thurrock, Essex, he told reporters that he was not given the chance to talk about the BNP's policies.

Mr Griffin also complained about the multi-cultural audience, which was largely opposed to his views. He declared: "London is no longer a British city".

During the programme he denied he was a Nazi, but said the Ku Klux Klan are "almost totally non-violent" and that homosexuals are "creepy".

He has been universally condemned in the newspapers with the Daily Express calling him "A disgrace to humanity" and The Independent declaring "He choked".

The Sun's front page carries a picture of Griffin with the words: "I'm the most loathed man in Britain".

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