Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party has been invited to speak at a free speech event at the Oxford Union on November 26.
A left wing campaign against the invitations has been in progress for several weeks, and has led to a referendum of all Oxford Union members on whether to let these invitations stand.
The student union, Labour club, Jewish society, Islamic society and Unite Against Fascism have (suprisingly) all united to oppose the invitations which makes you wonder who the REAL fascists are - Nick Griffin and the BNP or the liberal left who seem hellbent on forcing a multicultural Britain on us all? I know where my money is.
The usual mis-quotes, Brit bashing and rubbishing of anyone standing up for the rights of Britons has commenced with Nick Griffin shouldering the blame for the government's introduction of incitement to religious hatred laws;
An undercover investigation by the BBC recorded him referring to Islam as a "wicked vicious faith" founded by "cranky extremists". The inability of police to use incitement to racial hatred laws to prosecute Griffin was given as a reason for the government's introduction of incitement to religious hatred laws.
Two points here, the first being that Nick Griffin was prosecuted under those laws and found innocent by the jury secondly does anyone seriously think that Islam wasn't founded by cranky extremists?
Anyway i'm drifting away from the point that I was going to make, I have read many blogs, websites etc over the last few days and two things strike me as both odd and obviously contradictory, most of these people are claiming that the students will make 'mincemeat' out of Griffin in 'less than ten minutes' and his claims will be 'rubbished' and Griffin made to look 'stupid' (as his followers obviously are) If that is the case why is everyone scared half to death of his impending arrival and why is he not being welcomed with open arms by these students secure in the knowledge that in a short time they will have crushed and ridiculed him and all that he stands for?
The answer is simple - they are worried that in fact quite the reverse will be true, Nick Griffin will indeed humiliate them - Good luck to you Nick.
