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My evening on Question Time with the BNP

Andy Shovel tells of his experience watching Nick Griffin live on Question Time

October 23, 2009 12:04
Andy Shovel was in the audience for Question Time with BNP leader Nick Griffin

ByJessica Elgot, Jessica Elgot

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It was such good luck getting the tickets. I’m an avid Question Time watcher, and I applied for tickets over a year ago now. But the tickets I was allocated fell on Yom Kippur, and I couldn’t go. So the woman who organised it said I could come again another time. It really was amazing good luck. I took my girlfriend and a couple of friends.

We didn’t have such a problem getting into the studio, but it was a long wait for it to start. We got in at about 5 o’clock and they don’t start filming until 8. It was very fairly edited by the BBC, they didn’t take anything out at all.

The audience has been praised a lot but I don’t think people there were people who would ordinarily watch Question Time. They’re there for a very specific reason. They jeered from the minute Griffin opened his mouth.

What really surprised me actually was the support Nick Griffin had in the audience. There were a few people who were really cheering him on, about five or six, clearly BNP supporters.