Griffin was lured into a carefully prepared killing ground and paid the penalty.

He held up well.

The losers were DAVID DIMBLEBY whose partial interference and constant refering to notes weakened his normal professional chairmanship...clearly the pressure was too much.Jack Straw looked and acted his age...the other panellists conducted themselves well...not your best effort Dimbleby!!

The losers were DAVID DIMBLEBY whose partial interference and constant refering to notes weakened his normal professional chairmanship...clearly the pressure was too much.Jack Straw looked and acted his age...the other panellists conducted themselves well...not your best effort Dimbleby!!...Robert

The only hatred on last nights show was directed against mr Griffin and the only Nazis were outside protesting against his freedom of speech. Double standard Britain. The main political parties should be ashamed that the only way to battle the BNP were personal attacks on its leader.

Only the fullness of time will answer the question regarding it will be a hinderance or help to the BNP. However I do wonder if any wavering BNP supporter watching, might have been swayed more towards them due to the fact that Nick Griffin may have came across as the underdog - with 95% of the audience and 100% of the panel against him - As in my opinion this caused him to adopt a far more defensive stance than he would have done if there had been a slightly more sympathetic audience.

Me thinks that if he had have been allowed to be more opinionated he may well have been more likely to have built his own gallows.

Oh MY god,,if this was not one of the worst cases of bullying i have ever seen on tv. I may not totaly believe in mr griffins political views,,but it would of been so nice to of heard them...All we got was a pack of wolves circling him ready to pounce. Jack Straw was a disgrace to the show,,so to mr dimbleby whom i have always rated fair with his geusts,, but no they just wanted to get votes for themselves. little do they realise but their ganging up against mr griiffin has back fired,,shame on these so called do gooders,,not one rule for one,and another for you,,you should be ashamed BBC for not allowing a fair show and coments from all the panel....Oh yes finally,,during the show one member of the audience addressed mr nick griffin as DICK griffin,,disgusting..if nick had callled one of them such a name,,and the person knew what he was doing,,it was not a slip of the tongue,,he claimed he was a british born national,,well act like one

Talk about the violent BNP.....who were all the violent people demonstrating last night. Oh yes, I forgot, silly me, it's alright for them to be violent because they see themselves as right. Tut tut this country is in the state it's in because of violent protesters who will not listen to other people's opinion. We have to hear the views of the Muslim Parliament of Britain??? the Black police federation?? why can't we hear the views of all other parties. I may not agree with the views of the others and I certainly don't agree with the present Goverment and their policies but I don't go on the street and riot or beat up my neighbour because he doesn't share my views. looks like I may be in the minority nowadays. Absolutly disgusted

BBC YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED,,THIS WAS BULLYING AT ITS TOP LEVEL,,GRIIFFIN NEVER STOOD A CHANCE

When he said he "hadn't a conviction for Holocaust Denial" it was hardly an answer to the question.His own views were so muddled that the question is just what did he deny-he didn't seem that sure himself.He just came across as a plonker really-a plonker who needs ex football hooligans as minders