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I agree with Barry that any poll boost he does get will be momentary. On the face of it you could make an argument he got a rough time, but I don't think this is the case. We have a society based on a shared moral code and when anyone deviates from this to detriment of our society, we come down on them. The man came across as ignorant and his policies erratic.
Now we can't prove that he is lying and this was not the job of the panel either, but we can analyse his actions to this point. Open denial of the holocaust (or at least its accuracy) meetings with leading members of the KKK (although not the really violent ones so thats OK!?!?!) and the genesis of this 'non-racist' political party from the National Front. What we can conclude is that their agenda is racist and this is not acceptable by the shared righteousness of our country. Dimbleby, along with the audience, was just representative of this shared outlook not sanctimonious. His outlook is simply wrong and this was merely exposed and expressed as it should be...remember this is TV and not a court of law. If it were a court of law would we say; "Oh I know he's guilty but I don't think I'm not sure the prosecution were very fair." They seek justice (or at least should) and this case had a case both justified and conclusive. When the defence is based on responses of "no I didn't" (much like a teenager caught smoking) I just make that person look stupid. "I didn't say that"..."err yes you did, we've all seen it" The man should not be making a formal complaint to the BBC; it should be to his parents for making him such a thick liar! Or perhaps you could blame the BBC for the fact that you laughed when people were asking you serious questions?
I have often looked at their website, less tabloid now in appearance, and been amazed at the stupidity. 'Are the BNP racist' they say 'No' but if we are so are these people. WHAT!?!? If people swallow this they're as stupid as Nick Griffin, "hey, I'm not a murderer but if I am so are these people...surely". I think the popularity the BNP have achieved is purely down to the disenfranchisement of the common white man and not the vast emergence of white supremacists. Yes this episode has thrust them into the public eye, but only to expose them as the idiots they are.
I also read a rather snobbish yet possibly pertinent point that the people who would vote BNP would probably not have tuned into question time. If this is the case, perhaps we could rectify the problem by having a Billy Bragg theme on next weeks X-Factor.
