23Feb/091
Mel Phillips: Not right-wing enough for Mail readers
Even Mel isn't extreme enough for people commenting on her article about the 'odious' BNP today. As Eric notes, the comments praising the BNP are voted up to the nines, while those complaining are given a right old beatdown. That's pretty grim reading actually, but it's not unusual.
Just as with Littlejohn, the columnists may claim to find the BNP unpleasant and appalling, and I'm pretty sure they do, but when you write a hell of a lot of things they agree with then you've got the kind of fans you might not necessarily want to invite over for a barbecue.
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February 23rd, 2009 - 14:39
Its the old trick, slag off the BNP then recite most of their manifesto with approval for the rest of your column.
Jon Gaunt in the Sun does a neat line in this as well.
And I strongly suspect that the BNP membership will have been mobilised by central command to add their input.