I'm glad that the BNP's Nick Griffin is appearing on Question Time

Nick Griffin will appear on Question Time on Thursday (Photo: PA)

Well I'm sorry, but I am. I'm glad for various reasons, some of which have to do with freedom of speech and the democratic right of political parties which have won seats in local councils and in Europe to be represented on Britain's main political debating programme.

Mainly, though, I'm glad because of the discomfiture it has caused among the chattering-idiot classes. Though personally I despise the BNP – as I do all parties o...