voting for fascists

for anyone outside the uk who doesn’t know about the bnp leader john griffin being invited onto question time:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/23/nick-griffin-bnp-question-time

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/21/bbc-bnp-mark-thompson

i don't think any event in recent domestic british politics has given rise to such heated and complex debate. should the leader of a fascist party have been allowed prime air-time? (i feel too strongly to trust my own opinion about this)...