Jack Straw evaded the really important point - ie "Do you think that your goverment's immigration policies have led to the rise in votes for the BNP?" The answer was a resounding Yes, but he couldn't say it.
Plenty of reasonably educated people I know voted BNP, or at least considered it, not because they want the hopeless shower in actual power, or are racist, but because they see it as the best way to give the mainstream a kick up the rear on immigration.
Last night was a total set up by the BBC, it started with a news announcer on the radio in the afternoon saying that a lot of protesters were expected at the BBC studios, and then telling them exactly where those studios are. He may as well have said go along and chuck eggs at him.
Then Griffin made some perfectly reasonable statements on his fears about Islam, after being asked to. About 3 people at the back applauded this (which goes to show how stage-managed the audience was) and all the ones at the front were looking round in indignation to try and see who could possibly agree with his view that it is wrong to stone women to death after they have been raped.