The TV technicians' union has attacked the BBC's decision to invite BNP leader Nick Griffin on to Question Time and pledged to join a demonstration against the recording of the programme.
Bectu said it would support any of its members who refused to work on the programme, which will be transmitted on October 22.
General secretary Gerry Morrissey said: "We believe there should be no media coverage of the BNP and I have raised this issue with the director general, Mark Thompson.
"He said they have been invited on to the programme because they have won elections, but we strongly disagree.
"We will be arranging a demonstration and lobby outside the Question Time studios and we will be working with anti-fascist groups to ensure there is a significant turn out."
It is being shown on the 22nd but it may be being recorded the previous week.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/3117500.stm Future locations 24 September - Bournemouth (Liberal Democrat conference) 1 October - Brighton (Labour conference) 8 October - Manchester (Conservative conference) 15 October - London 22 October - Hull 29 October - Llandudno Disclaimer: Please note this information is subject to change.
They are hardly going to record a current affairs programme a week in advance, they must've changed the published dates. I've emailled BECTU for more details.
I am watching BBC Question Time, for the first time for many months. I am genuinely astonished at the right wing bias of the panel. That the two "non-party" panel members are Digby Jones and Fraser Nelson shows the determination of the BBC to cover the full spectrum of political opinion from very right to very very right.
That they could not find a single panel member who supports the release of al-Megrahi, or who was prepared to mention that he might well not be the Lockerbie bomber, rendered the whole first fifteen minutes of "debate" otiose
As previously mentioned, I was once invited to be a panelist on Question Time but was cancelled by the BBC at short notice. .The BBC more recently caused a storm by inviting the BNP on to Question Time. I have stood against the BNP in two parliamentary elections - one in Norwich, and one in the very heart of the BNP heartland in Blackburn. Combining both parliamentary elections, as a mere individual I gained just two votes less than the BNP.
Yet, according to the BBC, I am officially banned from politics programmes on the BBC because I have no evidence of popular support for my views, while according to the BBC, the BNP have to be invited because of the extent of the popular support for their views.
The truth is that there is no concept of too right wing at the BBC, while there is a concept of too radical. The one no go area is a questioning of the narrative of the War on Terror.
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28.09.2009 14:38
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BECTU Union plans BNP Question Time demo
28.09.2009 15:06
The TV technicians' union has attacked the BBC's decision to invite BNP leader Nick Griffin on to Question Time and pledged to join a demonstration against the recording of the programme.
Bectu said it would support any of its members who refused to work on the programme, which will be transmitted on October 22.
General secretary Gerry Morrissey said: "We believe there should be no media coverage of the BNP and I have raised this issue with the director general, Mark Thompson.
"He said they have been invited on to the programme because they have won elections, but we strongly disagree.
"We will be arranging a demonstration and lobby outside the Question Time studios and we will be working with anti-fascist groups to ensure there is a significant turn out."
fred
15th ?
28.09.2009 15:14
Future locations
24 September - Bournemouth (Liberal Democrat conference)
1 October - Brighton (Labour conference)
8 October - Manchester (Conservative conference)
15 October - London
22 October - Hull
29 October - Llandudno
Disclaimer: Please note this information is subject to change.
Join the Question Time audience
Danny
Idiot
28.09.2009 15:49
Danny
Horrible Right Wing BBC Agenda
28.09.2009 16:36
I am watching BBC Question Time, for the first time for many months. I am genuinely astonished at the right wing bias of the panel. That the two "non-party" panel members are Digby Jones and Fraser Nelson shows the determination of the BBC to cover the full spectrum of political opinion from very right to very very right.
That they could not find a single panel member who supports the release of al-Megrahi, or who was prepared to mention that he might well not be the Lockerbie bomber, rendered the whole first fifteen minutes of "debate" otiose
As previously mentioned, I was once invited to be a panelist on Question Time but was cancelled by the BBC at short notice. .The BBC more recently caused a storm by inviting the BNP on to Question Time. I have stood against the BNP in two parliamentary elections - one in Norwich, and one in the very heart of the BNP heartland in Blackburn. Combining both parliamentary elections, as a mere individual I gained just two votes less than the BNP.
Yet, according to the BBC, I am officially banned from politics programmes on the BBC because I have no evidence of popular support for my views, while according to the BBC, the BNP have to be invited because of the extent of the popular support for their views.
The truth is that there is no concept of too right wing at the BBC, while there is a concept of too radical. The one no go area is a questioning of the narrative of the War on Terror.
Fascists are within the pale; sceptics are not.
Craig Murray
Homepage:
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2009/09/horrible_right.html
check out the cover of Private Eye on the news stands
28.09.2009 17:50
eye spy
Homepage:
http://www.private-eye.co.uk/covers.php?showme=1245&