Bloggers launch the “Coalition Against No Platform“

Today I am pleased to publish a new page, the Coalition Against No Platform, a directory of bloggers and articles from all political parties.

We believe that the No Platform policy, where speakers refuse to participate in debates at which the BNP or other undesirables are present is foolish at best and counter-productive at worst.

With less than a week to go before Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party, appears on Question Time, the debate over the No Platform Policy is more relevant than ever before.

Though Griffin’s QT appearance may suggest that the argument has already ended, there are still many hearts and minds left to convince.

We believe that the main political parties and all their activists are united in their approach to tackling the BNP and challenging them directly.

The classic arguments are well worn, and we can go round and round debating about debating, but at the end of it all we have to make a decision, and it’s far better for us to mobilise and argue with those we want to defeat than those with whom we share the same goals.

See the list here.

You may also enjoy:

• Knocking Tom Miller off his platform
• Statement on Nick Griffin on Question Time
• Response to the response of the response
• It is Labour’s duty to defeat the BNP, we must end the ‘No Platform’ policy
• From the ‘Man on the Inside’