Griffin-watch part two

Apparently last night's Question Time was the third most-watched programme of the day.

It came in behind BBC1’s EastEnders, which had 8.7m (39.6 per cent of the viewing public) between 7.30pm and 8pm, and ITV1’s Coronation Street, which had 8m (32.5 per cent) between 8.30pm and 9pm.

So more people were interested in learning about the progress of Killer Tony and Maria's engagement and dozens of Cockneys yelling "you slag!", than the policies of the BNP.

And we wonder why the guy got elected. This country...

I was heartened though by a guy in the QT audience who was interviewed on Radio 4's Today programme this morning - although I didn't agree with his opinion that Nick Griffin should not have been allowed on.

He added that the upside to giving Griffin the oxygen of publicity was that the very people likely to vote for him were unlikely to be watching a programme of the calibre of Question Time. They were, he said, "more likely to be watching X Factor".

There's a man after my own heart.