I am not going to be very popular for what I am about to say.... however ... :eek:   The Xmas message appears to me to be one big mistake in both presentation and content.  Personally, I think that message is the sign of political naivity and a complete turn-off to most people at Christmas.  Totally counter-productive to anyone new viewing it as a possible BNP future voter.  The general impression of this speech is one of negativity and simply reinforces the widely held public impression that the BNP is a bunch of depressed whinging wet flannels who thrive on hatred.  Christmas should be a time for celebration of our past and our traditions ... Dickens, Scrooge, Kids opening presents, the nativity plays ......  The message SHOULD have highlighted the POSITIVE things about anglo-saxon culture and what we are TRYING TO PRESERVE, and this was merely glossed over in passing , soon to be consumed in an anti-muslim rant.  It was an opportunity to show a happy positive side and not to reinforce the impression of right-wing killjoys.  I am sorry, but if the BNP ever wants to make inroads into the political arena they will have to be more media and politically-savvy than is indicated by this Christmas message. I doubt if the spin-doctors at Labour HQ are worried about this particular recording.  Another problem, which should have been noticed and edited out, was when Griffin named all the whites who had been murdered and then mentioned a murdered sikh , saying whose name I cannot remember .  This is public relations blunder of the first order- especially since Griffin had previously said that Sikhs and Hindus were also victims of muslim aggression - and plays right into the hands of the anti-BNP lobby.  I am sorry, but my impression of it was not the same as most of the comments here.  I watched the video and thought it was a public relations failure.  The time for the content of that speech was in the forthcoming election period - not at Christmas.  The emphasis was wrong and Griffin really must get some people with a media brain behind him to work on his PR and his image. The reasons Nick Griffin decided to use chrismas for this rant as you call it instead of waiting for election time is simple.  1.By the next general election he will not be able to say those things legaly, and would be shoved in the slammer for 7 years if he did.(the incitment to religious hatred law)  2.He is showing how chrismas is being slowly destroyed by Labour for the Muslims. In Stoke chrismas was named winterfest so this rant has a purpose  3.He forgot the name of that sikh, this shows that his message was not   pre-written and came straight from the heart.    I doubt Nick would let some media brain tell him what he can and cant say, he gets enough of that from the left wing loonies as it is. He tells the truth, some people can't handle the truth and find it offensive but I do not belive that is any reason to stop telling it or indeed ignoring it.