Tuesday 9th June 2009

Leading on from my post about Nick Griffin yesterday (sorry to sound like a broken record), I was glad to see him pelted with eggs by anti fascist protesters outside Westminster this afternoon.
This has been the big debate of the day; were the protesters right to deny Griffin the chance to conduct his press conference? Well, maybe his location for the press conference could've been better. The lawn outside Westminster is usually only used by the big political parties to speak to the press. His sheer arrogance is so apparent here by the fact that he thinks he and his fascist party are now the political mainstream, just because they now have two elected MEPs. If Griffin wants to preach his racial hate like Hitler he should've chosen a more private location.
And the protesters only threw eggs at him, not bricks or hand grenades. If I was there at that moment I would've happily joined the "Nazi scum off our streets" chanting. Well done to the anti fascist group who organised the protests. They weren't denying free speech like many people have suggested, they were stopping a fascist leader from preaching is immoral and socially unacceptable views.
Nick Griffin was on more4 news tonight being interviewed by Alex Thomson. He denied that he ever claimed that the Holocaust never happened on The Cook Report in 1997. Footage of The Cook Report all over YouTube suggests otherwise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X8QQwU00Jk).

I don't wish to spend any more time blogging on this scumbag, so will move swiftly on...

I'm still checking the Internet several times a day to see if the Matt Le Tissier backed Pinnacle group have successfully completed their takeover of Southampton Football Club. It will be difficult to relax until the deal is set in stone, but meetings last week between the prospective new board and current manager Mark Wotte suggest the Dutchman won't be in charge of the first team next season.
I would love to see Paul Tisdale become Saints manager, a young manager who has won back-to-back promotions with Exeter City and a former Saints player in the Premiership years. Of course, a return to St Marys for Gordon Strachan would be a dream come true, but we have to remain realistic. A few people have suggested Paul Ince should take charge next season, as he has a proven track record in the lower leagues with Maccesfield and MK Dons. However, I would be very skeptical of this appointment, as he may jump at the chance to move to a club in the divisions above, like did when in charge of both Maccesfield and MK Dons.
Just as long as Rupert Lowe doesn't ever return I'm optimistic the long road to recovery for Saints can begin from next season.

Off to watch Jack Dee Live at the Apollo now (its on Dave, I'm not actually going to the live event unfortunately), I seem to be on a roll with updates, three days in a row now, lets hope I can keep this run up!