BNP leader Nick Griffin, along with his fellow party member and activist Mark Collett, has been cleared of four of the charges brought against him relating to speeches made in 2004 that were filmed by a undercover BBC journalist. Whilst I disagree with what Griffin said in those speeches (I remember watching the documentary at the time), and I don’t believe the propaganda on the BNP web site claiming that the trial is somehow part of a plot by the government to undermine free speech, I can’t help feeling that perhaps this case has been a waste of taxpayers’ money. The problem is, as always, the fine line between free speech and inciting people to commit criminal acts, and where the line should be drawn.