Protesters break into BBC headquarters

Protesters break into BBC headquarters

Anti-fascist protesters broke into the BBC's west London headquarters on Thursday, ahead of a white-supremacist party leader's appearance on a leading political debate show.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the BBC Television Center in an increasingly rowdy rally against British National Party chief Nick Griffin, who is due to appear on the broadcaster's Question Time program. At one point about 25 people breached a police cordon and ran into the center's lobby.

A BBC footage showed some being pulled across the floor by their arms and legs by security.

The BBC later said that Griffin had managed to make it into the building, where he was scheduled to be a panelist on Question Time - a first for the far-right party.

Many politicians have condemned the invitation to Griffin, but the BBC says that as a publicly funded broadcaster it must cover all political parties that have a national presence. Justice Secretary Jack Straw, a senior member of the governing Labour Party Cabinet, is due to appear alongside Griffin.

The whites-only BNP opposes immigration and claims to fight for "indigenous" Britons. Griffin has a conviction for racial hatred and has denied the Holocaust in the past.

The party has tried to shed its thuggish image and enter the political mainstream. Earlier this year it won two European Union parliament seats, gaining 6 percent of British votes in European polls. It has no seats in the British Parliament.

The invitation to appear in front of several million TV viewers has divided Britain, but delighted the BNP, which is counting down the seconds until the broadcast on its website.

Brit office workers to be allowed 10-minute 'Facebook break'!

Bosses in Britian have decided to impose a new rule in the workplace which will allow employees a 'Facebook break' of 10 minutes a day.

The decision has been taken after a research suggested that Britain's economy is suffering thanks to workers surfing social networking sites, reports The Telegraph.iles Ridgeway, a leading consultant at Employment Law Advisory Services (ELAS) says Facebook is a "curse."

"They feel some staff are failing to do the job they're paid for because they're spending too much time on such websites," he said.

"Some have said it appears to be a habit similar to smokers needing their fix of nicotine," he added.

According to Ridgeway, social networking sites are not a part of workers "legal entitlement".

"In days past, staff would have gathered around the office tea trolley for a quick chat. Now, they can talk to friends on the other side of the globe from their desks," he said.

"But to remain able to do so means committing to doing the job they're employed for. If they don't and bosses take exception to what they believe to be an abuse, they could find themselves out of work and companies would be well within their rights to take such action," he added. (ANI)