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Reversing racism and the elite conspiracy: Strategies used by the British National Party leader in response to hostile media appearances Johnson, A.J. and Goodman, S. Author post-print (accepted) deposited in CURVE August 2014 Original citation hyperlink: Johnson, A.J. and Goodman, S. (2013) Reversing racism and the elite conspiracy: Strategies used by the British National Party leader in response to hostile media appearances. Discourse, Context and Media, volume 2 (3): 156-164. /10.1016/j.dcm.2013.04.006 Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This item cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. This document is the author’s post-print version of the journal article, incorporating any revisions agreed during the peer-review process. Some differences between the published version and this version may remain and you are advised to consult the published version if you wish to cite from it. CURVE is the Institutional Repository for Coventry University http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open Abstract This paper addresses the talk of the leader of the British National Party leader, Nick Griffin, when he spoke on the BBC following a surge in electoral success for the party. Inclusion in these programmes demonstrated political progress for the BNP, yet ironically facilitated breadth of criticism for the party, as his appearances were met with widespread hostility and accusations of extremism. Reactive rhetoric to these criticisms is central to Griffin rebran