According to the BBC, the leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin is to complain to them over his controversial appearance on Question Time.
Mr Griffin claims the normal format of the programme was changed and that he had faced a "lynch mob".
The fallout from the show - watched by eight million people - has intensified, with Mr Griffin's fellow panellists saying he had been "shown up".
Welsh Secretary Peter Hain, who had led the campaign to prevent Mr Griffin being allowed on the show, said "the BBC should be ashamed of single-handedly doing a racist, fascist party the biggest favour in its grubby history."
Griffin complaint over BBC 'mob'
In the end I think the BBC were vindicated by their decision to let the BNP leader appear on the show last Thursday. To paraphrase Julius Caesar: Nick Griffin came, he spoke, he flopped.
But the BBC did fail in one respect - Griffin should have been allowed to speak freely, so that his views could be exposed by intelligent debate. But with setting up what seemed a deliberately belligerent audience who frequently interrupted and/or harangued him, one was left with the impression that Griffin was denied a fair hearing.
So I watched and listened to Nick Griffin on Question Time and in my opinion, he looked completely out of his depth.
But more importantly, I'll observe how the British electorate responds.
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