Despite fielding more than 300 candidates, the BNP failed to win a single seat on Thursday. Nationally, the party could only increase its overall vote by 1.83% to 514,819 and its dismal performance was matched at municipal level.
Not only was Nick Griffin soundly beaten in Barking, his party lost all of their 12 seats on Barking and Dagenham Council. So far, 22 neo-fascist councillors have been dumped by electors across the country with more expected to go as final results are announced.
Griffin is now under pressure to account to his executive for the party’s drubbing. The newly elected MEP will also face charges that his undisguised enjoyment at having a snout in the euro-trough affected his commitment to campaigning. The party organisation is already deeply divided by resignations and attempted coups and more are expected as a result of Thursday’s setbacks.
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Thank heavens that the voters are finally sussing just how big a waste of time the BNP are in a democracy. They are no kind of alternative for this nation - unless you approve of your candidates kicking lumps out of protestors.
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8663681.stm
We carry the same video on the BNP page of this blog
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