greatest humiliation for BNP Pack your bags and Go!

[Ibtisam]

BNP leader Nick Griffin has put on a defiant face as campaigners claimed the far-right party had suffered its "greatest humiliation" at the ballot box.

 

After 580 results in the General Election, the party had failed to win a single seat despite fielding more than 300 candidates.

 

The BNP could only increase its overall vote by 1.83% to 514,819 after a year of increased national exposure thanks to Mr Griffin and colleague Andrew Brons being elected to serve as MEPs and the leader's appearance on BBC's Question Time.

 

Mr Griffin, 51, was told to "pack your bags and go" by Margaret Hodge as the BNP leader slumped to third in his bid to become MP for Barking in east London.

 

Weyman Bennett, the joint secretary of Unite Against Fascism (UAF), said: "The BNP's vote has been paltry. This just shows that the party's increased exposure has exposed them for what they are. The BNP fielded more candidates than ever and yet the party has gone backwards."

 

The BNP had been extremely active in Barking and Mr Griffin polled 4,916 votes.

 

Mr Griffin was heckled throughout his speech with chants of "Off, off, off" and "Rubbish".

 

But, raising his voice over the jeers, he said: "I would say this to the people of Britain: it is going to be too late for Barking, but it is not too late for Britain. Get rid of our masters before they get rid of us."

 

Speaking after her victory, Ms Hodge said: "This really is a great moment in our history. On behalf of all the people in Britain, we in Barking have not just beaten but we have smashed the extreme right.

 

"The lesson from Barking to the BNP is clear: Get out and stay out, you're not wanted here and your vile politics have no place in British democracy. Pack your bags and go."

 

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[NGONGE]

^^ Becoming MP was always a long shot anyway. Wonder how that 1.83% increase translates in the councillor elections.

[Saalax]

What a silly man griffin is thinking anybody will support his fascist policy.

[Ibtisam]

BNP loses all 12 seats in Barking and Dagenham council

 

BNP leader Nick Griffin lost out in the Barking parliamentary seat

The British National Party (BNP) has lost all 12 of its seats on east London's Barking and Dagenham Council.

 

Labour gained 19 wards and now has control of all 51 council seats.

 

The party also took control of Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Harrow, Hounslow, Islington, Southwark and Waltham Forest.

 

The Liberal Democrats held Sutton and Kingston but lost Richmond to the Tories, who held on to control of nine boroughs.

 

There is no overall control in Merton or Redbridge.

 

Speaker's wife loses

 

More than 6,000 candidates contested 1,861 seats in 32 boroughs.

 

Labour 'delighted' at Enfield win

The BNP's loss in Barking in the local elections mirrored its defeat in the parliamentary elections where Labour minister Margaret Hodge saw off a challenge by BNP leader Nick Griffin, winning by a majority of more than 16,000.

 

Mr Griffin came in third place, with 6,620 votes, behind the Conservatives. The Labour Party has been in control of Barking and Dagenham Council since 1964.

 

In Newham, Labour won all 60 seats.

 

Sally Bercow, the wife of the Commons speaker John, failed to win a council seat for Labour in Westminster, losing St James's ward to the Tories.

 

Three borough mayoral elections have also taken place.

 

Sir Robin Wales, from Labour, has been re-elected mayor of Newham; Jules Pipe, Labour, was re-elected mayor of Hackney and the party's Steve Bullock was re-elected as mayor of Lewisham.