Mr Griffin was elected for the North West region while Andrew Brons picked up another BNP seat in Yorkshire and Humber, where it won 10% of the vote.
Mr Griffin said the BNP was not racist, but won votes because it "spoke openly about the problem of immigration."
Labour's Harriet Harman described the result as "terrible" while Tory leader David Cameron said he was "sickened".
BNP leader Nick Griffin is attacked by egg throwers. Is this an appropriate way to make a political protest?
Do you think the BNP party sould be allowed to exist, even if it is, as some people claim, racist?
Should people be allowed to vote for the BNP, and if not, what would be the wider implications of this?
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Should people be allowed to vote for the BNP, and if not, what would be the wider implications of this?
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I'm a fan of free speech, and I'll defend your right to vote the BNP if you really want to. I won't pretend to like it, and if I have to I'll publicly protest you being a small minded racist, but if you dislike immigrants and think a political party shouldn't have black or asian members, you have a right to say that.
ReplyDeleteJust as I have a right to throw eggs as you if you do.