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Originally Posted by Populist Lee
Although they will, the BNP haven't that much to crow about - - beaten by the Greens.
And I expect the recriminations about the duff leaflets to start with a venom as well. There is no reason why the BNP shouldn't have finished in third spot.
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Yep, we can't keep looking at success based upon how well we do against UKIP - a party of old irrelevant farts (as perceived by the public) that has obviously long since reached it's heyday. The cold light of reality is the BNP got less than four percent, which is a huge disappointment - I was hoping for at least 8 percent. A few years ago it seemed that the BNP were consistently getting 15-25 percent in council elections. I realise a by election plays by different rules, and it's more important to back the party with the best chance of winning, and perhaps that's what we have here. I really think the BNP needs to start polling areas like this to find out how many would a. support it's policies if it wasn't the BNP; b. how many would vote for BNP if they didn't vote tactically, and c. what the BNP needs to do to win their votes.