I got the date of the BNP leadership vote wrong so only accidentally fell on the results any way here they are.

Griffin: 3363 (91%)
Jackson: 337 (9%)
Turnout: 43%

Jackson in a vote that was substantially rigged by Griffin against him managed to get his vote up by over 300% (100 people needed to launch the vote). The abstention rate of 57% is enormous and shows a real lack of support for Griffin, he’s leadership often seen as corrupt.
The low turnout is also significant because it shows a lack of enthusiasm in BNP troops which effects much more.

For more details and analyses click here

Oh come on

The Liberal Democrats aren’t really rocking at all at the news of three councillors lost in Bideford. What’s created the sudden loss of these three; it is there, “integrity and principal.”

The trio left after they found out one of their own worked as a stripper. Stripper isn’t exactly the most respectable job out their, but there’s a lot worse. But to leave the party in disgust is perhaps the clearest sign that they weren’t really liberals in the first place.

The Lib Dems do have a bit of a problem in attracting people who aren’t exactly presentable, this stripper and Opik are good examples of this. None the less they do deserve to be able to compete or ask to stand. If the party fails to properly vet those we put up it creates problems like those in Bideford.

But to find working with a stripper a problem to your “integrity and principal”, well …. come on.