Nick Griffin sent out a letter to BNP members today. I can't tell if he's begging for support or apologising for the dismal results in the 2010 elections. One thing is clear, though, when reading the analysis and rebuttal in Liberal Democrat Voice: Nick Griffin doesn't understand mathematics or statistics. He strikes me as not the best person to talk about the economy.
The 6,620 votes I secured in Barking is the highest number ever cast for a BNP (or in fact for any British nationalist party) candidate in a general election.
With all the publicity that Griffin has received over the past year, his 6,620 votes were just 68 more than he gained in Oldham West & Royton in 2001. His share of the vote at 14.8% was 1.6% lower than that received nine years earlier.
I expected more from a party promising openness, not spin; and better numeracy from a Cambridge graduate.