The British National party (BNP) have won their first MEPs in the European elections, with party leader Nick Griffin winning a seat in the European parliament.

There has been quite a lot of hand wringing from the mainstream political parties over the past couple of days about the 'success' of the BNP in the Euro elections. I put the word 'success' in quotes because the one thing that has been lost is some perspective. The BNP now have two MEPs from 72 British MEPs (2.7%) in a Parliament of just over 730 MEPs (0.2%). They join the other 70 or so loons, 9/...

The far-right British National Party (BNP) won its first seat in the European Parliament on Sunday, official results showed.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown isn't the only one receiving some abuse in British politics. The British National Party experienced success in the EU elections yesterday with two party members winning seats in the British Parliament-- far-right BNP leader Nick Griffin is now a target of the opposition's disapproval.  Today, Griffin had eggs thrown at him at a press conference by protest...

The election success of the far-right British National Party (BNP) does not signal a major shift to the right in British politics, according to former British Labour MEP Richard Corbett, who lost his seat to the BNP in last weekend's European election.

THE FAR-RIGHT British National Party could reap £4 million after winning its first term in the European Parliament, giving it financial ammunition for the general election.

The European Parliament was at its most self-congratulatory today, revelling in the "extraordinary success" of the euro. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was there, as was the Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquín Almunía and the president of the "euro group", Jean-Claude Juncker. "A bunch of unelected old men," said Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, afterwards -&n...

THE British National Party's first two Euro-MPs have been asked to leave one of the main drinking haunts of European Parliament staff and MEPs in Brussels.

British National party leader prevented from reaching Manchester count by demonstrators as far-right party wins seats in North West and Yorkshire and Humber Nick Griffin, the leader of the BNP, was today elected to the European parliament. The far-right leader won a seat in the North West region. Earlier Andrew Brons, another British National party politician won in the Yorkshire and Humber area. ...

British National Party Leader Nick Griffin, recently elected as an MEP for the North West region, has been pelted with eggs outside Parliament. The controversial far-right politician, whose Party admits "indigenous British ethnic groups derived from the class of Caucasion", was holding a press conference about the Party's recent success in the European Parliament elections, which secured them...