UKIP have rejected an offer of an anti-EU electoral pact for next year’s EU elections from the BNP. Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, was quite firm in saying they have nothing in common with the BNP. Well said UKIP, the BNP’s offer was an attempt to undermine civic nationalism, in the same way they have in

From Nick Lowles, on Hope Not Hate How much of a thorn is the English Democrats going to be for the BNP? All day I’ve been predicting that much of the BNP vote will switch to UKIP in the Europeans. An interesting vote in Kent seems to confirm that where there is a more ‘respectable’ rightwing

In an earlier piece here today, Perry de Havilland referred to the great fuss that Britain's broadcasters are now making about the rather small successes of the BNP in the Euro elections, and their relative silence concerning the much bigger success achieved by UKIP. True. UKIP is indeed being ignored, and the BNP is indeed being talked up. But I don't think it's right to dismiss th...

Surprised to see today's publicity concerning a suggestion that UKIP and the BNP should consider an electoral pact by which the two parties stand aside for each other in the next General Election. I hope its not true. UKIP are denying it. I hope its not a case of there being no smoke without fire. This story is very damaging to UKIP, and there is clearly a problem. Two members of UKIP's ...

There was only one story following the recent elections to the European Parliament – the success of the parties of the far right (UKIP and the BNP). Unlike most contributors and commenters on LC, I have consistently argued that the votes for these parties should be seen as a bloc. Campaigning against the BNP –

Iain Dale is pondering the success of the BNP in Swanley, Kent. I hesitated to even write about this, but for the BNP to secure a seat in a local council by-election in Kent is deeply worrying. Well, bravo for you, Iain - such bravery! One interesting thing is that it's quite clear from the statistics that the whole BNP vote came from UKIP and the Labour Party. Well, that'll be because t...

UKIP might like to think that they have little in common with the BNP, but the BNP begs to differ.

For all of UKIP's attempts to distance itself from the BNP, the latest being the high-profile announcement that it would not enter into an electoral pact with them, the fact remains that the two parties have overlapping membership, and similar philosophies. It was telling that the electoral pact was proposed by UKIP activist Buster Mottram, whose links with the BNP are well known and

How can anyone write about the 2004 European election results and not mention the most salient fact about them: that Ukip got 16.1% of the vote? That Ukip came third, pushing the Lib Dems into fourth place? When talking about the north-west region, how can you talk about keeping the BNP out without talking about who did keep the BNP out? Ukip, that is, with 11.7% of the vote. Just to remind everyo...

UKIP says it has "unanimously rejected" an offer from the BNP not to stand against each other in the next European elections.