The Media Are To Blame For The Rise Of BNP

So there I was at that memorable night in Manchester Town Hall surrounded by fellow Ukippers, Labours, LibDems, Cons, Greens, BNPs and Independents.
We had to double the BNP vote to get 2 seats and keep them out. We were well on course but all of a sudden the BNP are oh so slightly ahead of us.
Then by 900 votes, Nick Griffin gets elected.

So what does this mean?
Well it means that we have an extremist party sitting in the European Parliament.
What exactly will Nick Griffin do there remains to be seen but over the next 5 years Paul Nutall, UKIP North West MEP has made it clear that he will expose the BNP for the "frauds that they really are".

He also blamed the media for the BNP getting elected and I can't help but fully agree with the guy.
For a party which is fringe, has 0.2% of councillors across the country, the BNP got excessive media coverage, rivalling that of Labour and Conservatives. The BNP got nowhere in the last EU elections, yet UKIP, who came 3rd, got nowhere near as much publicity as the BNP.
The Media played up the BNP and as a result they got more attention and more votes.

We must work hard to stop the media playing into the BNP's hands.