Lets not get too carried away... The BNP likely loves the fact that its getting press for what is a highly mediocre result.
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Mr Barnbook was elected because he passed the critical 5% mark required for a seat from the city-wide list.
This is a form of proportional representation that balances constituency results with each party's overall tally in the capital. But the senior BNP man only just made it, scraping in with 5.3%.
The party's tally of councillors has reached a psychological barrier of 100 - but a deeper look at the nationwide results reveals that there can be a world of difference between a point of importance for a small party and a genuine gathering of electoral steam.
In fact, those councillors represent less than 1% of all those elected in the UK and gains on the night, beyond the headline-grabbing result in London, were short of some expectations.
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If your asking if its shocking there are at least 130,000 disaffected folks or evern 130,000 racists in London I wouldn't be too surpised. I think around 1% of the populations a fairly optimistic estimate for the amount that hold racially dubious views...
