Nick Griffin is gone – but hatred of the political class remains

Despair at the political elite drove the BNP’s rise - and hasn't gone away.

(Photo By Nick Griffin has been expelled from the BNP, which accuses him of trying to put the party in crisis. Photo: Getty)

The most notable aspect of Nick Griffin’s ousting as party leader of the British National Party is its sheer irrelevance. It took two days for anybody to notice the results of the BNP’s national executive on Saturday.

The reason is simple. The BNP have ceased to be politically significant. From a peak of 58 councillors in 2009 it now has only two left. In 2009, the BNP won two MEPs, 940,000 votes and over six per cent in the European elections. This May, the BNP won 180,000 votes and barely one per cent of the vote.