Election results.

The result of the Barnsley By-election should be through in an hour or so and most commentators are predicting the BNP will get between 4 and 6% on a low turnout which would be another fall in their support in what should be a strong area for them.
In the mean time let us savour a council by-election result from Salford which the BNP say is a strong area for them.

Walkden North

Lab 1291, 72.6%
Con 209, 11.7%
EngDem 125, 7.0%
BNP 92, 5.2%
LD 62. 3.5%

And now the Barnsley result.

Lab: 14,724 - 60.8%
UKIP: 2,953 - 12.2%
Cons: 1,999 - 8.3%
BNP: 1,463 - 6.0%
Ind (D): 1,266 - 5.2%
LD: 1,012 - 4.2%
ED: 544 - 2.2%
MRLP: 198 0.8%
Ind (VD): 60 - 0.2%

That's nearly a 3% drop in the BNP's vote since the General Election in a by-election called for because an MP was jailed for fiddling his expenses, in one of the strongest areas of support for the BNP, with one of the few active branches remaining and every possible resource chucked into the campaign and a low turnout.
If only the Truth Truck was running, it could have been so different.