Marvelous well-done the BNP, onwards & forwards

Aiddy, UK,

Some 400,000 spoilt ballot papers , seems rather high.
Broken seals , cardboard ballot boxes??
worse than zimbabwe.

bert, somerset, uk

Marvelous well-done the BNP, onwards & forwards

Aiddy, UK,

Well done BNP....I just wonder how many of the spoiled votes belonged to you?? They (the establishment politicians) can probably handle you having 1 seat but 2 or 3 ??!!!! Maybe not so many boxes would have been DAMAGED if they had not been CARDBOARD !!!

lesley, London,

Janice you should have voted BNP 1st Boris 2nd! BNP being a small picked on party lost your vote because the 2nd vote only gets counted for the top 2 parties. Boris would still have won if you gave him 2nd choice.
Good Luck BNP hope this gives you the push you need to save Britain

Liam Birchfield, London , UK

In all fairness, one can hardly blame the slurs of the media for attacking the poor BNP. When the second in the race to become mayoral candinadate for the BNP, Erikson, denies rape is a crime, and the very leader denies the holocaust, who needs to make things up?

Mary, Bath,

well done BNP

john grimbits, birmingham,

I am glad to see the BNP represented and am surprized they didnt get an even higher vote. I voted Boris with BNP second as my main goal was to get rid of Labour. No more Ken what a fantastic thought.

Janice Livings, SE1,

Well done to the B.N.P. and all its candidates, and well done for daring to speak against the liberalist do-gooder brigade who would gladly hand over the keys to this proud nations heritage, it,s time for a complete change in politics and a more right wing approach to our problems.

a cork, doncaster, uk

Jack- interesting, so that's 400,000 "spoilt" ballots and 40% of the ballot boxes at the olympia were tampered with, the bnp probably secured 2/3 seats but of course the dinosaur establishment couldn't stomach that....by that i mean democracy.

Good balanced article Times

Mike taylor, Cardiff,

if in the future , he BNP comes to power, then you"English" will lose everything,because without the rest of the world you would not be able to survive. Moreover, all the foreighn companyies will abandon England and move their business' out of your country.
good luck to BNP supporters.

Aj, London, UK

The BNP have been saying to people This crowded Island is like the Titanic the people believe its unsinkable!! the BNP are telling the crew look out ice about !! if we hit a burg we will sink and all drown!! but the band playes on //At last some of the crew are waking up we may yet be saved!!

terence oakes, prescot, merseyside

Well done BNP. We need a party honest enough be truthful about what ordinary working class brits feel about immigration. We are constantly fed lies about the benefits of immigration but the only benefit is cheap labour for rich businessmen. Go to any hopital or school. We must be mad.

Thomas Davies, London, England

Richard Barnbrook gaining a GLA seat is indeed a victory for hope for the idigenous British to survive in these islands where only this week we learn that 23.3% of primary school pupils are from ethnic minorities . He will oppose the proposed amnesty for 600,00 illegal immigrants Boris and Ken plan.

D.Rowlands, Manchester,

Congratulations to Richard Barnbrook and the BNP, may your success continue in the next general election. A triumph for real Londoners who have suffered greatly under Red Ken Livingston. Well done.

Tara, Kensington, London,

Congrats to the BNP, Great result for tax paying, working, born & breed, brits! Keep up the good work. Not bad, when you consider you were not allowed to air your views on our TV screens to drum up votes!

Ms L Miles, London,

Nothing to do with racism or fascism We the people of the BNP fought and died since before the Crimea ! with Bodicca against the Romans !! and against Hitler we stood the Bombing so that we could have freedom and democracy this is being denied to us!! We want our land back with its Democracy for all

terence oakes, prescot, merseyside

I am shocked and disturbed by the number of congratulatory messages posted here. This is nothing but a win for small mindedness and xenophobia

Hugh, Ealing, London

looking forward to seeing barnbrook on question time speaking the truth.

helen, Norwich,

Congratulations Mr Barnbrook! You are an inspiration and I'm sure your seat on the GLA will prove to be the most important, as you will ensure that the running of London is fair and above-board for the first time in decades. I urge those of you who still believe the BNP is racist to visit bnp.org.uk

M J Dean, Bristol, England

Congratulations to Richard Barnbrook, to the BNP and to all the people who voted and supported the only party who will make this land great again. Unlike the drivel that has spawned from the lib/lab/con tricksters, the BNP will tell it has it is.

Richard, Bude, UK

Well done Richard Barnbrook,please use your seat wisely for real londoners.

carol taylor, romford, england

This is probably good news.

Its not a secret that the big parties have failed people, or that political correctness is absurd.

I dont know if I would vote BNP, but overall its a positive to see ANY minor party with controversial opinions make progress in our system.

Lukas, Stoke, Britain

does this mean the media will stop its anti British anti BNP hate campaign and finally start to allow us British a voice without being slandered as racists or nazis?

Neil, london, UK

I don't know why they should be so happy. The country will never belong to them during my life time.

From a hated immigrant.

Maria, London, England

Having a serious politician on the London Assembly who is "immigration-aware" and who is clearly not part of the Lib-Lab-Con cartel, can only be a move in the right direction. Can this be the start of the end of political correctness?

C. Wakley, Northants,

Very symbolic. There is hope sanity can be restored to London life.

opq, LONDON, UK

For the first time in years this feels like the old country I used to know and love. Common sense is returning at last, and boy does it feel good! Well done Richard and well done London.. fantastic news.

Robert, London,

I would like to say congratualtions to Richard Barnbrook for getting onto the London Assembly. He seems an intelligent man and whose views really boil down to common sense.
We need more of this in British Politics.

roger sharman, Esher, surrey

Well done to Richard Barnbrook and the BNP, plus a well done to the Times and the writer of this report for a well balanced perspective. Its a great pity that other media outlets both by paper and airwaves cannot grasp that the BNP is and will remain a legitimate political party, in a democracy?

Phil Shortland, Burton-Latimer, England

It is about time the establishment stopped it's BNP hatred, and the scare stories. People have legitimate concerns, so they vote for the party that will represent them. Live with it.

David, Nottingham, Notts

Look how bankrupt are the establishment politicians as the likes of Denis MacShane says the BNP seats in Rotherham had fallen to a party that to could offer no solution to the town’s needs, “only hate and division”. Go away Macshane, you are the hater. You hate British culture and identity.

James Williams, Swansea, uk

I commend The Times for producing a fair and balanced report.
The country is tired of 3-party 'yaa-boo' politics and perhaps the BNP can introduce a breath of fresh air.
Let's give them a try and judge them on their potential success or failure. After all, that's what democracy is about.

Graham, Bradford, UK

Fantastic news, a sign that the public is waking up!

Paul Sharpe, Nottingham, England

Boris as Mayor and the BNP on the Assembly. This is the worst night London has seen since the Blitz.

Steven Morrison, Streatham, London, UK

Congratulations to Richard Barnbrook a breath of fresh air in the staid world of PC politics.Not a bad assessment of BNP performance yesterday.But forgets to put it into context.Five years ago the BNP had no elected councilors anywhere.Now they have over 100.Progress has been steady not spectacular.

Norman, Notts,

The BNP faces huge disadvantages challenging the entrenched parties, with no Union or Big Business financers, and facing organised campaigns, hard-left violence, a 100% hostile media, and a government willing to misuse legislation, the police & the courts.

A seat on the LA is real progress.

L Stewart, Spalding, England

Good news, RIchard Barnbrook and the BNP will perform good governance over the council.

John Miller, Harrow,

Congratulations to Richard Barnbrook on being elected to the GLA.

Grant, Kensington,

"who votes for these people" Well Chris, at just over 5% about 1 in 20 people. That's a lot of people in a city the size of London. It's called democracy - get over it. Well done to the British National Party - they did it despite their opponents throwing every smear possible at them.

P. Williams, London, England

On the ITV Local website video newsfeed (The BBC News24 cut to presenter after main 3 spoke - typical) the UKIP candidate said that over 400,000 were declared spoilt How come no media is mentioning this? To put it in perspective Paddick received 290,000 votes. Are we now living in a Banana State?

Jack, Northumberland, UK

worse news than Boris becoming mayor
worst news all night
how bad can it get, who votes for these people

chris, london, uk

well done ! as the first clearly written report i have found in the uk papers you are proving the legendary journalistic strength of the "thunderer"

w smith, barrie ontario, canada