Interesting post Dan on the Hill. You've had us talking about it at home for over an hour!
The only point I would like to bring up is that I don't think many people are voting BNP because of its socialist policies. I don't think many people who voted BNP actually know what its policies are.
I wonder how may of those proud British northerners would have voted BNP if they knew the BNP wanted to remove the queen from her throne and abolish the monarchy?