Barking Mad

'Can Nick Griffin become an MP in the battle for Barking?' this Video from the BBC website asks.

The answer is No. No he can't.

Here is why.

At the 2005 General election, Labour had a 8,883 (or 30%) majority in Barking, with 48% of the actual vote compared to the BNP's 17%.

Granted they were a mere 27 votes behind Conservative in 2nd place, but give than the Conservative vote is expected to strengthen further in places like Barking, I can't see the BNP making any headway at their expense either.

Put simply, he's not going to overhaul that margin, even if he had got his melty face on the secrets of the Ark of the Covenant to help him.