Labour Routed in European Elections as BNP Wins First Seats

Gordon Brown suffered humiliation in the polls last night as the British National Party achieved its biggest electoral breakthrough.

The far-right party took its first two seats — including one for its leader Nick Griffin — in the European Parliament as Labour endured sharp falls in its vote across the country.

The Prime Minister will face a critical meeting with his MPs tonight after a night of unrelieved gloom that saw his party’s share of the vote slump to 16 per cent or below. The Conservatives were well ahead. The results were so bad that Labour rebels may be tempted to have one last try to oust the Prime Minister. There were threats early today to publish a list of names of MPs wanting him to go.

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