[andrewb]

I tend to feel that major parties dismissing them as 'extream' are not helping the problem.

I think the reason the BNP do so well is not because theres a lot of "extream racism" in places like Burnley but more people are "absolutely fed up of political correctness surrounding race".

I hope I have explained that well and people understand the two distinct differences I'm trying to put forward.

Major parties seem unable to stand up to vocal minorities, and vocal minorities seem to get their way, a LOT. So I can see where a lot of these 'BNP voters' are coming from. The BNP offer an alternative that most major parties don't, and most voters seem to overlook the fact that the BNP are mostly a major bunch of racists with much stronger agendas than their manifesto/policies suggests.