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When the seasoned political commentators went on live during election night 2010, they perhaps weren't expecting such a...spectacular result. The fears of many were realised as Nick Griffin's BNP, long a boogeyman lead by a looney, climbed past the magic 326 number, leaving the three main parties embarrassed at having fallen to a fascist tribute act. Immediately, plans were drawn up to oust Griffin from the prime minister's seat, with many in the BNP not expecting at all to win the election. However, agreements fell apart as remarkably few defections from the ascendant party occurred. Instead, Griffin's destruction would come from inside. Though he had brought the party to power the man's own personality still could not be stomached and even as he pushed plans for deportation anger stewed. Divisions were exposed on the Iraq war when many party MPs criticised Griffin's decision to unilaterally withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq while meeting with the government of Bashar al-Assad. Mo Chaudry's attempted deportation provoked a wave of anger and resulted in a party coup against Griffin with deputy Simon Darby wielding the knife on Boxing Day 2010. Griffin was by no means done and formed Response!, a splinter party with 30 loyal members. The other parties saw their chance to strike as the government was left without a majority and so turned to the grandee Paddy Ashdown to lead the country. The 2012 election was cast in a shadow of doubt and many wondered if the BNP could make a comeback after a 'coup', but thankfully for most they were destroyed as the split between Darby and Griffin was nearly even, with UKIP hoovering up the rest. Nevertheless, the new government of David Miliband was troubled, having to deal with the aftermath of 2010's London Riots and the reversal of the Griffin-era immigration policy. The 2014 Scottish Referendum, which saw the SNP appeal against "a Westminster, which not too long ago was led by a coalition of fascist jackboots", was Miliband's final nail in the coffin. He resigned, and after words of an election passed, Yvette Cooper lead the country through two years of uncertainty and fear, as UKIP rose in the old BNP heartlands. The promise of an EU referendum came uncomfortably onto Labour's 2017 manifesto, but it was nowhere near enough to stem the ensuing Tory landslide. Yet another split in the BNP arrived as former Defence Minister Paul Golding left to form his London-based group Britain Above All, which only served to humiliate Darby further.
2007-2010: Gordon Brown (Labour)
2010: Nick Griffin (BNP)
2010 (Majority) def. Gordon Brown (Labour), David Cameron (Conservative), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats)
2010-2011: Simon Darby (BNP)
2011-2012: Lord Ashdown (Liberal Democrats leading National Government)
2012-2014: David Miliband (Labour)
2012 (Coalition with Liberal Democrats) def. Theresa May (Conservative), Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrats), Alex Salmond (SNP), Gerard Batten (UKIP), Simon Darby (Continuity BNP), Caroline Lucas (Green), Nick Griffin (Response!)
2015-2017: Yvette Cooper (Labour)
2017-: Boris Johnson (Conservative)
2017 (Majority) def. Yvette Cooper (Labour), Ed Davey (Liberal Democrats), Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru), Suzanne Evans (UKIP), Caroline Lucas (Green), Simon Darby (National Unionist), Paul Golding (Britain Above All)
When the seasoned political commentators went on live during election night 2010, they perhaps weren't expecting such a...spectacular result. The fears of many were realised as Nick Griffin's BNP, long a boogeyman lead by a looney, climbed past the magic 326 number, leaving the three main parties embarrassed at having fallen to a fascist tribute act. Immediately, plans were drawn up to oust Griffin from the prime minister's seat, with many in the BNP not expecting at all to win the election. However, agreements fell apart as remarkably few defections from the ascendant party occurred. Instead, Griffin's destruction would come from inside. Though he had brought the party to power the man's own personality still could not be stomached and even as he pushed plans for deportation anger stewed. Divisions were exposed on the Iraq war when many party MPs criticised Griffin's decision to unilaterally withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq while meeting with the government of Bashar al-Assad. Mo Chaudry's attempted deportation provoked a wave of anger and resulted in a party coup against Griffin with deputy Simon Darby wielding the knife on Boxing Day 2010. Griffin was by no means done and formed Response!, a splinter party with 30 loyal members. The other parties saw their chance to strike as the government was left without a majority and so turned to the grandee Paddy Ashdown to lead the country. The 2012 election was cast in a shadow of doubt and many wondered if the BNP could make a comeback after a 'coup', but thankfully for most they were destroyed as the split between Darby and Griffin was nearly even, with UKIP hoovering up the rest. Nevertheless, the new government of David Miliband was troubled, having to deal with the aftermath of 2010's London Riots and the reversal of the Griffin-era immigration policy. The 2014 Scottish Referendum, which saw the SNP appeal against "a Westminster, which not too long ago was led by a coalition of fascist jackboots", was Miliband's final nail in the coffin. He resigned, and after words of an election passed, Yvette Cooper lead the country through two years of uncertainty and fear, as UKIP rose in the old BNP heartlands. The promise of an EU referendum came uncomfortably onto Labour's 2017 manifesto, but it was nowhere near enough to stem the ensuing Tory landslide. Yet another split in the BNP arrived as former Defence Minister Paul Golding left to form his London-based group Britain Above All, which only served to humiliate Darby further.
2007-2010: Gordon Brown (Labour)
2010: Nick Griffin (BNP)
2010 (Majority) def. Gordon Brown (Labour), David Cameron (Conservative), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats)
2010-2011: Simon Darby (BNP)
2011-2012: Lord Ashdown (Liberal Democrats leading National Government)
2012-2014: David Miliband (Labour)
2012 (Coalition with Liberal Democrats) def. Theresa May (Conservative), Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrats), Alex Salmond (SNP), Gerard Batten (UKIP), Simon Darby (Continuity BNP), Caroline Lucas (Green), Nick Griffin (Response!)
2015-2017: Yvette Cooper (Labour)
2017-: Boris Johnson (Conservative)
2017 (Majority) def. Yvette Cooper (Labour), Ed Davey (Liberal Democrats), Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru), Suzanne Evans (UKIP), Caroline Lucas (Green), Simon Darby (National Unionist), Paul Golding (Britain Above All)
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