An instructive comparison.   Mark Cotterill's accepting and then withdrawing his candidacy for the Euro election drew more attention to nationalist candidates in that region. If anything, that helped Griffin.  The BNP's late challenge in the Blackburn Meadowcroft ward denied a nationalist candidate a seat. Has the BNP leadership offered any reasoning in attempt to justify its own forlorn candidacy in that ward? You should probably note that EF are targeting the BNP'S capital Burnley   http://www.efp.org.uk/_pages/burnley.htm  So dont go thinking that they dont plan on splitting BNP votes, we might end up having no one in burnley.