Yes it did, membership peaked around 2003/4, but has rapily dropped since. Currently stands at 5000-6000 at the end og 2005. No the BNP has never had 15 000 members, our membership card number reached 15 000 at 2004 but that does not mean we had 15 000 members(all that means is 15 000 members have been in/out of the BNP since 1982). At the end of 2004 we had 8000 members, I don't know how many members we have at the moment, but apprantly a lot of people joined during the trial.    +people still seem to be linking Barnes as being some sort of policy maker in the BNP and making it seem like the whole of the BNP agree with him, most BNP members don't there are only a couple on this thread that do, everyone else is against him.