f*ck tha bnpThe fascist British National Party (BNP) has suffered a serious setback in its bid to make a further breakthrough in Thursday's elections. The racist organisation made a net gain of just ONE local councillor - winning nine, but losing eight. This, despite them standing over 750 local council candidates across the country. The BNP's dismal performance is a tribute to the mass campaigning that took place in the run-up to the elections. Across the UK, thousands of people distributed anti-fascist leaflets, and many many successful anti-racist gigs and other events were organised to highlight the BNP threat. In a final push yesterday, scores of music stars - supporters of the Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) campaign - sent out emails and website appeals to their fans to vote to stop the BNP. LMHR was deluged with emails and myspace messages from music fans who said this had prompted them to go out use their vote. Hard-Fi said, "The BNP have once again tried to use misinformation and distortion in an attempt to deceive the British public. Hard-Fi wish to state our continued opposition to the BNP and continued support for Love Music Hate Racism and the fight against racism and fascism." Lethal Bizzle said: "The BNP's failure in the local elections is brilliant news. I'm so glad to be associated with Love Music Hate Racism, and as an artist with such multicultural fans I'm gonna continue to support the cause through my music."