[quote=][b]BNP wins seat in London Assembly [/b]
The anti-immigration British National Party has won a seat on the London Assembly after getting 5.3% of votes.
Richard Barnbrook, who is BNP leader on Barking and Dagenham Council and who came fifth in the mayoral contest, will take up one of the 25 assembly seats.
He said he would stand up for Londoners regardless of "colour or identity" as long they fitted in "to the environment they come into".
But critics said it was a victory for "hatred, violence and stupidity".
London voters elected 14 of the London Assembly members directly, with the remaining 11 divided between the parties in proportion to London-wide votes.