Dirty Pretty Things Fight The BNP

Dirty Pretty Things are urging fans in Scotland and Wales to get out and vote in today’s local and parliamentary elections.

The band are long standing supporters of the Love Music Hate Racism campaign and want fans to stop the BNP getting any further gains.

Posting on their official website they wrote: “As part of our support for the Love Music Hate Racism campaign, we urge everybody who can to go out and use your vote in tomorrow's local council, and Scottish & Welsh Parliament elections - to prevent the fascist British National Party (BNP) from winning further seats.”

They added: “LMHR is a non-party-political campaign - we're simply asking you to vote for whichever democractic party you wish, to prevent a party that's opposed to democracy from making gains.

“The BNP currently have 49 local council seats around the UK, and are standing over 800 candidates in tomorrow's elections. Low turnout has often been a major factor in BNP local election wins, and sometimes just a handful of votes can make all the difference.”