Expenses row could raise support for BNP, warns Harriet Harman

May 8th, 2009 - Times Online

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The row over MPs’ expenses could fuel support for the British National Party, Labour’s deputy leader warned yesterday.

In an interview with The Times, Harriet Harman said that revelations about politicians’ claims would damage trust in the mainstream parties and could benefit the extremists.

“It does create an anti-politics mood,” Ms Harman said. “It undermines confidence in Parliament and fuels a climate of cynicism. The BNP portray themselves as the anti-politics group and the outsiders, and we have to say we are taking action and sorting this out.”

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