The leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin was ousted as an MEP.

On an interview with Sky News earlier he admitted “Yep, we are indeed what you call racist”.

Okay, not exactly a shocker but an admission nevertheless and something he had previously denied.

Griffin then went on to blame UKIP for his party’s collapse as support for the far-right party collapsed right across the UK, with just one per cent lending their vote to the party. He told Sky News that voters had simply "voted for Ukip's racist policies" instead. Ukip should be worried, when the leader of the BNP calls your party racist then it’s not looking good… I almost expected him to say “and I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you pesky kids”.

Two years ago the BNP lost their other MEP, Andrew Brons, after he quit accusing Griffin of "destroying" the party.

How you can destroy a party which is based on bigotry and intolerance is anyone’s guess but regardless there are many in Griffin’s own party who have wanted to oust him for some time, so where does that leave him now?

He was trying to put a brave face on earlier and tweeted “only real change is a pay cut in 6 months’ time and that I'll have more time to spend campaigning in Britain”.

He said the BNP wasn't finished, pointing to its sole electoral success at the local elections last week, when Brian Parker was re-elected for a third term in the Marsden ward of Nelson, Pendle.

"That's the first seat we have won in three years. We are coming back," he said, adding that after years of debt problems, the BNP was "back in the black".

After six months on taxpayer-funded severance pay, he said he intended to campaign in the region - partly by setting up food banks exclusively for "our people", i.e. white indigenous people I’m guessing, I guess the pretence really is over now.

He told Sky news that those who had switched allegiance from the BNP to Ukip would be disappointed: "I've lost count of the number I've spoken to who say, 'We really like the BNP but we are voting Ukip because there is more chance they will stop immigration and send them all home'," he said.

"As there is not a hope in hell of that, people are going to be very disappointed when they find out what Ukip really stands for and that huge vote is going to come back to us”.

Almost makes you feel as those poor bigoted voters are being lied to by politicians.

So Nick, give it up already..please, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.