So is membership of the BNP now 'acceptable'?
Yes...
* The 'skinhead oik' image is a hangover from the National Front days of the 1970s
* Many members of the BNP, as the list proves, work in 'respectable' graduate occupations
* Most BNP members are keen to be seen as democrats simply seeking to assert their right to free speech
No...
* The far right has always drawn support from a minority of what was once called the petit bourgeoisie
* The presence of a few well educated members should not distract attention from the majority
* Hate-tinged rhetoric in private has been shown to contrast with apparent reasonableness in public.