Ukip rejects BNP pact offer
The UK Independence Party (Ukip) claimed it had rejected the offer of an electoral pact from the far-right British National Party (BNP).
A spokesman for Ukip said that the approach had been made by Christopher "Buster" Mottram, the former tennis player, on behalf of BNP chairman Nick Griffin.
Mr Mottram had been a member of Ukip - which calls for British withdrawal from the European Union - but has now been expelled, the party spokesman added.
He had apparently suggested that the BNP would not stand against Ukip in the south in return for a "free run" in the north.
