Dirty Pretty Things were busy urging their fans to get voting in the local and Scottish and Welsh assembly elections yesterday, in particular to use their vote against the BNP.
The band wrote on their website: "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 continued: "LMHR is a non-party-political campaign - we're simply asking you to vote for whichever democratic 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."