"The shocking flaws in Britain's shambolic and corrupt electoral system come into sharp focus the moment you see how an election is run in a country that takes its young democracy seriously."

That's Nick Griffin's verdict after a stint working as an elections monitor in last month's Ukrainian elections, to which he travelled as an observer for an independent Non-Governmental Organisation which works to provide an objective and fair counter-balance to the often biased and pre-judged election monitoring operations of organisations such as the EU.

"I have to say that Ukraine's elections weren't quite up to the high standards I observed in Russia last year," says Mr. Griffin, "but the systems and checks and balances in place in Ukraine are hugely superior to the undemocratic farce that would make Britain an international laughing stock if the reality was exposed."

"In both Russia and Ukraine, there are no 'ghost voters', no fraudulent postal votes, no serial marks on ballot papers that allow union bullies to threaten people with the sack for voting 'the wrong way', no mobs trying to beat up opposition campaigners while the police turn a blind eye.

"True, there have been instances where opposition campaigners - including nationalists - have been dragged into court, but in this respect, the new democracies of Eastern Europe are no different to the old and rotting one in Britain.

After all, they've had me in court for three times, under a law that says that the truth is no defence!"
Mr. Griffin is compiling his findings as part of an official submission to an Electoral Commission study of electoral fraud.

His earlier report comparing elections in Britain with those in Russia is entitled ´People in glasshouses` and is available here