David Cameron has warned that electoral reform could help extremists like the British National Party elect an MP.
 
Changes such as proportional representation and the additional member system would hand "influence" to the far-right, according to the Tory.

The Conservative leader stands to benefit the most from the current first-past-the-post system with a clear lead in the polls which would hand him a commanding majority.

Reform on the backburner

The comments in the Evening Standard puts electoral reform firmly on the backburner, smaller parties like the Liberal Democrats backed change as part of a wider 'cleaning up' of politics in the wake of expenses scandal.

Health Secretary Alan Johnson, who is tipped as the next Labour party leader, last week called for radical reform of the way Britain elects its leaders.

BNP "on brink of Euro seat"

The potential future Prime Minister echoed the fears of thelondondailynews.com that the BNP are on the brink of winning a seat in the European Parliament in this Thursday's elections.

He wrote:

"If just eight per cent of the electorate votes for the BNP, then as a result of the PR system that Labour forced on us that party is guaranteed a seat in the European Parliament.

Imagine the same thing happening in national government. Not only would the BNP get in, they would also wield influence out of all proportion to their numbers, for the simple fact that in coalition governments it's the smaller parties that are the power brokers."

In the capital the additional member system allowed the election of Richard Barnbrook of the BNP as a Londonwide member of the assembly last year.