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UCS is a multicultural school which encourages students to accept and embrace different cultures and beliefs.
The mock election was, frankly, a joke. The winners were the liberal democrats because of their posters, and the victory was a landslide victory. The BNP came second but drew with the Monster Raving Loony Party. What's more, the BNP party posters stated clearly at the bottom that a vote for the BNP was actually a vote "against" the BNP. On top of that, the voting incentive for the BNP was cookies, and so younger members of the school pounced upon this opportunity.
I would also like to add that much of the school didn't vote full stop. I can assure you that no-one actually supported the BNP concepts, what it was was an opportunity to mock the BNP and gain cookies. The article is very much dramatised and made to lower the reputation of a very liberal school. In the end, its just a school mock election, with many of the children voting for parties that have comical posters and cookies for free. I can also assure you that almost all of the school, as a community of various cultures, does understand the BNP and what it stands for, and understands the threat it may pose upon society. Do not underestimate the understanding of youth. Everyone at UCS is very unhappy to have discovered the effect that a mock election has caused.

Jack