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- Taking its name from that of a defunct 1960s far-right party, the BNP was created by John Tyndall and other former members of the fascist National Front (NF).
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The British National Party [note 1] was founded by the extreme-right political activist John Tyndall, who had been involved in Neo-Nazi groups since the late 1950s.
Taking its name from that of a defunct 1960s far-right party, the BNP was created by John Tyndall and other former members of the fascist National Front (NF). During the 1980s and 1990s, the BNP placed little emphasis on contesting elections, in which it did poorly.
The British National Party was formed in 1960 by the merger of the National Labour Party and the White Defence League. The party was led by John Bean , with Andrew Fountaine holding the position of Party President, and other leading members including John Tyndall , Colin Jordan (who served as Activities Organiser), Denis Pirie and Ted Budden .
Aug 22, 2021 · 22.08.2021. How the Rise of the BNP Prefigured Modern British Politics. By. Tom Blackburn. Twenty years ago, the far-right British National Party gained its first council seats in Burnley, Lancashire following a series of riots in Northern towns – a new book explores the lessons from their rise to prominence.
Mar 10, 2024 · Activities. Election results. House of Commons. Split. Opposition. Bean's BNP. The National Front. References. Formation. The party was formed in 1960 by the merger of the National Labour Party and the White Defence League (WDL), two political splinter groups from the League of Empire Loyalists pressure group. [2] .
Jan 23, 2013 · Trilling recounts the origins of the National Front, which formed from a collection of Nazi sympathisers, charting its rise in the late-1960s (when its policies found credibility in the ‘new racism’ of Enoch Powell), and its fall in the 1980s (after Thatcher had repackaged and absorbed its ideas and made membership to the NF redundant).
Dec 22, 2006 · Thu 21 Dec 2006 19.10 EST. When Nick Griffin became leader of the British National Party seven years ago, he told his followers to break their addiction to what he called the Three Hs - hard...
