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Foundation: 1982. National Front march from the 1970s. The movement from which the BNP would emerge by 1982. 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.
The British National Party (BNP) was founded by the extreme-right political activist John Tyndall. Tyndall had been involved in neo-Nazi groups since the late 1950s before leading the far-right National Front (NF) throughout most of the 1970s.
OVERVIEW. Founded by a former chairman of the National Front, John Tyndall, as the "New National Front" in 1980; the British National Party (BNP), as it became known in 1982, claims to be the United Kingdom's foremost nationalist political party.
Aug 22, 2021 · The BNP’s rise to prominence in Burnley came hard on the heels of the 2001 riots which swept several northern towns, including Bradford and Oldham as well as Burnley itself. By 2003, the party had reached the peak of its influence in the town, with eight seats on the local council. It would retain representation on the council for a decade.
At a party meeting held in the LSE on 3 September 1993, the group was renamed the UK Independence Party, deliberately avoiding the term "British" so as to avoid confusion with the far-right British National Party (BNP).
Mar 10, 2024 · 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] .
Mar 24, 2009 · The ascent to power of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 was widely seen as sounding a death-knell for far-right extremism in Britain. As far-right parties began to make significant gains across Western and Northern Europe during the 1980s and 1990s, Britain became something of an anomaly, with the British National Party (BNP) remaining a marginal political actor. However, since 1999 the party has ...
