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The British National Party ( BNP) is a far-right, British fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Wigton, Cumbria, and is led by Adam Walker. A minor party, it has no elected representatives at any level of UK government. The party was founded in 1982, and reached its greatest level of success in the 2000s, when it ...
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The member states of the United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states. The United Nations (UN) is the world's largest intergovernmental organization. All members have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. [3] The Charter of the United Nations defines the rules for admission of member states.
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- Foundation: 1982
- Early Years: 1983–1990
- Gains at Local Level, 1990s
- Griffin Leadership, Identity Nationalism, Growth Years 1999 to 2007
- Major Electoral Breakthrough, European Parliament, 2007 to 2010
- Electoral Peak and Subsequent Decline: 2010–
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. He had led the far-right National Front (NF) throughout most of the 1970s, although resigned in 1980, complaining that homosexuals like Martin Webster held senior positions within the pa...
Rather than seeking electoral victories, the BNP focused on long-term institutional growth. At the 1983 election, its membership was below 2000, and by 1988 this had dropped to 1000. It adopted a key tactic of the NF, that of street marches and rallies, believing that these attracted publicity and new recruits as well as boosting the morale of exis...
The British National Party in the early 1990s picked up in its membership and support through the decline of the National Front, which had split into further factions. It had also mobilised 200 people for a "Rights for Whites" demonstration resulting in the 1989 Dewsbury riot. The BNP claimed the demonstration was in support of white parents who wi...
In September 1999, Nick Griffin, supported by Tony Lecomber, stood against Tyndall for leadership of the BNP.John Tyndall only received 411 (30%) of the votes, giving Griffin the majority with 70%. After Griffin won he began modernising the party's image, though the crucial policy change from compulsory to voluntary repatriation which had already b...
In the 2009 European elections the British National Party won two seats in the European Parliament. Andrew Brons was elected in the Yorkshire and the Humber regional constituency with 9.8% of the vote. Party chairman Nick Griffin was elected in the North West region, with 8% of the vote. Nationally, the BNP received 6.26%. Griffin stated that it wa...
The British National Party in the 2010 general election fielded a record 338 candidates, polling 563,743 votes, but won no seats. Nick Griffin came third in the Barking constituency, where the party the same year in the local elections lost all of the 12 councillors it held on the borough.In total, 26 BNP councillors lost their seats, leaving the p...
The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, [1] 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 10 other states. The sovereignty dispute column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 ...
Common And Formal NamesMembership Within The Un System [c]Sovereignty Dispute [d]A UN member stateA NoneAlbania – Republic of AlbaniaA UN member stateA NoneAlgeria – People's Democratic Republic of ...A UN member stateA NoneAndorra – Principality of AndorraA UN member stateA NoneBritish National Party (1960–1967) British People's Party (1940s) British Socialist Party (1911–1920) British Ulster Dominion Party; British Union of Fascists (1930s) Campaign for Social Democracy (1973–1974) Committee to Defeat Revisionism, for Communist Unity (1963–c. 1972) Common Wealth Party (1942–1945) Communist Party of Great ...
PartyFoundedPolitical PositionIdeology1834Centre-right to right-wingConservatism Economic liberalism British ...Labour Party Co-operative Party1900 1917 (Co-op)Social democracy Democratic socialism1934Scottish nationalism Scottish ...1988Centre to centre-leftLiberalism Social liberalismt. e. The United Kingdom is a founding member of the United Nations and one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council. [1] [2] As the fifth largest provider of financial contributions to the United Nations, the UK provided 5 percent of the UN budget in 2015, [3] and 6.7 percent of the peacekeeping budget. [4]
Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations. Current member states. Partially suspended member state. Former member states. British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 sovereign states. Most of them were British colonies or dependencies of those colonies .
