British National Party
The British National Party (or BNP for short) is a far-right[1][2] and fascist[3][4][5][6] political party in the United Kingdom. The party was led by Nick Griffin from 1999 until 2014 and the current leader of the BNP is Adam Walker.
In 2009, the party had 2 MEPs (Members of European Parliament) out of 73 British seats in the European Parliament. Those two seats were held by Griffin and Andrew Brons. It has no seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom or the devolved assemblies.
The BNP was started in 1982 by John Tyndall (politician).
In November 2012 the British Democratic Party was started by Brons. Brons started the party after leaving the BNP in October 2012. Brons wants the BDP to end the BNP. He does not like the BNP because he thinks its ideology is not extreme enough. Griffin lost his seat in the European Parliament in 2014.
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A National Front march from the 1970s, the movement from which the BNP emerged by 1982
Nick Griffin at a BNP press conference in Manchester in 2009
Anti-fascist protestors demonstrating against Griffin's appearance on Question Time in 2009
On taking over the party, Nick Griffin dropped its official espousal of the biological superiority of a Nordic race, instead emphasising the need for racial separatism to preserve global "ethno-pluralism".
The BNP have called for the banning of any further mosques being constructed in the UK.
Air rifle training at the BNP's 2008 youth camp
A BNP press conference in 2009, featuring Richard Barnbrook and Nick Griffin
BNP members campaigning in the London Borough of Havering in 2010
The English Defence League (demonstration pictured) was established by activists with BNP links, although the BNP has officially proscribed the group, accusing it of being manipulated by "Zionists".[7]
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References
- ↑ Driver 2011, p. 132; Bottom & Copus 2011, p. 146; Copsey 2011, p. 1; Messina 2011, p. 165; Trilling 2012, p. 5.
- ↑ Copsey 2008, p. 1; Copsey 2011, p. 1; Goodwin 2011, p. xii.
- ↑ Renton, David (1 March 2005). "'A day to make history'? The 2004 elections and the British National Party". Patterns of Prejudice. 1 (39): 25. doi:10.1080/00313220500045170. S2CID 144972650.
- ↑ Copsey, Nigel (2007). "Changing course or changing clothes? Reflections on the ideological evolution of the British National Party 1999–2006". Patterns of Prejudice. 41 (1): 61–82. doi:10.1080/00313220601118777. S2CID 145737620.
- ↑ Copsey 2004
- ↑ Wood & Finlay 2008
- ↑ Copsey 2011b, p. 138; Macklin 2011b, p. 233.
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