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Post WW2, various other British Fascist came into existence. For example, [[File:BritishMovement.png]] The British Movement was created by [[File:Neonazi_ball.png]] [[Nazism|Colin Jordan]] in the year 1968 after the British National Socialist Movement and in 1975 [[File:Neonazi_ball.png]] [[Nazism|Michael McLaughlin]] he became the leader of The British Movement until it was disbanded in 1983 after an election. |
Post WW2, various other British Fascist came into existence. For example, [[File:BritishMovement.png]] The British Movement was created by [[File:Neonazi_ball.png]] [[Nazism|Colin Jordan]] in the year 1968 after the British National Socialist Movement and in 1975 [[File:Neonazi_ball.png]] [[Nazism|Michael McLaughlin]] he became the leader of The British Movement until it was disbanded in 1983 after an election. |
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One of the most notable post-WW2 British Fascist figures was [[File:Whitesup.png]] [[White Nationalism|A. K. Chesterton]], who created The League Of Empire Loyalists in 1954 after he had fell out with [[File:BritFash.png]] Oswald Mosley. |
One of the most notable post-WW2 British Fascist figures was [[File:Whitesup.png]] [[White Nationalism|A. K. Chesterton]], who created The League Of Empire Loyalists in 1954 after he had fell out with [[File:BritFash.png]] Oswald Mosley. Following the decline of Oswald Mosley, the mantle of the British far-right would be taken up by the League of Empire Loyalists led by [[File:Whitesup.png]] [[White Nationalism|A. K. Chesterton]]. Following a merger with various smaller organisations this became the National Front, which enjoyed a heyday in the 1970’s under the leadership of John Tyndall and would subsequently decline and split following Tyndall leaving the NF to form the British National Party (BNP). Tyndall’s successor as BNP leader, Nick Griffin, would lead the party to increasing success over the course of the 2000’s, with a peak in the 2009 European Parliament elections in which the BNP won 2 seats. However, the BNP would soon be eclipsed by the rise of the United Kingdom Independence Party in the early 2010’s and is now considered to be an impotent political organisation. |
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The [[File:BNP.png]] British National Party (BNP), under the leadership of [[File:Neonazi_ball.png]] [[Nazism|John Tyndall]], was originally an openly [[File:Neonazi_ball.png]] [[Nazism|Neo-Nazi]], Anti-Semitic, and [[White Nationalism|White Supremacist]] movement. In 1999, [[File:Griffinism.png]] [[Strasserism|Nick Griffin]] took over as the BNP’s leader. Griffin sought to broaden the BNP's electoral base by presenting a more moderate image (although he and many other party members continued to hold and express fascist views in private), targeting concerns about rising immigration rates, and emphasising localised community campaigns. This resulted in increased electoral growth throughout the 2000s, to the extent that it became the most electorally successful Fascist party in British history. |
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After peaking in the 2009 European Parliament elections, in which the BNP won two seats, the party subsequently went into decline, with much of its voter base being absorbed by the [[File:UKUKIP.png]] [[National Liberalism|United Kingdom Independence Party]], which was able to appeal to a more widespread number of voters than the BNP due to lacking a direct link to [[Fascism]]. Griffin resigned as BNP leader in 2014, being replaced by Adam Walker, and was expelled from the party a few months later. The BNP has declined to near irrelevance under Walker, who has been accused of treating the party more as a retirement fund than a serious force for politics. |
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