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Griffin would later join the [[File:BNP.png]] [[British Fascism|British National Party]] and become its leader in 1999. Under Griffin’s leadership, the BNP would [[File:PostFash.png]] distance itself (at least outwardly) from fascism- even invoking imagery of VE Day and [[File:Church.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|Winston Churchill]] in its campaign material. The party also focused more on [[File:Cultural Nationalism.png]] [[Cultural Nationalism|cultural]], rather than explicitly [[File:Whitesup.png]] [[White Nationalism|white]], nationalism. This was all done in an attempt to give the party a more mainstream image that would allow the party to gain elected office. In contrast to his previous support for Islamic Nationalists, Griffin turned the party’s focus towards [[File:Islamophobia.png]] anti-Islam campaigning- this was seen as more publicly acceptable than [[File:Anti-Semitic.png]] anti-semitism, particularly due to [[File:Terrorist.png]] 9/11 and the growing visibility of Muslim immigrant communities in the UK at the time. Griffin did however maintain a relatively left-wing economic stance, seeking to position the BNP to the left of the incumbent [[File:New Labourism.png]] [[Third Way|New Labour]] government on economics and to the right on matters of immigration and culture- even describing the BNP as ‘[[File:PostSocdem.png]] the Labour Party your grandfather voted for’.

 

 

==Personality==