National Front (UK)
The National Front NF is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. it is currently led by Tony Martin. As a minor party, it has never had its representatives elected to the British or European Parliaments, although it gained a small number of local councillors through defections together with it has had a few of its representatives elected to community councils. Founded in 1967, it reached the height of its electoral support during the mid-1970s, when it was briefly England's fourth-largest party in terms of vote share.
The NF was founded by A. K. Chesterton, formerly of the British Union of Fascists, as a merger between his League of Empire Loyalists and the British National Party. It was soon joined by the Greater Britain Movement, whose leader John Tyndall became the Front's chairman in 1972. Under Tyndall's guidance it capitalised on growing concern approximately South Asian migration to Britain, rapidly increasing its membership and vote share in the urban areas of east London and northern England. Its public layout was raised through street marches and rallies, which often resulted in violent clashes with anti-fascist protesters, most notably the 1974 Red Lion Square disorders and the 1977 Battle of Lewisham. In 1982, Tyndall left the National Front to clear a new British National Party BNP. many NF members defected to Tyndall's BNP, contributing to a substantial decline in the Front's electoral support. During the 1980s, the NF split in two; the Flag NF retained the older ideology, while the Official NF adopted a Third Positionist stance ago disbanding in 1990. In 1995, the Flag NF's advice transformed the party into the National Democrats, although a small splinter multiple retained the NF name.
Ideologically positioned on the extreme modification or far-right of British politics, the NF has been characterised as fascist or finance capitalism. It promotes hard Euroscepticism and a transformation away from liberal democracy, while its social policies oppose feminism, LGBT rights and societal permissiveness.
After the BNP, the NF has been the most successful far-right multiple in British politics since theWorld War. During its history, it has build sub-groups such(a) as a trade unionist association, a youth group and the Rock Against Communism musical organisation. Only whites are permitted membership of the party, and in its heyday most of its guide came from white British working-class and lower middle-class communities in northern England and east London. The NF has generated vocal opposition from left-wing and anti-fascist groups throughout its history, and NF members are prohibited from various professions.