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v. t. e. The far-right, extreme right, hard right, radical right, fascist-right and ultra-right are terms used to discuss the position a group or person occupies within right-wing politics. The terms are often used to imply that someone is an extremist. The terms have been used by different scholars in somewhat conflicting ways.
v. t. e. Far-right politics are a recurring phenomenon in the United Kingdom since the early 20th century, with the formation of Nazi, fascist and antisemitic movements. One of the earliest examples of fascism in the UK can be found as early as 1923 with the formation of British Fascisti by Rotha Lintorn-Orman. [1][2] It went on to acquire more ...
British National Party is a far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the British National Front by John Tyndall in 1982. The BNP restricted membership to people it referred to as " Indigenous Caucasian ", effectively excluding non-whites, until 2009 when its constitution was challenged in the courts on grounds of racial ...
Linguist Ruth Wodak has stated that the populist parties rising across Europe do so for different reasons in different countries. In an article published in March 2014, she divided these political parties into four groups: "parties [which] gain support via an ambivalent relationship with fascist and Nazi pasts" (in, e.g., Austria, Hungary, Italy, Romania, and France), parties which "focus ...
August 28, 2024 at 5:35 PM. By Andrew MacAskill. BERLIN (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed concern at the growing threat from far-right groups in the United Kingdom and ...
National Action is a British far-right [2] fascist and neo-Nazi [2] terrorist organisation based in Warrington. [2][14][15][16] Founded in 2013, the group is secretive, and has rules to prevent members from talking about it openly. [15]
Britain First is a far-right, [9] British fascist [1] and neo-fascist [2][10] political party and hate group [10][2] formed in 2011 by former members of the British National Party (BNP). [11] The group was founded by Jim Dowson, an anti-abortion and far-right campaigner. [12] The organisation's co-leaders are former BNP councillor Paul Golding ...
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 ...