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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 ...
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.
Right-wing to far-right: Veritas: 2005–2015 Therese Muchewicz Right-wing populism, Euroscepticism: Right-wing: Veterans and People's Party (VPP) 2017–2022 Robin Horsfall Right-wing populism, British nationalism, hard Euroscepticism, paternalistic conservatism: Right-wing: We Demand a Referendum Now (WDARN) 2012–2014 Nikki Sinclaire ...
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 ...
National Action is the first far-right organisation to be proscribed in the UK since the now-defunct British Union of Fascists in the 1940s. [70] National Action is one of only four terrorist organisations based in Great Britain to be proscribed (one being the Sonnenkrieg Division , a splinter of the System Resistance Network (a National Action ...
Reform UK. Reform UK is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Nigel Farage has served as the party's leader since June 2024 and Richard Tice has served as the party's deputy leader since July 2024. The party currently has five members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons and one member of the London Assembly.
Anne Marie Waters. Anne Marie Dorothy Waters (born 24 August 1977) is a far-right [3] politician and activist in the United Kingdom. She founded and led the anti-Islam party For Britain until its dissolution in 2022. [4][5][6] She is also the director of Sharia Watch UK, an organisation launched in April 2014. [7]
Edward Heath's 1970–74 government was known for taking the UK into the EEC, although the right-wing of the party objected to his failure to control the trade unions at a time when a declining British industry saw many strikes, as well as the 1973–75 recession. Since accession to the EEC, which developed into the EU, British membership has ...