The History of the League of Empire Loyalists and Candour

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a b c Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish political organizations: parties, groups and movements of the 20th century, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000, p. 175

The Integralists were a small body of intellectuals led by Russian emigre George Knuppfer active during the early 1970s. The body, which concerned itself with conspiracy theories regarding international finance, was close to John O'Brien. [38] It produced its own journal Right. [39] Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000, p. 177 The most notorious incident occurred on July 31, 1962, on Ridley Road, in Dalston, East London – and provided the inspiration for the recent BBC series named after the street. Sheriff, Lucy (6 March 2014). "Meet New Neo-Nazi Group National Action Which Just Wants To 'Piss People Off' ". Huffington Post . Retrieved 9 August 2014. Brooks in particular was an ideal example of the LEL activist — a large man with a bushy red beard who was prepared to do anything to challenge the cosy consensus of the post-war world.The National Labour Party was another splinter group from the League of Empire Loyalists, founded by John Bean in 1957. The group was similar to the White Defence League, albeit along the lines of a political party rather than a pressure group, and the two merged to form the British National Party in 1960. [19] 1960s [ edit ] British National Party [ edit ] loyalism entwined Protestantism, monarchism and patriotism into a coherent set of values centred upon notions of liberty. In the face of Catholic and republican challenges from home and overseas, loyalism defined what it meant to be British on the eve of empire. Taken abroad with the outflows of the British settlers, administrators and soldiers, loyalism as a means to claim imperial citizenship spread first to Ireland and then to North America, India, Australasia before finally reaching Africa at the end of the 19th century. As time progressed, the group became primarily concerned with opposing non-white immigration into Britain and were instrumental in the founding (with other right-wing and neo-Nazi groups) of the National Front in February 1967. Chesterton's personal anti-Semitism and devotion to conspiracy theories about the Jews and international capitalism also became more prominent in LEL ideology towards the end of the group's life. [16] The League was also strongly anti-communist and had close links with emigre groups such as the Ukrainian National Committee. [17] Decline and splits [ edit ] However, the Union Movement failed to get near the comparative pre-war popularity that the BUF had enjoyed. At one point in the 1930s it had boasted 50,000 members. Although the UM stood candidates in elections, support was limited outside Stepney and Bethnal Green in East London.

Kenneth Lunn, Richard C. Thurlow, British fascism: essays on the radical right in inter-war Britain, Taylor & Francis, 1980, p. 213 However, Thatcherism moved such arguments into the mainstream right by the late 1980s with this respectability allowing the emergence of UKIP and Nigel Farage – and arguably leading to Brexit. Moore-Bridger, Benedict (6 February 2014). "Far-Right group filmed on 'patrol' at East End mosque". Evening Standard . Retrieved 21 May 2014. Across western Europe, Mosley worked with other Far Right groups towards the goal of a united Europe. In Venice in 1962 he formed the National Party of Europe with the Belgian Mouvement d’Action Civique, Italian Social Movement and West German Deutsche Reichspartei, based around his pan-European vision. Michael Billig, A Social Psychological View of the National Front, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978, p. 113

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The New Zealand Front takes its tone from its British counterpart. The two principal evils of international communism and international finance preoccupy National Front thought. Wall Street, it is maintained, is the birthplace of an international conspiracy which has as its aim the submergence of the British Empire. Further, Wall Street is in league with international communism and liberal internationalism. Communists, fellow travellers, liberals and idealists ("the ideal is the enemy of the real"— Spearhead) are often unwitting pawns in this one-world power game and are possessed of the sort of weakness that is likely to poison the tea in British pots. Demands in the cause of peace: Hands off Hungary; Withdrawal of Soviet troops from satellites; Allow UN observers into Hungary; Free democratic elections in satellites; Cease deportation of Hungarian youth; Repudiation of Warsaw pact; No Russian "volunteers" in Middle East; Cease shipment of arms to Middle East [Flier. 1950s]