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The For Britain Movement
The For Britain Movement
Leader	Anne Marie Waters
Founder	Anne Marie Waters
Founded	October 2017
Registered	9 March 2018
Dissolved	July 2022
Split from	UK Independence Party
Headquarters	Fairfax House; 6A Mill Field Road; Cottingley Business Park; Bradford; BD16 1PY
Ideology	National conservatism; Anti-Islam; Right-wing populism; Hard Euroscepticism;
Political position	Far-right
European affiliation	Identity and Democracy Party
Website
	forbritain.uk
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The For Britain Movement was a minor^[5] far-right^[2]^[3]^[6] political party in the United Kingdom, founded by the anti-Islam and "counter-jihad"^[7] activist Anne Marie Waters after she was defeated in the 2017 UK Independence Party leadership election.

History

The far-right activist Anne Marie Waters left UKIP and formed For Britain after she and her supporters were described as "Nazis and racists" by Henry Bolton and UKIP's former leader Nigel Farage. The name is taken from her UKIP leadership campaign slogan, "Anne Marie For Britain". Waters said that the party would "speak to the forgotten people".^[3] On 9 March 2018, For Britain registered with the Electoral Commission, a requirement for any political party wishing to put up candidates in elections and to solicit donations for campaigns, as "The For Britain Movement".^[1]

The party received the support of Tommy Robinson, the former leader of the English Defence League.^[2] Its platform includes reducing Muslim immigration to the UK to near zero, and to "bring the entire EU project down".^[8] Sean O'Driscoll, writing in The Times after Waters had announced her intention to form a party, but before it had been launched, described the proposed party as intending to fill the space left by the demise of the British National Party (BNP).^[9] In November 2017, the far-right British nationalist political party Liberty GB merged into For Britain.^[10] In April 2018, the singer-songwriter Morrissey declared his support for For Britain.^[11]

The party fielded 15 candidates in the 2018 local elections, none being elected.^[12] The party came last in almost all the seats it contested.^[13] In June 2018, the party expelled two of its local election candidates after Hope Not Hate linked one of them to the proscribed neo-Nazi group National Action and the white nationalist group Generation Identity, and showed another as having posted racist and anti-Semitic content on social media.^[12] The party briefly had one councillor, who sat on Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Richard Broughan, who was elected as a UKIP councillor in 2015, had previously been suspended from UKIP and suspended from a group of local independents before being expelled after a caution for assault.^[14] Broughan lost his seat to Labour in the 2019 local elections, coming in last place in his ward.^[15]

Some former BNP figures who are unable to join UKIP have headed For Britain meetings, including former councillors and the expelled former election chief Eddy Butler.^[16] The party has been associated with a number of figures from the extreme right, including the Traditional Britain Group and Generation Identity.^[17] In September 2018, the media personality Katie Hopkins and the writer and political commentator Ingrid Carlqvist, who has been accused of Holocaust denial, spoke at For Britain's conference. The American author Robert Spencer, then banned from entering the UK, appeared via video.^[18] Before the conference, Hope Not Hate published results of an internal poll from the party, showing nearly half of For Britain's members supported a ban on immigration from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Somalia.^[19]

The party made a complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) about a newspaper column in The Northern Echo which described the party as far-right. IPSO ruled in favour of The Northern Echo, saying that many of the party's characteristics "are established conventions of both national socialism and far-right ideology".^[20] In November 2020, Julian Leppert, a For Britain councillor on Epping Forest District Council, was formally sanctioned by the council and made to attend classes on equality and diversity. He had spread false claims about local asylum seekers, and answered in the affirmative when asked by The Guardian if he wanted to set up a "whites-only enclave".^[21] In December 2020, Karen King, a councillor for the party in Hartlepool, described coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic as "scaremongering".^[22]

On 13 July 2022, the party chair, Anne Marie Waters, announced on the party's website that the party was ceasing operations immediately.^[23] Two councillors who were elected standing for the For Britain Movement then joined the far-right British Democratic Party.^[24]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

Waters contested the 2018 Lewisham East by-election, receiving 266 votes (1.2% of the total) and losing her deposit.^[25] In April 2019, the For Britain candidate, Hugh Nicklin, came last in the Newport West by-election with 159 votes, a 0.7% share.^[26] Waters contested the 2021 Batley and Spen by-election^[27] coming 12th of 16 candidates. The party nominated Frankie Rufolo for the 2022 Tiverton and Honiton by-election.^[28]

Date of election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
14 June 2018	Lewisham East	Anne Marie Waters	266	1.2^[29]
4 April 2019	Newport West	Hugh Nicklin	159	0.7^[30]
1 July 2021	Batley and Spen	Anne Marie Waters	97	0.26^[31]
23 June 2022	Tiverton and Honiton	Frankie Rufolo	146	0.3

Local elections

In the 2019 local elections, For Britain lost its only incumbent councillor, Richard Broughan (elected as UKIP to Stoke City Council) who had defected to the party. The party won two seats, one in De Bruce ward on Hartlepool Borough Council,^[32] and one in Waltham Abbey Paternoster on Epping Forest District Council.^[33]

In the 2021 local elections, For Britain nominated 60 council candidates, of which the advocacy group Hope Not Hate identified ten as former members of the BNP.^[34] The party had no successes, with 25 of the 47 candidates whose election results were published first receiving under 50 votes each.^[35] The party's councillor for De Bruce ward in Hartlepool lost her seat, serving only two years due to changes in council boundaries. Waters also unsuccessfully stood for election for the party in De Bruce ward.^[36]

In the 2022 local elections, the party targeted 14 seats, including the home ward of Waters, De Bruce in Hartlepool.^[37] No candidates were elected, with Waters receiving 203 votes, and the two candidates in Epping Forest District Council receiving 11 and 16 votes.^[37]

References

^ ^a ^b "Registration summary: The For Britain Movement". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Humphries, Will (12 October 2017). "Ukip loser Anne Marie Waters will start far-right party". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Former UKIP leadership candidate to launch new far-right party". Politico. 12 October 2017. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
^ "We Changed Our Name !". Identity and Democracy Party. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
^ Bull, Simon (17 July 2018). "News Shopper cleared by Ipso after For Britain complaint". News Shopper. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ Rossiter, Keith (10 April 2018). "How the Liberal Democrats are making a comeback in Plymouth". The Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- Pidd, Helen (18 May 2018). "Manchester victim's brother voices 'hostile environment' fears". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
^ "For Britain". Hope not Hate. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^ Luke Dolan (12 October 2017). "For Britain: The new political party launched by Ukip 'islamophobe' Anne-Marie Waters". Talk Radio.
^ O'Driscoll, Sean (10 October 2017). "Ukip reject Anne Marie Waters founds own far-right party". The Times. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ "An Important Announcement from Paul Weston concerning the future of Liberty GB". Liberty GB. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^ "Morrissey tackles Brexit, Hitler and hard-to-find eggs in bizarre self-published interview". The Telegraph. 17 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b Prentice, Charlie (26 April 2018). "Meet the For Britain Movement". Hope Not Hate. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ Andersson, Jasmine (4 May 2018). "Local elections 2018: The far-right loses out, and which LGBT+ councillors have secured a seat?". Pink News. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- Walker, Peter (4 May 2018). "Ukip general secretary says party is 'like the Black Death'". The Guardian.
^ "For Britain's only councillor banned from Stoke council premises". HOPE not hate. 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- Corrigan, Phil (8 June 2018). "Should voters have the right to recall councillors?". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ Sandhu, Serina (3 May 2019). "Local elections 2019: Far-right For Britain wins first elected councillors". The i. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- Andrews, Rob; Corrigan, Phil; McInnes, Kathie; Jackson, Matt; Burn, Joe (3 May 2019). "LIVE: Stoke-on-Trent City Council election results 2019". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "EXPOSED: Ex-National Action and BNP members active in Anne Marie Waters' For Britain Movement – HOPE not hate". HOPE not hate. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "For Britain: a magnet for racists and nazis". HOPE not hate. 19 September 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ Nick Ryan (26 September 2018). "Katie Hopkins and Muslim-only prisons: it's far-right conference season, too". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- "Katie Hopkins at the For Britain National Conference 2018". Youtube. For Britain. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Townsend, Mark (23 September 2018). "Katie Hopkins to speak at far-right rally with Holocaust denier". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "For Britain's extreme policy plans leaked". HOPE not hate. 21 September 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Newspaper column's description of For Britain Movement as 'far right' was not inaccurate, IPSO rules". Press Gazette. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ Cowen, James (11 November 2020). "Epping Councillor sanctioned over Bell Hotel asylum seekers video". Epping Forest Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ Marko, Nic (20 December 2020). "Councillor blasted after saying covid coverage was 'scaremongering'". Teesside Live. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ "Important Announcement". For Britain. 13 July 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ "Councillor Julian Leppert joins the British Democrats". British Democratic Party. 16 July 2022. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- "Councillor Roger Robertson joins the British Democrats". British Democratic Party. 2 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ "Lewisham East by-election results 2018". Lewisham London Borough Council. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
^ "Labour wins Newport West by-election". BBC News. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
^ "Batley and Spen by-election candidates confirmed". BBC News. 7 June 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL". Mid Devon District Council. 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
^ "Lewisham East constituency by-election on 14 June 2018". Lewisham London Borough Council. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "Newport West By-election results". Newport City Council.
^ "UK Parliamentary by-election - Batley and Spen constituency". Who Can I Vote For?. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
^ Hartlepool Borough Council: Declaration of Result of Poll Archived 31 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 3 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
^ Serina Sandhu (3 May 2019). "Local elections 2019 results: Far-right For Britain Movement wins first elected councillors". The i. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ Lawrence, David (28 April 2021). "For Britain, the BNP and Epping Forest: a History". Hope Not Hate. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^ "Far-right candidates perform dismally across UK elections". The Guardian. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ "How all 108 candidates fared in the Hartlepool Borough Council elections". Hartlepool Mail. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "2022 Elections: Far Right Rejected at the Polls… Again". HOPE not hate. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

External links

Official website Archived 11 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine

[EC-1] "Registration summary: The For Britain Movement". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[Humphries-2] Humphries, Will (12 October 2017). "Ukip loser Anne Marie Waters will start far-right party". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

[Pol121017-3] "Former UKIP leadership candidate to launch new far-right party". Politico. 12 October 2017. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

[4] "We Changed Our Name !". Identity and Democracy Party. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

[5] Bull, Simon (17 July 2018). "News Shopper cleared by Ipso after For Britain complaint". News Shopper. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[6] Rossiter, Keith (10 April 2018). "How the Liberal Democrats are making a comeback in Plymouth". The Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- Pidd, Helen (18 May 2018). "Manchester victim's brother voices 'hostile environment' fears". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

[7] "For Britain". Hope not Hate. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.

[8] Luke Dolan (12 October 2017). "For Britain: The new political party launched by Ukip 'islamophobe' Anne-Marie Waters". Talk Radio.

[9] O'Driscoll, Sean (10 October 2017). "Ukip reject Anne Marie Waters founds own far-right party". The Times. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

[10] "An Important Announcement from Paul Weston concerning the future of Liberty GB". Liberty GB. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[11] "Morrissey tackles Brexit, Hitler and hard-to-find eggs in bizarre self-published interview". The Telegraph. 17 April 2018.

[:0-12] Prentice, Charlie (26 April 2018). "Meet the For Britain Movement". Hope Not Hate. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

[13] Andersson, Jasmine (4 May 2018). "Local elections 2018: The far-right loses out, and which LGBT+ councillors have secured a seat?". Pink News. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- Walker, Peter (4 May 2018). "Ukip general secretary says party is 'like the Black Death'". The Guardian.

[14] "For Britain's only councillor banned from Stoke council premises". HOPE not hate. 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- Corrigan, Phil (8 June 2018). "Should voters have the right to recall councillors?". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[15] Sandhu, Serina (3 May 2019). "Local elections 2019: Far-right For Britain wins first elected councillors". The i. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- Andrews, Rob; Corrigan, Phil; McInnes, Kathie; Jackson, Matt; Burn, Joe (3 May 2019). "LIVE: Stoke-on-Trent City Council election results 2019". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[16] "EXPOSED: Ex-National Action and BNP members active in Anne Marie Waters' For Britain Movement – HOPE not hate". HOPE not hate. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[17] "For Britain: a magnet for racists and nazis". HOPE not hate. 19 September 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[18] Nick Ryan (26 September 2018). "Katie Hopkins and Muslim-only prisons: it's far-right conference season, too". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- "Katie Hopkins at the For Britain National Conference 2018". Youtube. For Britain. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Townsend, Mark (23 September 2018). "Katie Hopkins to speak at far-right rally with Holocaust denier". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[19] "For Britain's extreme policy plans leaked". HOPE not hate. 21 September 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[20] "Newspaper column's description of For Britain Movement as 'far right' was not inaccurate, IPSO rules". Press Gazette. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[21] Cowen, James (11 November 2020). "Epping Councillor sanctioned over Bell Hotel asylum seekers video". Epping Forest Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[22] Marko, Nic (20 December 2020). "Councillor blasted after saying covid coverage was 'scaremongering'". Teesside Live. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[23] "Important Announcement". For Britain. 13 July 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

[24] "Councillor Julian Leppert joins the British Democrats". British Democratic Party. 16 July 2022. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- "Councillor Roger Robertson joins the British Democrats". British Democratic Party. 2 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[25] "Lewisham East by-election results 2018". Lewisham London Borough Council. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[26] "Labour wins Newport West by-election". BBC News. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

[27] "Batley and Spen by-election candidates confirmed". BBC News. 7 June 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[28] "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL". Mid Devon District Council. 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.

[29] "Lewisham East constituency by-election on 14 June 2018". Lewisham London Borough Council. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

[30] "Newport West By-election results". Newport City Council.

[31] "UK Parliamentary by-election - Batley and Spen constituency". Who Can I Vote For?. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[32] Hartlepool Borough Council: Declaration of Result of Poll Archived 31 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 3 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

[33] Serina Sandhu (3 May 2019). "Local elections 2019 results: Far-right For Britain Movement wins first elected councillors". The i. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

[34] Lawrence, David (28 April 2021). "For Britain, the BNP and Epping Forest: a History". Hope Not Hate. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[35] "Far-right candidates perform dismally across UK elections". The Guardian. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[36] "How all 108 candidates fared in the Hartlepool Borough Council elections". Hartlepool Mail. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[two-37] "2022 Elections: Far Right Rejected at the Polls… Again". HOPE not hate. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

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-| split = [[UK Independence Party]]
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+The '''For Britain Movement''' was a [[minor party|minor]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/16358889.news-shopper-cleared-by-ipso-after-for-britain-complaint/ |title=News Shopper cleared by Ipso after For Britain complaint |last=Bull |first=Simon |date=17 July 2018 |work=News Shopper |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-date=21 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721162126/http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/16358889.news-shopper-cleared-by-ipso-after-for-britain-complaint/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Far-right politics|far-right]]<ref name="Humphries"/><ref name="Pol121017"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/how-liberal-democrats-making-comeback-1440860 |title=How the Liberal Democrats are making a comeback in Plymouth |first=Keith |last=Rossiter |date=10 April 2018 |work=The Plymouth Herald |archive-date=18 April 2018 |access-date=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418092956/https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/how-liberal-democrats-making-comeback-1440860 |url-status=live }}<br>- {{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/18/dan-hett-uk-hostile-environment-future-terrorism-manchester-attack|title=Manchester victim's brother voices 'hostile environment' fears|last=Pidd|first=Helen|date=18 May 2018|website=The Guardian|access-date=19 May 2018}}</ref> [[List of political parties in the United Kingdom|political party in the United Kingdom]], founded by the [[Islamophobia|anti-Islam]] and "[[counter-jihad]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hopenothate.org.uk/research-old/investigations/undercover-inside-britains-far-right/for-britain/|title=For Britain|work=Hope not Hate|accessdate=25 October 2022|archive-date=25 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025105651/https://hopenothate.org.uk/research-old/investigations/undercover-inside-britains-far-right/for-britain/|url-status=live}}</ref> activist [[Anne Marie Waters]] after she was defeated in the [[2017 UK Independence Party leadership election]].
-'''For Britain''' is a minor [[Far-right politics|far-right]]<ref name="Humphries"/><ref name="Pol121017"/> [[List of political parties in the United Kingdom|political party in the United Kingdom]]. It was founded by the [[Islamophobia|anti-Islam]] activist [[Anne Marie Waters]] in October 2017, after she was defeated in the [[UKIP leadership election, 2017|2017 UKIP leadership election]] by [[Henry Bolton (British politician)|Henry Bolton]].
+==History==
-Waters left UKIP and formed For Britain after she and her supporters were described as "Nazis and racists" by Bolton and UKIP's former leader [[Nigel Farage]]. The name is taken from her UKIP leadership campaign slogan, "Anne Marie For Britain". Waters said that the party would "speak to the forgotten people".<ref name="Pol121017" />
+The far-right activist Anne Marie Waters left UKIP and formed For Britain after she and her supporters were described as "[[Neo-Nazism|Nazis]] and racists" by [[Henry Bolton (British politician)|Henry Bolton]] and UKIP's former leader [[Nigel Farage]]. The name is taken from her UKIP leadership campaign slogan, "Anne Marie For Britain". Waters said that the party would "speak to the forgotten people".<ref name="Pol121017" /> On 9 March 2018, For Britain registered with the [[Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)|Electoral Commission]], a requirement for any political party wishing to put up candidates in elections and to solicit donations for campaigns, as "The For Britain Movement".<ref name=EC/>
-The party has won the support of [[Tommy Robinson (activist)|Tommy Robinson]], former leader of the [[English Defence League]].<ref name="Humphries"/> Its platform includes reducing Muslim immigration to the UK to near zero, and to "bring the entire EU project down".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://talkradio.co.uk/news/britain-new-political-party-launched-ukip-islamophobe-anne-marie-waters-17101219669|title=For Britain: The new political party launched by Ukip 'islamophobe' Anne-Marie Waters|publisher=|author= Luke Dolan|date=12 October 2017|website=Talk Radio}}</ref> ''[[The Times]]'' claimed that the party intends to fill the space left by the demise of the [[British National Party]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=O’Driscoll|first1=Sean|title=Ukip reject Anne Marie Waters founds own far-right party|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ukip-reject-anne-marie-waters-founds-own-far-right-party-95wmr6wrh|website=[[The Times]]|accessdate=16 October 2017|date=10 October 2017}}</ref> though the party denies this.<ref>{{cite web|last1=@ForBritainParty|title=The Times claims we intend to 'fill the void left by the BNP'. This is a lie. We have never said any such thing.|url=https://twitter.com/ForBritainParty/status/919736078927650816|website=[[Twitter]]|accessdate=16 October 2017|date=15 October 2017|quote=}}</ref>
+The party received the support of [[Tommy Robinson]], the former leader of the [[English Defence League]].<ref name="Humphries"/> Its platform includes reducing Muslim immigration to the UK to near zero, and to "bring the entire EU project down".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://talkradio.co.uk/news/britain-new-political-party-launched-ukip-islamophobe-anne-marie-waters-17101219669 |title=For Britain: The new political party launched by Ukip 'islamophobe' Anne-Marie Waters |author= Luke Dolan |date=12 October 2017 |website=Talk Radio}}</ref> Sean O'Driscoll, writing in ''[[The Times]]'' after Waters had announced her intention to form a party, but before it had been launched, described the proposed party as intending to fill the space left by the demise of the [[British National Party]] (BNP).<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Driscoll |first=Sean |title=Ukip reject Anne Marie Waters founds own far-right party |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ukip-reject-anne-marie-waters-founds-own-far-right-party-95wmr6wrh |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=16 October 2017 |date=10 October 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In November 2017, the far-right British nationalist political party [[Liberty GB]] merged into For Britain.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://libertygb.org.uk/news/important-announcement-paul-weston-concerning-future-liberty-gb |title=An Important Announcement from Paul Weston concerning the future of Liberty GB|publisher=Liberty GB |access-date=8 December 2017 |archive-date=23 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723065824/https://libertygb.org.uk/news/important-announcement-paul-weston-concerning-future-liberty-gb  }}</ref> In April 2018, the singer-songwriter [[Morrissey]] declared his support for For Britain.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/morrissey-tackles-brexit-hitler-hard-to-find-eggs-bizarre-self/ |title=Morrissey tackles Brexit, Hitler and hard-to-find eggs in bizarre self-published interview |date=17 April 2018 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]}}</ref>
+The party fielded 15 candidates in the 2018 local elections, none being elected.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Meet the For Britain Movement |first=Charlie |last=Prentice |url=https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2018/04/26/meet-britain-movement/ |website=[[Hope Not Hate]] |date=26 April 2018 |access-date=9 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612135837/https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2018/04/26/meet-britain-movement/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The party came last in almost all the seats it contested.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andersson |first=Jasmine |title=Local elections 2018: The far-right loses out, and which LGBT+ councillors have secured a seat? |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/05/04/local-elections-2018-the-far-right-loses-out-and-which-lgbt-councillors-have-secured-a-seat/ |work=[[Pink News]] |date=4 May 2018 |archive-date=18 May 2018 |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518130134/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/05/04/local-elections-2018-the-far-right-loses-out-and-which-lgbt-councillors-have-secured-a-seat/ |url-status=live }}<br>- {{cite news |last=Walker |first=Peter |title=Ukip general secretary says party is 'like the Black Death' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/may/04/black-death-ukip-almost-wiped-out-in-english-local-elections |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 May 2018 }}</ref> In June 2018, the party expelled two of its local election candidates after [[Hope Not Hate]] linked one of them to the proscribed neo-Nazi group [[National Action (UK)|National Action]] and the white nationalist group [[Les Identitaires|Generation Identity]], and showed another as having posted racist and anti-Semitic content on social media.<ref name=":0" /> The party briefly had one councillor, who sat on [[Stoke-on-Trent City Council]]. Richard Broughan, who was elected as a UKIP councillor in 2015, had previously been suspended from UKIP and suspended from a group of local independents before being expelled after a caution for assault.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2018/06/20/britains-councillor-banned-stoke-council-premises/ |title=For Britain's only councillor banned from Stoke council premises |date=20 June 2018 |work=HOPE not hate |access-date=23 September 2018 |archive-date=6 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406143605/https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2018/06/20/britains-councillor-banned-stoke-council-premises/ |url-status=live }}<br>- {{cite news |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/should-voters-right-recall-councillors-1654466 |title=Should voters have the right to recall councillors? |last=Corrigan |first=Phil |date=8 June 2018 |work=Stoke Sentinel |access-date=23 September 2018 }}</ref> Broughan lost his seat to [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] in the [[2019 United Kingdom local elections|2019 local elections]], coming in last place in his ward.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/local-elections-2019-results-for-britain-movement-council-seats-hartlepool-epping-forest-far-right/|title=Local elections 2019: Far-right For Britain wins first elected councillors|last=Sandhu|first=Serina|date=3 May 2019|work=The i|access-date=3 May 2019|archive-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503192157/https://inews.co.uk/news/local-elections-2019-results-for-britain-movement-council-seats-hartlepool-epping-forest-far-right/|url-status=live}}<br>- {{Cite news|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/live-stoke-trent-city-council-2826510|title=LIVE: Stoke-on-Trent City Council election results 2019|last1=Andrews|first1=Rob|last2=Corrigan|first2=Phil|last3=McInnes|first3=Kathie|last4=Jackson|first4=Matt|last5=Burn|first5=Joe|date=3 May 2019|website=Stoke Sentinel|access-date=3 May 2019|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502235544/https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/live-stoke-trent-city-council-2826510|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Some former BNP figures who are unable to join UKIP have headed For Britain meetings, including former councillors and the expelled former election chief [[Eddy Butler]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2018/06/06/exposed-ex-national-action-bnp-members-active-anne-marie-waters-britain-movement/ |title=EXPOSED: Ex-National Action and BNP members active in Anne Marie Waters' For Britain Movement – HOPE not hate |date=6 June 2018 |work=HOPE not hate |access-date=23 September 2018 |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923201039/https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2018/06/06/exposed-ex-national-action-bnp-members-active-anne-marie-waters-britain-movement/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The party has been associated with a number of figures from the extreme right, including the Traditional Britain Group and Generation Identity.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2018/09/19/britain-magnet-racists-nazis/|title=For Britain: a magnet for racists and nazis|date=19 September 2018|work=HOPE not hate|access-date=23 September 2018|archive-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923201021/https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2018/09/19/britain-magnet-racists-nazis/|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2018, the media personality [[Katie Hopkins]] and the writer and political commentator [[Ingrid Carlqvist]], who has been accused of [[Holocaust denial]], spoke at For Britain's conference. The American author [[Robert Spencer (author)|Robert Spencer]], then banned from entering the UK, appeared via video.<ref>{{cite news |title=Katie Hopkins and Muslim-only prisons: it's far-right conference season, too |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/09/katie-hopkins-and-muslim-only-prisons-it-s-far-right-conference-season-too |access-date=17 July 2019 |work=New Statesman |author=Nick Ryan |date=26 September 2018 |archive-date=30 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730011418/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/09/katie-hopkins-and-muslim-only-prisons-it-s-far-right-conference-season-too |url-status=live }}<br>- {{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUYpgXxDM_k|title=Katie Hopkins at the For Britain National Conference 2018|website=Youtube|date=25 September 2018|publisher=For Britain|access-date=16 January 2019}}<br>- {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/23/katie-hopkins-speak-far-right-for-britain-islamophobe-holocaust-denier |title=Katie Hopkins to speak at far-right rally with Holocaust denier |last=Townsend |first=Mark |date=23 September 2018 |work=The Guardian |access-date=23 September 2018 |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604134300/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/23/katie-hopkins-speak-far-right-for-britain-islamophobe-holocaust-denier |url-status=live }}</ref> Before the conference, Hope Not Hate published results of an internal poll from the party, showing nearly half of For Britain's members supported a ban on immigration from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Somalia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2018/09/21/exclusive-extreme-britain-policy-plans-leaked/ |title=For Britain's extreme policy plans leaked |date=21 September 2018 |work=HOPE not hate |access-date=23 September 2018 |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923201132/https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2018/09/21/exclusive-extreme-britain-policy-plans-leaked/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
+The party made a complaint to the [[Independent Press Standards Organisation]] (IPSO) about a newspaper column in ''[[The Northern Echo]]'' which described the party as far-right. IPSO ruled in favour of ''The'' ''Northern Echo'', saying that many of the party's characteristics "are established conventions of both national socialism and far-right ideology".<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 February 2019|title=Newspaper column's description of For Britain Movement as 'far right' was not inaccurate, IPSO rules|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/newspaper-columns-description-of-for-britain-movement-as-far-right-was-not-inaccurate-ipso-rules/|access-date=9 May 2021|website=Press Gazette}}</ref> In November 2020, Julian Leppert, a For Britain councillor on [[Epping Forest District Council]], was formally sanctioned by the council and made to attend classes on equality and diversity. He had spread false claims about local asylum seekers, and answered in the affirmative when asked by ''[[The Guardian]]'' if he wanted to set up a "[[Racial segregation|whites-only]] enclave".<ref>{{cite news |last=Cowen |first=James |title=Epping Councillor sanctioned over Bell Hotel asylum seekers video |url=https://www.eppingforestguardian.co.uk/news/18862485.epping-councillor-sanctioned-bell-hotel-asylum-seekers-video/ |access-date=13 May 2021 |work=Epping Forest Guardian |date=11 November 2020 |archive-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513133958/https://www.eppingforestguardian.co.uk/news/18862485.epping-councillor-sanctioned-bell-hotel-asylum-seekers-video/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2020, Karen King, a councillor for the party in Hartlepool, described coverage of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] as "scaremongering".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Marko|first=Nic|date=20 December 2020|title=Councillor blasted after saying covid coverage was 'scaremongering'|url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/irresponsible-reckless-councillor-blasted-after-19488992|access-date=9 May 2021|website=Teesside Live|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509200228/https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/irresponsible-reckless-councillor-blasted-after-19488992|url-status=live}}</ref>
+On 13 July 2022, the party chair, Anne Marie Waters, announced on the party's website that the party was ceasing operations immediately.<ref>{{cite web |title=Important Announcement |date=13 July 2022 |url=https://www.forbritain.uk/2022/07/13/announcement-from-anne-marie-waters/ |publisher=For Britain |access-date=13 July 2022 |archive-date=13 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713135500/https://www.forbritain.uk/2022/07/13/announcement-from-anne-marie-waters/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Two councillors who were elected standing for the For Britain Movement then joined the far-right [[British Democratic Party (2013)|British Democratic Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishdems.co.uk/2022/07/16/councillor-julian-leppert-joins-the-british-democrats/|title=Councillor Julian Leppert joins the British Democrats|publisher=British Democratic Party|date=16 July 2022|access-date=25 August 2022|archive-date=16 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716115804/https://britishdems.co.uk/2022/07/16/councillor-julian-leppert-joins-the-british-democrats/|url-status=live}}<br>- {{cite web|url=https://britishdems.co.uk/2022/08/02/councillor-roger-robertson-joins-the-british-democrats/|title=Councillor Roger Robertson joins the British Democrats|publisher=British Democratic Party|date=2 August 2022|access-date=25 August 2022|archive-date=2 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802220605/https://britishdems.co.uk/2022/08/02/councillor-roger-robertson-joins-the-british-democrats/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+== Electoral performance ==
+=== Parliamentary elections ===
+Waters contested the [[2018 Lewisham East by-election]], receiving 266 votes (1.2% of the total) and losing her deposit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/results/Pages/Lewisham-East-by-election-results-2018.aspx|title=Lewisham East by-election results 2018|publisher=[[Lewisham London Borough Council]]|access-date=14 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615032317/https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/results/Pages/Lewisham-East-by-election-results-2018.aspx|archive-date=15 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2019, the For Britain candidate, Hugh Nicklin, came last in the [[2019 Newport West by-election|Newport West by-election]] with 159 votes, a 0.7% share.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-47786885|title=Labour wins Newport West by-election|date=5 April 2019|access-date=5 April 2019|website=BBC News|archive-date=5 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405060503/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-47786885|url-status=live}}</ref> Waters contested the [[2021 Batley and Spen by-election]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 June 2021|title=Batley and Spen by-election candidates confirmed|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-57391176|access-date=10 June 2021|archive-date=7 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607220518/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-57391176|url-status=live}}</ref> coming 12th of 16 candidates. The party nominated Frankie Rufolo for the [[2022 Tiverton and Honiton by-election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.middevon.gov.uk/your-council/voting-elections/2022-elections/tiverton-and-honiton-parliamentary-election/statement-of-persons-nominated-tiverton-and-honiton-parliamentary-constituency/|title=STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL|publisher=[[Mid Devon District Council]]|date=25 May 2022|access-date=28 May 2022|archive-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525171836/https://www.middevon.gov.uk/your-council/voting-elections/2022-elections/tiverton-and-honiton-parliamentary-election/statement-of-persons-nominated-tiverton-and-honiton-parliamentary-constituency/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+{| class="wikitable"
+!Date of election
+!Constituency
+!Candidate
+!Votes
+!%
+|-
+|[[2018 Lewisham East by-election|14 June 2018]]
+|[[Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewisham East]]
+|Anne Marie Waters
+|266
+|1.2<ref>{{cite web|title=Lewisham East constituency by-election on 14 June 2018|url=https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/results/Pages/Lewisham-East-by-election-results-2018.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615032317/https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/results/Pages/Lewisham-East-by-election-results-2018.aspx|archive-date=15 June 2018|access-date=16 June 2018|publisher=[[Lewisham London Borough Council]]}}</ref>
+|-
+|[[2019 Newport West by-election|4 April 2019]]
+|[[Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)|Newport West]]
+|Hugh Nicklin
+|159
+|0.7<ref>{{cite web|title=Newport West By-election results|url=http://www.newport.gov.uk/en/Council-Democracy/Elections-and-voting/Election-results/Newport-West-By-election-results.aspx|publisher=[[Newport City Council]]}}</ref>
+|-
+|[[2021 Batley and Spen by-election|1 July 2021]]
+|[[Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)|Batley and Spen]]
+|Anne Marie Waters
+|97
+|0.26<ref>{{Cite web|title=UK Parliamentary by-election - Batley and Spen constituency|website=Who Can I Vote For?|url=https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/parl.batley-and-spen.by.2021-07-01/batley-and-spen/|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=5 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605175329/https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/parl.batley-and-spen.by.2021-07-01/batley-and-spen/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|-
+|[[2022 Tiverton and Honiton by-election|23 June 2022]]
+|[[Tiverton and Honiton (UK Parliament constituency)|Tiverton and Honiton]]
+|Frankie Rufolo
+|146
+|0.3
+|}
+=== Local elections ===
+In the [[2019 United Kingdom local elections|2019 local elections]], For Britain lost its only incumbent councillor, Richard Broughan (elected as UKIP to Stoke City Council) who had defected to the party. The party won two seats, one in De Bruce ward on [[Hartlepool Borough Council]],<ref>Hartlepool Borough Council: [https://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/5129/declaration_of_result_of_poll_-_de_Bruce_ward.pdf  Declaration of Result of Poll] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231182927/https://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/5129/declaration_of_result_of_poll_-_de_bruce_ward.pdf |date=31 December 2019 }}, 3 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.</ref> and one in Waltham Abbey Paternoster on [[Epping Forest District Council]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/local-elections-2019-results-for-britain-movement-council-seats-hartlepool-epping-forest-far-right-287226|title=Local elections 2019 results: Far-right For Britain Movement wins first elected councillors|author= Serina Sandhu|date=3 May 2019|work=The i|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>
+In the [[2021 United Kingdom local elections|2021 local elections]], For Britain nominated 60 council candidates, of which the advocacy group Hope Not Hate identified ten as former members of the BNP.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lawrence |first=David |title=For Britain, the BNP and Epping Forest: a History |date=28 April 2021 |url=https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2021/04/28/for-britain-the-bnp-and-epping-forest-a-history/ |publisher=Hope Not Hate |access-date=28 April 2021 |archive-date=28 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428083027/https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2021/04/28/for-britain-the-bnp-and-epping-forest-a-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The party had no successes, with 25 of the 47 candidates whose election results were published first receiving under 50 votes each.<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 May 2021|title=Far-right candidates perform dismally across UK elections|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/09/far-right-candidates-perform-dismally-across-uk-elections|access-date=9 May 2021|work=The Guardian}}</ref> The party's councillor for De Bruce ward in Hartlepool lost her seat, serving only two years due to changes in council boundaries. Waters also unsuccessfully stood for election for the party in De Bruce ward.<ref>{{Cite news|title=How all 108 candidates fared in the Hartlepool Borough Council elections|url=https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/politics/how-all-108-candidates-fared-in-the-hartlepool-borough-council-elections-3229498|access-date=9 May 2021|work=Hartlepool Mail|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508152852/https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/politics/how-all-108-candidates-fared-in-the-hartlepool-borough-council-elections-3229498|url-status=live}}</ref>
+In the [[2022 United Kingdom local elections|2022 local elections]], the party targeted 14 seats, including the home ward of Waters, De Bruce in [[Hartlepool Borough Council|Hartlepool]].<ref name="two">{{cite web |title=2022 Elections: Far Right Rejected at the Polls… Again |url=https://hopenothate.org.uk/2022/05/06/2022-elections-far-right-rejected-at-the-polls-again/ |website=HOPE not hate |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=6 May 2022}}</ref> No candidates were elected, with Waters receiving 203 votes, and the two candidates in [[Epping Forest District Council]] receiving 11 and 16 votes.<ref name=two />
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v t e Far-right politics in the United Kingdom
Pre-1945 groups	British Brothers' League British Fascists British People's Party British Union of Fascists The Britons Britons Publishing Society English Array English Mistery English National Association Imperial Fascist League The Link Militant Christian Patriots National Fascisti National Party National Socialist League Nordic League Right Club
Defunct post-1945 groups	British Democratic Party British Empire Party British Freedom Party British People's Party British League of Ex-Servicemen and Women British League of Rights British National Party Column 88 Conservative Democratic Alliance Constitutional Movement England First Party European Liberation Front Flag Group For Britain Football Lads Alliance Greater Britain Movement International Third Position League of Empire Loyalists Liberty GB National Democratic Party National Democrats National Fellowship National Independence Party National Labour Party National Party National Socialist Action Party National Socialist Movement National Socialist Movement Nationalist Alliance New Britain Party New Nationalist Party Northern League Official National Front Patriotic Party Racial Preservation Society Revolutionary Conservative Caucus Spearhead Union Movement United Country Party White Defence League White Nationalist Party Western Goals Institute
Active groups	Blood & Honour Britain First British Democratic Party British Movement British National Party (BNP Youth) Christian Council of Britain Combat 18 English Defence League English Democrats (some members) Friends of Oswald Mosley Homeland Party League of Saint George London Forum National Action National Front National Liberal Party November 9th Society Patriotic Alternative Protestant Coalition Pie and Mash squad Order of Nine Angles Racial Volunteer Force Sonnenkrieg Division Stop Islamisation of Europe Traditional Britain Group
Pre-1945 people	Mary Sophia Allen John Amery Henry Hamilton Beamish John Beckett Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford R. B. D. Blakeney A. K. Chesterton John Henry Clarke Thomas Haller Cooper Barry Domvile Henry Drummond Wolff Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll William Evans-Gordon Robert Forgan Rolf Gardiner Patrick Boyle, 8th Earl of Glasgow Harold Elsdale Goad Reginald Goodall Robert Gordon-Canning Louis Greig Neil Francis Hawkins J. F. C. Fuller William Joyce Arnold Leese Rotha Lintorn-Orman Frank McLardy Unity Mitford Diana Mosley Cynthia Mosley Oswald Mosley Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth Archibald Maule Ramsay David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale Alliott Verdon Roe Edward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford Alexander Raven Thomson Graham Seton Hutchison Herbert Vivian John Warburton Charlie Watts Nesta Helen Webster Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington Henry Williamson Ormonde Winter Francis Yeats-Brown
Post-1945 people	Ian Anderson Richard Barnbrook A. F. X. Baron James Larratt Battersby Derek Beackon John Bean Jane, Lady Birdwood Jonathan Bowden Andrew Brons Kevin Bryan Jack Buckby Eddy Butler A. K. Chesterton Mark Collett David Copeland Mark Cotterill Nicky Crane Simon Darby Sharon Ebanks Richard Edmonds Jim Dowson Andrew Fountaine Jayda Fransen Paul Golding Nick Griffin Jeffrey Hamm Anthony Hancock Patrick Harrington Ray Hill Derek Holland Tom Holmes Katie Hopkins Peter Huxley-Blythe David Irving Colin Jordan Raheem Kassam Arthur Kemp Alex Kurtagić John Kingsley Read Alan Lake Richard Lawson Tony Lecomber David McCalden Michael McLaughlin Eddy Morrison John Morse David Myatt John O'Brien Roy Painter Neema Parvini Roger Pearson Joseph Pearce Denis Pirie Kevin Quinn Anthony Reed Herbert Robert Relf Jack Renshaw Colin Robertson Tommy Robinson Robert Row Simon Sheppard Kenny Smith Troy Southgate Ian Stuart Donaldson Keith Thompson John Tyndall Richard Verrall Adam Walker Anne Marie Waters Paul Joseph Watson Martin Webster Robert West Paul Weston Graham Williamson Martin Wingfield John Graeme Wood Milo Yiannopoulos
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Active notable publications	Candour Redwatch