Nationalist Alliance
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The Nationalist Alliance is a far right movement in British politics, that aims to serve as an umbrella group for the various White nationalist groups in Britain.
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[edit] Formation
The group was convened on 20th March 2005 and was based around the Spearhead Group, an organisation of dissident and former British National Party members gathered around the late John Tyndall. Despite this, Tyndall himself criticized the foundation of the Alliance as being divisive and as such leadership has been given to former National Front member Eddy Morrison. Amongst those to join the Alliance have been the White Nationalist Party and the England First Party (although EFP has since become independent of the NA). The party publishes a monthly magazine Imperium.
[edit] Split
Following its formation the NA sought to enter into negotiations with the Freedom Party, although the proposed merger did not come to pass as Adrian Davies was reluctant to join up with some of the more extremist elements of the NA. As a result of this and a series of other personality clashes, Morrison and John G. Wood left to form the British Peoples Party.
[edit] Current NA
Despite the split, the Nationalist Alliance continues to operate as a political party under a new leadership that seeks to organise both electorally and through street activity. The NA is nativist, in favour of deportation, supportive of stronger punishments for criminals including capital punishment and in favour of white nationalism. The party is a minor force in British politics.
[edit] Previous use of the name
The name had previously been used 'in house' for an initiative driven by Andrew Brons to achieve a reconciliation and joint electoral action between the Flag Group and the BNP in 1986, a move which ultimately came to nothing. [1] The current incarnation of the Nationalist Alliance has no connection to this proposal however.
[edit] References
- ^ N. Copsey, Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp. 36-38
