White Defence League

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The White Defence League was a British extreme right-wing political group. Formed in 1958 it was a splinter group from the League of Empire Loyalists, formed from those who resented the LEL's refusal to contest elections and its strong links to the Conservative Party. The WDL was vehemently against non-white immigration and used the provocative marching techniques popularised by Oswald Mosley, although with much less support than Mosley had in his heyday. In 1960 the party merged with the National Labour Party to form the British National Party.

The party was led by Colin Jordan, who was the leading British exponent of National Socialism. WDL had offices in both London and Coventry and produced its own newspaper "Black and White News" sporadically between 1958 and 1959. John Tyndall had also been a member.

  • S. Taylor, The National Front in English Politics, London: Macmillan, 1982
  • M. Walker, The National Front, Glasgow: Fontana Collins, 1977


The far right in the United Kingdom
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Anglo-German Fellowship | British Brothers League | British Fascists | British Peoples Party | The Britons | Imperial Fascist League | The Link | National Fascisti | National Socialist League

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British Democratic Party | British Empire Party | British Movement | British National Party | Column 88 | Constitutional Movement | Flag Group | Greater Britain Movement | League of Empire Loyalists | National Democratic Party | National Fellowship | National Independence Party | National Labour Party | National Party | National Socialist Action Party | National Socialist Movement | Official National Front | One Nation | Patriotic Party | Racial Preservation Society | Union Movement | White Defence League | White Nationalist Party

Active political parties and groups:

British National Party | British Peoples Party | Combat 18 | England First Party | Freedom Party | International Third Position | League of Saint George | National Democrats | National Front | National Socialist Movement | Nationalist Alliance | New Britain Party | New Nationalist Party | Northern League | November 9th Society | Racial Volunteer Force

Pre-1945 people:

John Amery | A. F. X. Baron | Henry Hamilton Beamish | John Beckett | Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford | Barry Domvile | William Evans-Gordon | Robert Forgan | Neil Francis Hawkins | J. F. C. Fuller | William Joyce | Arnold Leese | Rotha Lintorn-Orman | Diana Mitford | Unity Mitford | Lady Cynthia Mosley | Oswald Mosley | Alexander Raven Thomson | Henry Williamson

Post-1945 people

Ian Anderson | John Bean | Jane Birdwood | Andrew Brons | A. K. Chesterton | David Copeland | Mark Cotterill | Sharon Ebanks | Richard Edmonds | Andrew Fountaine | Nick Griffin | Jeffrey Hamm | Anthony Hancock | Patrick Harrington | Derek Holland | Colin Jordan | John Kingsley Read | Michael McLaughlin | Eddy Morrison | David Myatt | John O'Brien | Denis Pirie | Kevin Quinn | Anthony Reed Herbert | Robert Relf | Charlie Sargent | Simon Sheppard | Troy Southgate | Keith Thompson | John Tyndall | Richard Verrall | Martin Webster | Martin Wingfield | John Graeme Wood

Related articles:

Battle of Cable Street | British National Front election results | British National Party election results | British nationalism | Europe a Nation | List of British fascist parties | National Party of Europe | Political Soldier | World Union of National Socialists


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