The National Front’s long march back to politics. In next month’s elections, the far-right party of Britain’s past is contesting its highest number of seats since 1982. Jonathan Brown investigates how it re-emerged from the demise of the BNP
In the febrile politics of the 1970s the National Front (NF) ruthlessly exploited working-class fears over immigration to create a far-right threat unseen in Britain since Sir Oswald Mosley. The party’s shows of strength saw police and anti-fascists clash violently on the streets while at the 1979 general election the Front was able to mobilise … Read more
