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I thought I'd start a new TL around British politics in the mid-20th Century, I did kind of get the idea from Cumbria who's now banned. Also as a side note to the readers of my other 2 TLs I'm (obviously) having a break from them for now, writers block for them and all.
~~The British Far-Right; A Story~~
Throughout the year of ’67 the British National Party had been flirting with the idea of merging with either the League of Empire Loyalists led by A. K. Chesterton or the National Democratic Party led by Dr D. Brown, the BNP leader J. Bean eventually made his choice and the small BNP was merged with the growing NDP [1]. One of the, if not the main policy of the NDP was heavily opposing non-white immigration into Britain that had been increasing ever since the post-war period…
Not long after the merger many members of the League of Empire Loyalists left the pressure-group and joined the popular NDP, the amount of members leaving has since been estimated at 75% of the members which was a large boost for the NDP and its popularity…
Incidentally it must be said that the NDP rapidly created a ban on all open Fascists and Nazi’s in order to halt extremism from infecting the party [2]…
- The Story of the National Democratic Party
Not long after the NDP and BNP merger the National Party (previously National Fellowship) also made inquiries into a possible merger between the parties…
The NP had been launched in 1962 by E. Martell, and in its first by-election had performed well with 19% of the vote. However in 1964 the party had supported Conservative candidates rather than actually place any of its own, then Martell couldn’t pay back many of the loans he’d previously been given and by 1967 he was close to bankruptcy…
Luckily for Martell the NDP accepted the merging of the National Party into its fold, thus helping him with both his ailing party and also his own debts that he could now focus on rather than the running of a whole party…
- History of the British Far-Right
SPEAKER LOSES SEAT IN SOUTHAMPTON ITCHEN
In an unprecedented move by voters the Speaker of the House of Commons has been unseated in last nights general election. In the constituency of Southampton Itchen the National Democratic Party candidate Edwin Bray secured 39% of the vote. The Speaker whom had been expected to win in fact saw his vote plummet with an independent Labour candidate standing splitting the vote [3]…
It’s been reported that already Edward Heath has contacted Horace King with the possibility of creating a life-peerage for him while the Father of the House Robin Turton take the chair as the Commons choose a candidate to elect as the new Speaker…
- The Times, 19th June 1970
The popularity and membership of the League of Empire Loyalists actually stayed at around the same level as it had been since the mass movement of members to the National Democratic Party; while its native memberships had been continuing to slowly decrease it had been propped up with numerous members of the Greater Britain Movement joining individually…
By the month of February 1971 around 60% of the LEL membership also held membership with the GBM and in March of that year the membership was pressing A. K. Chesterton to lift the ban on GBM members. Chesterton couldn’t risk a fracture within his party however when he attempted to contact Dr D. Brown of the NDP Brown refused flatly, Chesterton was informed by a random member that this refusal came only due to Dr D. Brown’s personal dislike of him…
Not long after this John Tyndall challenged the leadership of Chesterton and due to the influx of GBM members he won the challenge and Tyndall won the case for the ban on GBM members to join the LEL…
- History of the Great Britain Party
Far-Right results in by-elections between 1970-1971 [4]
St Marleybone, 1970
National Democratic Party: 931 votes (5.5%)
Enfield West, 1970
National Democratic Party: 1589 votes (5.9%)
Macclesfield, 1971
National Democratic Party: 1486 votes (2.6%)
[1] - IOTL the BNP joined the LEL and following the merger the National Front was created.
[2] - The same ban existed within the LEL.
[3] - IOTL the Speaker won the election, however the NDP candidate Edwin Bray gained 21.9% of the vote. Also Horace King was a Labour MP before becoming Speaker, thus a lot of left-wing voters would still wish to have their voices heard which explains the split-vote.
[4] - The increased votes for the NDP/far-right groups is due to the NDP's larger support not only from the NDP-BNP merger but also due to it gaining an MP.