British League of Rights

The British League of Rights was an offshoot of the Australian League of Rights founded in 1971. It was an "anti-semitic and white supremacist" ^[1] political group. The British League opposed the entry of the UK into the European Economic Community.

In the early 1970s it came under the direction of Don Martin, a former member of the Australian Young Liberals,^[2] who has run it ever since. Under Martin's direction the British League increased its membership. Conservative Monday Club member Lady Jane Birdwood was General Secretary. By 1974, the British League of Rights became the British chapter of the World Anti-Communist League,^[1] replacing Geoffrey Stewart-Smith's Foreign Affairs Circle, which claimed to have left due to the Anti-Communist League's antisemitism. In 1975 the British League established an association with the Britons Publishing Company. Although not officially connected, the League of Rights had links to the National Front and during the leadership of John Tyndall articles that appeared in League of Rights publications were regularly reprinted in Tyndall's organ Spearhead.^[3]

The British League of Rights hosted the fourth Crown Commonwealth League of Rights conference in 1985.^[4]

Don Martin elected to resign from the chairmanship of the Policy Unit of the Federation of Small Businesses in 2001 as a result of a campaign by Gerry Gable's Searchlight magazine.^{[citation needed]}

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^ ^a ^b Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley (editors) entry in Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations Pinter (2000) p177
^ Spoonley, Paul The Politics of Nostalgia: racism and the extreme right in New Zealand The Dunmore Press (1987) p197
^ Michael Billig, A Social Psychological View of the National Front, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978, p. 117
^ Spoonley, Paul The Politics of Nostalgia: racism and the extreme right in New Zealand The Dunmore Press (1987) p102

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Pre-1945 groups	British Brothers' League British Fascists British People's Party British Union of Fascists The Britons Britons Publishing Society 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 Flag Group For Britain Football Lads Alliance Freedom Party 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) Homeland League of Saint George National Action National Front National Liberal Party November 9th Society Patriotic Alternative Pie and Mash squad Order of Nine Angles Racial Volunteer Force Sonnenkrieg Division Stop Islamisation of Europe Traditional Britain Group UK Independence Party (some members)
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 Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale Alliott Verdon Roe Edward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford Alexander Raven Thomson Graham Seton Hutchison Herbert Vivian 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 Carl Benjamin 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 Andrew Fountaine Jayda Fransen Paul Golding Nick Griffin Jeffrey Hamm Anthony Hancock Patrick Harrington Ray Hill Derek Holland Tom Holmes Katie Hopkins David Irving Colin Jordan Raheem Kassam Arthur Kemp John Kingsley Read Alan Lake Richard Lawson Tony Lecomber Michael McLaughlin Eddy Morrison John Morse David Myatt John O'Brien Roy Painter 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 Graham Williamson Martin Wingfield John Graeme Wood Milo Yiannopoulos
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Active notable publications	Candour Redwatch
Far-right monitoring	Red Flare Hope Not Hate

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