British National Party

The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, whites-only political party in the United Kingdom, formed as a splinter group of the British National Front by John Tyndall in 1982. The party's current chairman is Nick Griffin, himself a former national organiser of the National Front. The BNP has no elected Members of Parliament. In the 2005 UK general election, the party received 0.7% of the popular vote, the eighth largest share. The BNP finis... more

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