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'''Anthony "Tony" Mark Lecomber''' (born 1961)<ref>[http://www.bernardomahoney.com/forthcb/ootdie/articles/gfogb.shtml]</ref>is a former Group Development Director for the [[British National Party]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050320030649/http://www.bnp.org.uk/organisation/structure.htm</ref> |
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He has been self employed for the majority of the time. |
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==Background== |
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Lecomber has been active in far-right politics since the early 1980s. His role is mainly behind the scenes in planning BNP election campaigns, but his history of convictions for violence have given him prominence in anti-BNP publicity and led to his removal from the party.<ref name=BBCSkin>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/advisory/tony_lecomber.stm BNP: Under the Skin], BBC News.</ref> |
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He joined the [[National Front (UK)|National Front]] in the early 1980s, but allied with [[John Tyndall (politician)|John Tyndall]] who was being blamed for the NF's poor performance at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1979|1979 general election]]. When Tyndall split to form the [[New National Front]] and later the British National Party, Lecomber followed him. |
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He was editor of ''Young Nationalist'', which the BBC describes as a racist and [[antisemitic]] magazine.<ref name="BBCSkin"/> |
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==Convictions== |
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Lecomber was convicted for criminal damage in 1982, offences under the [[Explosives Act]] in 1985, and was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in 1991 for an attack on a Jewish teacher.<ref name=BBCSkin/> |
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On 31 October 1986, he was injured by a nailbomb that he was carrying to the offices of the [[Workers' Revolutionary Party (UK)|Workers Revolutionary Party]] in [[Clapham]]. Police found 10 [[grenades]], seven [[petrol bomb]]s and two [[detonator]]s at his home. For this offence, he received a three-year prison sentence at his trial on 28 November that year.<ref name=Cohen>Nick Cohen, "Hold On a Minute ... Will It Be Boots and Broadcasts at the BNP?", ''The Observer'', 5 January 1997.</ref> |
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In 1991, when he was [[Propaganda]] Director of the BNP,<ref>"On the seamier side: the shadow of racist politics", ''The Economist'', 7 December 1991 |
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</ref> Lecomber saw a [[Jewish]] teacher removing a BNP sticker at a [[London Underground]] station and attacked him. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/advisory/tony_lecomber.stm] Lecomber was released from his three-year sentence in time to play a key part in the BNP's [[Derek Beackon|by-election win]] in [[Millwall]] ward of [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|Tower Hamlets]] in September 1993. |
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Later in the 1990s, Lecomber became closer to [[Nick Griffin]] and supported Griffin when he successfully challenged [[John Tyndall]]'s leadership of the BNP in 1999. In 2006 Lecomber was sacked from his position as [[Group Development Officer]]. This followed allegations made by former [[Merseyside]] [[British National Party|BNP]] organiser that Lecomber had tried to recruit him to assassinate prominent politicians and members of the British establishment. Lecomber admitted that a conversation had taken place but stated that he hadn't meant the comments to be taken literally.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20060528/ai_n16432216/ Sunday Herald, 28 May 2006]</ref> |
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==Present== |
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Currently living in Broomhill Road, Woodford Green. |
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Among other business interests, he currently owns and manages [http://www.freeindex.co.uk/profile(aml-hips)_105862.htm AML HIPs] (Home Information Packs) |
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==References== |
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{{UK far right}} |
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{{British National Party}} |
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[[Category:1961 births]] |
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Revision as of 15:03, 8 October 2013
Anthony Lecomber is a father of three children and lives in Essex with his family in the suburbs not far from London.
He has been self employed for the majority of the time.