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Revision as of 07:41, 15 May 2017
Liberty Great Britain | |
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Chairman | Paul Weston |
Founded | March 2013 |
Headquarters | Regent Street London |
Ideology | Euroscepticism Culturism Right-wing populism Counter-jihad Alt-Right |
Political position | Far-right[1] |
Website | |
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Liberty Great Britain or Liberty GB is a far-right British nationalist political party[2] and self-described as Counter-jihad.[3] It was registered with the Electoral Commission on 5 March 2013 by Paul Weston and George Whale.[4] Its three candidates in the 2014 European Parliament election in the South East England constituency received 2,414 votes (0.11%).[5]
Weston is a former UK Independence Party (UKIP) member and was one of the party's candidates in Cities of London and Westminster at the 2010 general election.[6] He left UKIP over what he described as its failure to address issues related to Islam in Britain and took over the British Freedom Party (BFP) from Peter Mullins. That party formed an alliance with the far-right English Defence League. Weston left the BFP in 2013. He has predicted that within 20 years there will be a war in Britain between the white working class and immigrants. He is married to a Romanian and claims to have been a deep sea diver, a pilot in Africa and a property developer in the Czech Republic.[7]
Liberty GB is anti-immigration, anti-fundamentalist Islam and traditionalist.[8] The group's Facebook page describes it as "patriotic counter-jihad party for Christian civilisation, Western rights and freedoms, British culture, animal welfare and capitalism".
2014 European election
Liberty GB stood three candidates in the 2014 European Parliament election in the South East England constituency, Weston, Enza Ferreri (Liberty GB's media officer) and Jack Buckby (Liberty GB's outreach officer).[9] Buckby founded the "National Culturists" while at university in Liverpool in 2012.[10] They received 2,414 votes (0.11%) placing it 14th of the 15 parties contesting the election.[5]
Paul Weston arrest
On 26 April 2014, Weston was arrested while addressing passers-by outside Winchester Guildhall. A member of the public complained to police and he was detained after failing to move on under a dispersal order. He was further arrested on suspicion of religious or racial harassment.[7][11] Weston's speech quoted from Winston Churchill's 1899 book The River War about Churchill's experiences as a British army officer in Sudan; the passage quoted was critical of Islam. Weston is a former UKIP candidate who parted with it over what he described as its failure to address issues related to Islam in Britain and then joined the British Freedom Party.[12]
Liberty GB radio host trial
Tim Burton, a radio presenter who is a member of Liberty GB, was acquitted of charges of racially aggravated harassment on 4 May 2014 at Birmingham magistrates' court. He had tweeted comments about Fiyaz Mughal OBE, a Muslim campaigner of Tell MAMA UK.[13]
2016 Batley and Spen by-election
Following the killing of the incumbent Labour MP Jo Cox, Liberty GB contested the Batley and Spen by-election (the Conservative Party, Liberal Democrats and the UK Independence Party declined to contest it). The party's candidate was Jack Buckby, who was a member of the youth division of the British National Party under Nick Griffin before leaving the party. He claims he left because he believed that the BNP was too racist.[14] Buckby polled just over 1% of the vote and lost his deposit, along with all the candidates except the winner, the Labour candidate Tracy Brabin.
Leaders
Year | Name | Period | Time in office | Deputy leader/s |
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2013 | Paul Weston | 5 March 2013 – present | incumbent |
Electoral performance
The party contested three constituencies, obtaining a total of 418 votes.
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Birmingham Ladywood | Timothy Burton | 216 | 0.6[15] |
Lewisham West and Penge | George Whale | 44 | 0.1[16] |
Luton South | Paul Weston | 158 | 0.4[17] |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Batley and Spen | Jack Buckby | 220 | 1.1[18] |
See also
References
- ^ "Liberty GB – An Insight into the ‘Group’", TellMAMA, 14 January 2014
- Jamie Micklethwaite, "Sydenham and Forest Hill hustings cancelled after candidates allegedly refuse to appear at event with Liberty GB member George Whale", News Shopper, 27 April 2015
- Lizzie Dearden, "Former Ukip candidate and Pegida UK leader says 'Muslims should not hold political power' and claims Syrian refugees do not exist", The Independent, 5 February 2016
- Jess Commons, "Why You Need To Watch The Documentary Exploring If Britain Actually Is Racist", The Debrief 5 October 2015
- Mike Lockley, "Radio host cleared over 'scumbag' tweet jibe to Musilm campaigner ", Birmingham Mail, 4 May 2014 - ^ Siobhan Fenton, Jo Cox: Former BNP politician Jack Buckby to contest by-election for murdered MP's Batley and Spen seat, The Independent, retrieved 19 June 2016
- ^ Lee, Benjamin (4 September 2015). "A Day in the "Swamp": Understanding Discourse in the Online Counter-Jihad Nebula". Democracy and Security. 11 (3): 248–274. doi:10.1080/17419166.2015.1067612.
- ^ Electoral Commission searchable registration database[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Vote 1024 - South East", BBC News, 26 May 2014
- ^ Kevin Rawlinson (25 November 2011). "English Defence League prepares to storm local elections". The Independent. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ a b Martin Evans, "Election candidate arrested over Churchill speech", The Telegraph, 28 April 2014
- ^ Sonia Gable, "Liberty it isn’t", Searchlight, 12 March 2013
- ^ South East Euro Candidates 2014, UK Polling Report
- ^ Matthew Francey, Jack Buckby is proud to be Britain's next Nick Griffin", Vice, 20 February 2013
- ^ "Euro candidate Paul Weston arrested over Islam remarks", BBC News, 28 April 2014
- ^ Evan, Martin (28 April 2014). "Election candidate arrested over Churchill speech".
- ^ Mike Lockley, "Radio host cleared over 'scumbag' tweet jibe to Muslim campaigner", Birmingham Mail, 4 May 2014
- ^ Cowburn, Ashley (20 June 2016). "Jo Cox: Liberty GB Move to Contest Labour MP's Former Seat Branded 'Obscene' and 'Contemptible'". www.independent.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ ELECTION 2015 Birmingham Ladywood, BBC News. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ ELECTION 2015 Lewisham West & Penge, BBC News. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ ELECTION 2015 Luton South, BBC News. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Samantha Gildea, "Batley and Spen by-election: Labour's Tracy Brabin elected as new MP" Archived 2016-10-21 at the Wayback Machine. Hudersfield Examiner, 21 October 2016
External links
- Counter-jihad
- 2013 establishments in England
- Political parties established in 2013
- Far-right political parties in the United Kingdom
- Nationalist parties in the United Kingdom
- Eurosceptic parties in the United Kingdom
- Far-right politics in the United Kingdom
- UK Independence Party breakaway groups
- Opposition to Islam in the United Kingdom
- Parties that campaigned for leave during the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016