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For Britain
LeaderAnne Marie Waters
FounderAnne Marie Waters
FoundedOctober 2017
Split fromUK Independence Party
IdeologyAnti-Islam
Right-wing populism
British nationalism
Hard Euroscepticism
Civil libertarianism
Green conservatism
Political positionFar-right[1][2]
Website
forbritain.uk

For Britain is a far-right[1][2] minor political party in the United Kingdom. It was founded by the anti-Islam activist Anne Marie Waters in October 2017, after she was defeated in the 2017 UKIP leadership election by Henry Bolton.

Waters left UKIP and formed For Britain after she and her supporters were described as "Nazis and racists" by Bolton and UKIP's former leader Nigel Farage. The name is taken from her UKIP leadership campaign slogan, "Anne Marie For Britain". Waters said that the party would "speak to the forgotten people".[2] However, For Britain is not registered with the Electoral Commission, a requirement for any political party wishing to put up candidates in elections and to solicit donations for campaigns.

The party has won the support of Tommy Robinson, former leader of the English Defence League.[1] Its platform includes reducing Muslim immigration to the UK to near zero, and to "bring the entire EU project down".[3] The Times claimed that the party intends to fill the space left by the demise of the British National Party,[4] though the party denies this.[5]

In November 2017, the far-right British nationalist political party Liberty GB merged into For Britain.[6]

Polices

For Britain supports a complete withdraw from the E.U., reducing the national debt, repealing the inheritance tax, free speech, end foreign aid, reduce immigration overall.

References

  1. ^ a b c Humphries, Will (12 October 2017). "Ukip loser Anne Marie Waters will start far-right party". The Times. London. Retrieved 14 October 2017. (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c "Former UKIP leadership candidate to launch new far-right party". Politico. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. ^ Luke Dolan (12 October 2017). "For Britain: The new political party launched by Ukip 'islamophobe' Anne-Marie Waters". Talk Radio.
  4. ^ O’Driscoll, Sean (10 October 2017). "Ukip reject Anne Marie Waters founds own far-right party". The Times. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  5. ^ @ForBritainParty (15 October 2017). "The Times claims we intend to 'fill the void left by the BNP'. This is a lie. We have never said any such thing". Twitter. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  6. ^ "An important announcement from Paul Weston concerning the future of Liberty GB", Liberty GB website, 27 November 2017


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