Ian Hugh Myddleton Anderson (although his middle name has also been given as Milhous) (born 1953 in Hillingdon) was a leading figure on the British far-right in the 1980s and 1990s. Hillingdon is a place in the London Borough of Hillingdon. ... Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ...

Early background

Although now firmly associated with the far right Anderson's involvement in politics began in the mid 1970s when he was close to certain elements on the right of the Conservative Party, particularly the Monday Club. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... The Monday Club is a right-wing pressure-group in Britain described by the BBC as a bastion on the Tory hard right[1]. It was formed at the time of Harold Macmillans Winds of Change speech made at Cape Town, South Africa in which Macmillan stated that the...

Anderson viewed himself as a "respectable" figure in right wing circles and spent some time at the University of Oxford on two separate occasions studying zoology (he failed to graduate - though his election leaflets stated he was 'Oxford-educated'). The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Zoology is the biological discipline which involves the study of non-human animals. ...

National Front

After the 1979 General Election, the NF started to fracture as a faction led by Nick Griffin and Derek Holland wanted the party to copy the "Third Way" neo-fascist politics gaining in popularity within Europe's far right - noting the rising success of the Italian MSI. Moves were instigated by party National Organiser Martin Webster to have them thrown out, but before he could the party's Directorate voted to have him and his partner Peter Salt thrown out of the party for mismanagement - the crucial majority vote being secured by Anderson siding with the rebels. Shocked, Webster left politics for good (apart from the occasional half-hearted dabble). Margaret Thatcher James Callaghan David Steel BBC Election 1979 Titles The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. ... In the United Kingdom, the British National Front (most commonly called the National Front or NF) is a far right political party that had its heyday during the 1970s and 1980s. ... Nicholas John Griffin (born 1959) is a British politician. ... Derek Holland is a figure on the European far-right. ... This page pertains to fascism after World War II. For a discussion of groups and movements that also include as core tenets racial nationalism, antisemitism, and praise for Hitler, see Neo-Nazism. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... The Italian Social Movement (Movimento sociale italiano ) (MSI) was a neo-Fascist party formed 1946 in the post-World War II period by supporters of the executed dictator Benito Mussolini under the lead of Giorgio Almirante. ... Martin Guy Alan Webster (born May 1943) was a leading figure on the far-right in British politics. ...

What made this even more surprising was that Anderson was seen as a close ally of Webster - the one supporter of John Tyndall that to many people's surprise did not leave to join the British National Party. The story goes that the night before the crucial vote, both Griffin and Holland had visited Anderson at his home, told him what they intended to do. After the previous debacle with Tyndall, they knew that removing his old friend would not be enough - Webster would have to go. It was when they asked him if they thought the party had a chance of getting anywhere so long as Webster was in control that Anderson decided he had no choice but to vote with those he despised in order to buy the NF a stay of execution. John Tyndall John Hutchyns Tyndall (July 14, 1934 – July 19, 2005) was a far-right British nationalist politician best known for leading the National Front in the 1970s and for founding the British National Party in the 1980s. ... This article is about the modern party. ...

Post-Webster, Anderson became associated with the Flag Group wing (named after their newspaper, "The Flag") of the NF - the rivals to Griffin's Official National Front wing - that sought to turn the NF into a force in political terms through electoral competition. Eventually the two factions battle for control turned ugly - culminating in the Vauxhall by-election fiasco where an NF candidate for each faction stood, splitting what little vote there was and haranguing one another on live TV as the declaration of the results were made. Griffin attempted to win the rights to the NF name in the courts, but had to dump the idea when his current friend (but former enemy) Martin Wingfield registed the name National Front as a limited compnay. Griffin's one time-friend, Patrick Harrington with whom he ran the smaller wing of the NF, then dumped his fellow members "Third Way" and Griffin along with Holland set up an identical organisation called International Third Position months later. The Flag Group represented aone of the two wings of the British National Front in the 1980s and stood in opposition to the Political Soldier wing. ... The Official National Front was the leading movement within the British National Front during the 1980s and stood opposed to the Flag Group. ... Vauxhall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Martin Wingfield is a long-standing figure on the extreme right in British politics. ... International Third Position (ITP) was a United Kingdom group formed by the Italian Roberto Fiore and as a continuation of the Political Soldier movement that originated in the Third Positionist British National Front in the early 1980s. ...

Retaking the name (amid sighs of relief from most NF members, who had little interest in the whole Third Way versus Flag Group feud), Anderson gained control of the NF in 1990 and attempted to remodel the party back along the lines of John O'Brien in the early 1970s when they had appeared at one stage to be a potential threat to the mainstream parties. The spur for this was undoubtedly the success of the Front National - a rather blatant copy of the early British one. He had also attempted to gain contacts in the US and in 1989 he had established a link with Richard Barrett and the Nationalist Movement with a pact known as the 'New Atlantic Charter'. But the failure to gain a mass support base frustrated the NF's ambitions as did the growing competition from the British National Party in what was already a small political space. This article is about the year. ... John OBrien was a leading figure on the far right of British politics during the early 1970s. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The National Front (FN, French: ) is a far-right, nationalist political party in France, founded in 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Barrett (born 1943) is an American lawyer, White nationalist and self-proclaimed leader in the nationalist Skinheadz (not to be confused with skinhead) movement. ... The Nationalist Movement is a controversial Mississippi-based organization that advocates what it calls a pro-majority position. ... This article is about the modern party. ...

National Democrats

Anderson soon came to believe that the negative connotations of the National Front name were proving a bar to success and so in 1995 he relaunched the party as the National Democrats, after a postal ballot of the members. How honest the result favouring the name change can be gauged from the fact two thirds of the party joined the continuing National Front run by John McAuley (who was neither cut out nor truly wished to be a party leader, and he was subsequently to leave politics for good) within a month. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Democrats is the name of a right wing nationalist party in the United Kingdom that has campaigned vigorously against immigration and asylum. ...

Anderson maintained contacts in Northern Ireland, particularly within the right of the Ulster Unionist Party and in the 1997 General Election he stood as a candidate for the Londonderry East constituency. Securing a mere 0.2% share of the vote in the constituency, Anderson soon abandoned his Northern Ireland strategy. Motto: (Latin for Who would separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, NI Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party ) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... East Londonderry is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...

Current activities

Anderson quietly gave up the idea of electoral struggle and the National Democrats became the Campaign for National Democracy pressure group, which apart from a few mentions in the Daily Mail, have been largely ignored.

He was also involved in setting up the People's Campaign to Keep the Pound, along with Anthony Bennett, a leading member of Robert Kilroy-Silk's Veritas [1]. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Robert Kilroy-Silk Robert Michael Kilroy-Silk (born 19 May 1942) is a British politician and is well-known as the presenter of his former daytime television confessional talk show Kilroy. ... Veritas is a political party in the United Kingdom, formed in February 2005 by politician-celebrity Robert Kilroy-Silk following a split from the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). ...

In 2004, he re-emerged in his new home of Epping to become a figure in community politics [2] [3] [4]. He has been praised by a former Labour mayor for his work [5]. In April 2006, The Epping Community Action Group was registered with the Electoral Commission as a political party, with Anderson listed as leader [6]. High Street in Epping Epping is a market town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... The Electoral Commission is a non-ministerial government department with powers in the United Kingdom, which was created by an Act of Parliament, the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (2000 c. ...

Elections contested

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External links

• Uxbridge by-election literature
• Kilroy-Silk colleague linked to ex-National Front leader