John Hutchyns Tyndall (born 14 July 1934;died 19 July 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.^[1] is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitive position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolizing French nationalism during the July Revolution 1830. ... In the United Kingdom, the British National Front (most commonly called the National Front or NF) is a far right-wing political party that had its heyday during the 1970s and 80s. ... The British National Party (BNP) is a white nationalist political party in the United Kingdom. ...

Early life

John Tyndall was born in Exeter, Devon, UK on July 14, 1934. The son of the warden of St George's House, a YMCA hostel at Southwark, he grew up in London. He was related to the famous translator of the Bible, William Tyndale and he was also the great-grandson of Irish physicist and natural philosopher John Tyndall, his ancestors having moved to County Waterford in Ireland in the 16th century.^[2][3] The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in the southwest of England, also known as the West Country. ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other places with the same name, see Southwark (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... William Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tyndale,Tindall or Tyndall) (ca. ... John Tyndall. ... County Waterford (Port Láirge in Irish) is a county in the province of Munster on the south coast of Ireland. ...

Political career

Early politics

Tyndall was first politically active in the League of Empire Loyalists (a right-wing pressure group) headed by A.K. Chesterton. In 1957, feeling that the League was not sufficiently active, he and John Bean left to form the National Labour Party. The Labour Party prevented the use of this name, and in 1960 it merged with the White Defence League of Colin Jordan to form the old British National Party (BNP) which was led by John Bean. The League of Empire Loyalists was a pressure group campaigning against the dissolution of the British Empire in the 1950s and 1960s. ... An advocacy group, interest group or lobbying group is a group, however loosely or tightly organized, doing advocacy: those determined to encourage or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected. ... Arthur Keneth Chesterton (1896 — August 16, 1973) was an ultra right_wing politician and journalist, instrumental in founding a number of right_wing organisations in Britain, primarily in opposition to the break_up of the British Empire, and later adopting a broader anti-immigration stance. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... John Bean is a veteran of the far right scene in Britain. ... The National Labour Party was founded in 1957 by John Bean. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The White Defence League was a British extreme right-wing political group. ... John Colin Campbell Jordan (born June 1923) was a leading representative of postwar National Socialism in Britain and around the world. ... The British National Party was a far right political party that operated in the United Kingdom from 1960 to 1967. ... John Bean is a veteran of the far right scene in Britain. ...

Tyndall became deputy national organiser of this party and deputy commander of a private army set up by Colin Jordan called Spearhead, based on the SA of Nazi Germany. The police prosecuted Jordan, Tyndall, Martin Webster and Denis Pirie for paramilitary organising. Tyndall said that he deeply regretted his involvement with this organisation. Until his death, Spearhead lived on as Tyndall's personal magazine through which his political thoughts and comments as well as those of others on the right of the BNP were communicated. The magazine made up a great part of his personal revenue because, although he changed parties several times in his life, he retained the copyright over the name Spearhead. John Colin Campbell Jordan (born June 1923) was a leading representative of postwar National Socialism in Britain and around the world. ... The seal of SA The  , abbreviated SA, (German for Storm division or Storm section, usually translated as stormtroop(er)s), functioned as a paramilitary organization of the NSDAP — the German Nazi party. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Martin Guy Alan Webster (born May 1943) was a leading figure on the far-right in British politics. ... Denis Pirie was a veteran of the British far right scene who took a leading role in a number of movements. ... Spearhead is a British far right-wing magazine edited by John Tyndall. ...

Tyndall left the old British National Party along with Colin Jordan in 1962 when he set up the National Socialist Movement. He fell out with Jordan over Françoise Dior, a wealthy Frenchwoman who, although she was originally engaged to Tyndall, hastily married Jordan, who had just been released from prison before Tyndall, to avoid being expelled from Britain as an undesirable alien. This act provoked a life long schism between the two allies. He formed the Greater Britain Movement in 1964, taking most of the members of the National Socialist Movement with him. Jordan was well in with the proprietor of the headquarters at 74, Princedale Road, London, W11 (the widow of Arnold Leese), so it was Tyndall who was obliged to quit the building but he retained his copy of the keys and during one of Jordan's prolonged absences, emptied the HQ of all the expensive equipment. A court of justice ruled that it was an internal affair and considering that both litigants were members of the same movement at the time in question, no theft had occurred. The Greater Britain Movement drifted from various accommodation addresses varying from an upper room in a pub named "The Silver Sword" in Petty France, London, SW1, to an address in Holborn, and finally invading the basement of the prestige address of "Westminster Chambers", which eventually became the first HQ of the National Front. Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Socialist Movement was a British Neo-Nazi group formed in 1962 by Colin Jordan on Adolf Hitlers birthday as a splinter group from the British National Party. ... Françoise Dior (7 April 1932 – 1993) was the French wife of British National Socialist Colin Jordan. ... The Greater Britain Movement was a political group formed by John Tyndall in 1964 after he split from Colin Jordans National Socialist Movement. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Doctor Arnold Spencer-Leese (1877-1956) was a noted veterinarian, anti-Semite and fascist politician, born in 1877 in Lytham, Lancashire, England. ...

Tyndall spent much of the 1960s developing his ideological programme. He published the book The Authoritarian State in 1962, in which he claimed that liberal democracy was a Jewish tool of world domination that needed to be replaced by authoritarianism.

Later, Tyndall continued to develop his ideological programme and produced in 1966 his Six Principles of Nationalism which appeared to break with the neo-Nazi NSM and, instead, looked to electoral paths to government, which would be characterized by leadership, corporatism and racial purity and would be regularly ratified by referendums, bringing to mind the earlier calls of Sir Oswald Mosley who, along with his mother, Tyndall deeply respected. He would spend hours in front of a mirror perfecting Mosley's gestures. Tyndall’s new work impressed A. K. Chesterton, who at the same time was helping to reorganise the demoralised far-right. Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (November 16, 1896 – December 3, 1980), was a British politician known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists. ...

National Front

When the National Front (NF) was formed in 1967, Tyndall pressed for the inclusion of the Greater Britain Movement. Eventually, a compromise was reached to allow individual members to join the NF, and Tyndall disbanded the Greater Britain Movement when they all had done so. Tyndall swiftly rose to the rank of Chairman when John O'Brien resigned, in which his principal responsibility was theory and political thinking. In the United Kingdom, the British National Front (most commonly called the National Front or NF) is a far right-wing political party that had its heyday during the 1970s and 80s. ... John OBrien was a leading figure on the far right of British politics during the early 1970s. ...

Under Tyndall's guidance the Front grew in membership and gained many votes, peaking during the February general election of 1974. This success was not so much due to Tyndall's leadership but was a direct result of Martin Webster's tactics of banging the drums in the streets. However Tyndall's leadership faced a number of challenges from both populists and Strasserites, beginning with a running feud with Roy Painter, then his replacement as leader by John Kingsley Read and culminating in the two groups uniting to form the National Party in 1976. After this split Tyndall was able to regain the Chair and re-establish his control in the NF. For the 1979 general election, the Front put up 303 candidates but the results were disappointing: it lost its deposit everywhere. Internal recriminations saw Tyndall removed from all his positions and he opted to depart, setting up the New National Front (NNF) in 1980. Martin Guy Alan Webster (born May 1943) was a leading figure on the far-right in British politics. ... Look up Populism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Strasserism refers to the strand of neo-Nazism that calls for socialism to be initiated alongside nationalism. ... Roy Painter was a former Conservative politician who for a time became one of the leading figures on the British far right. ... John Kingsley Read (1937 – 1985) was chairman of the British National Front from 1974 to 1976. ... The National Party was formed on January 6, 1976 by John Kingsley Read as a less extreme alternative to the National Front. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... The British National Party (BNP) is the largest political party of the far-right in the United Kingdom. ...

BNP

As NNF leader Tyndall sought to work with other groups and as a result the British National Party emerged in 1982 after he amalgamated his group with the British Democratic Party, elements of the Constitutional Movement and those members of the British Movement loyal to Ray Hill. The British National Party (BNP) is a white nationalist political party in the United Kingdom. ... The British Democratic Party was a short-lived far-right party formed in 1979 when the Leicester branch of the National Front broke away from the main party under the leadership of Anthony Read Herbert. ... The Constitutional Movement was a splinter group from the British National Front, formed in 1979 as the National Front Constitutional Movement by Andrew Fountaine. ... The British Movement was a British neo-Nazi group. ... Ray Hill (born 1939) was a leading figure in the British far right who went on to become a well-known grass. ...

During his tenure as leader of the new BNP, Tyndall did little to dispel the perception among some that the BNP was a neo-Nazi organisation, and strongly resisted any attempts to soften the party's policies or image. Tyndall was convicted of incitement to racial hatred in 1986 and was jailed three times. During his time in prison he completed the part-autobiographical part-political book The Eleventh Hour (ISBN 0-9513686-2-1), which he subsequently revised several times. The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ... Hate speech is a controversial term for speech intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against someone based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...

Deposed as leader

In 1999, Tyndall lost the leadership of the BNP to Nick Griffin. Afterwards he threatened, at times, to run against Griffin to regain the leadership, although he did not act on his threats. Griffin briefly expelled Tyndall, along with his two closest allies in the party Richard Edmonds and John Morse, from the BNP in 2002 for being a disruptive influence, although Tyndall was reinstated after a court case. In 2004, Tyndall joined in signing the New Orleans Protocol. The New Orleans Protocol seeks to "mainstream our cause" by reducing violence and internecine warfare, and was written by David Duke. When he signed, Tyndall made it clear that he was not acting on behalf of the BNP. For a time, he also became associated with Eddy Morrison who had split from the White Nationalist Party and organised a Spearhead Support Group to back Tyndall. However the alliance fell apart when Tyndall made it clear that he did not support Morrison's attempts to set up a new party (which eventually emerged as the Nationalist Alliance). Nicholas John Nick Griffin (born 1959) is a British politician. ... Richard Edmonds is a veteran on the British far right and was a long-term supporter of John Tyndall. ... John Morse was a leading figure in the British National Party under John Tyndall, serving alongside Richard Edmonds as Tyndalls closest ally in the party. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New Orleans Protocol (NOP) was signed in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 29, 2004. ... David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, a candidate in presidential primaries for both the Democratic and Republican parties, and former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. ... Eddy Morrison is a political figure on the far right in Britain, who has been involved in a number of movements throughout his career. ... The White Nationalist Party (WNP) is a United Kingdom political party, the UK arm of Aryan Unity, which considers racial separatism as fundamental to a healthy society. ... The Nationalist Alliance is a far right movement in British politics, that aims to serve as an umbrella group for the various White nationalist groups in Britain. ...

On December 12, 2004, Tyndall was arrested on suspicion of incitement to racial hatred towards Michael Howard's Jewish roots and towards black people, following a BBC documentary aired in July 2004. On April 6, 2005, he was charged by police with two offences of using words or behaviour intended or likely to stir up racial hatred. is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hate speech is a controversial term for speech intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against someone based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. ... The Rt Hon. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Tyndall was found dead at his home in Hove, Sussex, on July 19, 2005, less than a week after his 71st birthday. He was due to stand on charges of incitement to racial hatred at Leeds Magistrates just two days later (July 21, 2005). Floral Clock, Palmeira Square Hove promenade facing towards Brighton Hove is a town on the south coast of England immediately to the west of its larger neighbour, Brighton. ... This article refers to the historic county in England. ... is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation) and Leeds City (disambiguation). ... is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Personal life

His wife, Valerie—whom he met while both were in the National Front in the 1970s—stood as an NF candidate in Brighton, Kemptown, in the 1979 general election, and as BNP candidate in Hackney, South & Shoreditch in the 1983 general election and at Old Bexley & Sidcup in the 1997 general election. Her father, Charles Parker, became a leading member of the BNP in its early years and provided the party with a source of funding. Charles Parker was a leading member of the British National Party in its early years and provided the group with much of its funding. ...

Elections contested by John Tyndall

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Elections contested by Valerie Tyndall

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Bibliography

• The Authoritarian State. 1967. OCLC 43505111
• Death in the Lebanon London : G. Bles, 1971. ISBN 071380291X
• Six Principles of Nationalism (1966)
• The case for economic nationalism. Croydon : National Front Policy Committee, [1975] ISBN 0905109007
• The Eleventh Hour: A call for British Rebirth. London: Albion Press, 1988. ISBN 0951368605

References

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External links

• John Tyndall, excerpts from EURO Intl. Conference 2004 -I/II
• John Tyndall, excerpts from EURO Intl. Conference 2004 -Ii/II
• Recent BNP arrests BBC report of 14 December 2004
• BNP men bailed in race case The Guardian, 8 April 2005
• Guardian obituary of John Tyndall, July 19, 2005
• Guardian story: A racist, violent neo-nazi to the end: BNP founder Tyndall dies, July 20, 2005
• BNP News : OBITUARY: JOHN TYNDALL 14/7/1934 – 18/7/2005 (19 July 2005)
• Information on Tyndall from the Anti-Nazi League