The National Party was formed on January 6, 1976 by John Kingsley Read as a less extreme alternative to the National Front. Seeking a less confrontational solution to immigration than the NF the National Party adopted a more populist approach and broke from the ambiguities that the NF had to the Nazis. Essentially the party was intended as a gathering place for those who had flocked to the NF after the actions of Enoch Powell but had found them too extreme. Initially the party looked poised for success and in local elections of 1976 it had two councillors elected in Blackburn, Lancashire. A party journal, Britain First, was published for a time although the National Party proved unsuccessful and did not last long. January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Kingsley Read (fl. ... In the United Kingdom, the British National Front (most commonly called the National Front or NF) is a extreme right-wing political party that had its heyday during the 1970s and 80s. ... Populism is a political philosophy or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, and that the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and used for the benefit and advancement of the people as a whole. ... Enoch Powell The Right Honourable John Enoch Powell MBE (June 16, 1912 – February 8, 1998) was a British politician. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location within the British Isles Blackburn is a town in Lancashire, England, with a population of about 140,000. ... Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ...

The party should not be confused with the Nationalist Party which, although having similar roots to the Nationals, was an alternative name for the Constitutional Movement of Andrew Fountaine. The Constitutional Movement was a splinter group from the British National Front, formed in 1979 as the National Front Constitutional Movement by Andrew Fountaine. ... Andrew Fountaine (1918-1997) was a veteran of the far right scene in British politics. ...