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There have since been several parties which have adopted the "English National Party" name. These include a [[far right]] organisation formed by Raymond Shenton in 1984,{{fact}} which contested the [[Enfield Southgate by-election, 1984|Enfield Southgate by-election]] in that year;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html |title=RESULTS OF BYELECTIONS IN THE 1983-87 PARLIAMENT |work=United Kingdom Election Results |at=ENFIELD, ENFIELD SOUTHGATE [30]}}</ref> a party founded in around 1995 by Christopher Nickerson,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1998/1102/110298.intl.intl.2.html |title=Teatime and Robin Hood: English Identity Crisis |work=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |date=2 November 1998}}</ref> which aimed for England to secede from Britain and to support a sense of English national identity;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/325861.stm |title=How English are you? |work=[[BBC News]] |date=22 April 1999}}</ref> and a party founded by [[Robin Tilbrook]] and James Alden in 1999 (later relaunched as the [[English Democrats]] in 2002), with the aim of securing a devolved English Parliament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://englishdemocrats.party/our-party/party-history/ |title=Party History: The History of the English Democrats by Robin Tilbrook |work=[[English Democrats]] |date=2 September 2015}}</ref> |
There have since been several parties which have adopted the "English National Party" name. These include a [[far right]] organisation formed by Raymond Shenton in 1984,{{fact|date=July 2017}} which contested the [[Enfield Southgate by-election, 1984|Enfield Southgate by-election]] in that year;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html |title=RESULTS OF BYELECTIONS IN THE 1983-87 PARLIAMENT |work=United Kingdom Election Results |at=ENFIELD, ENFIELD SOUTHGATE [30]}}</ref> a party founded in around 1995 by Christopher Nickerson,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1998/1102/110298.intl.intl.2.html |title=Teatime and Robin Hood: English Identity Crisis |work=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |date=2 November 1998}}</ref> which aimed for England to secede from Britain and to support a sense of English national identity;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/325861.stm |title=How English are you? |work=[[BBC News]] |date=22 April 1999}}</ref> and a party founded by [[Robin Tilbrook]] and James Alden in 1999 (later relaunched as the [[English Democrats]] in 2002), with the aim of securing a devolved English Parliament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://englishdemocrats.party/our-party/party-history/ |title=Party History: The History of the English Democrats by Robin Tilbrook |work=[[English Democrats]] |date=2 September 2015}}</ref> |
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In April 1999, a group calling itself the "English National Party" was one of several different organizations which claimed responsibility for a nail-bomb attack in Brixton. <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/police-chiefs-reject-combat-18-threat-unlikely-1090261.html |title=Police chiefs reject Combat 18 threat unlikely |work=[[The Independent]] |date=29 April 1999}}</ref> [[David Copeland]], who admitted to carrying out the bombing, said that the claims of responsibility were by others "try to steal his glory."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jul/01/uksecurity.sarahhall |title=Festering hate that turned quiet son into a murderer |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=1 July 2000}}</ref> |
In April 1999, a group calling itself the "English National Party" was one of several different organizations which claimed responsibility for a nail-bomb attack in Brixton. <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/police-chiefs-reject-combat-18-threat-unlikely-1090261.html |title=Police chiefs reject Combat 18 threat unlikely |work=[[The Independent]] |date=29 April 1999}}</ref> [[David Copeland]], who admitted to carrying out the bombing, said that the claims of responsibility were by others "try to steal his glory."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jul/01/uksecurity.sarahhall |title=Festering hate that turned quiet son into a murderer |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=1 July 2000}}</ref> |
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English National Party has been the name of various political parties of England.
The original ENP
The English National Party (ENP) was founded as the [John Hampden] New Freedom Party in the 1960s by Frank Hansford-Miller. In 1974, it renamed itself the "English Nationalist Party". It achieved its greatest notability in April 1976 when it was joined by the Member of Parliament John Stonehouse, who had formerly represented the Labour Party and at the time was on remand for fraud. However, Stonehouse was convicted and left Parliament in August of that year, and the party did not stand a candidate in the subsequent by-election. The party was active until at least 1979, when it stood a candidate in the 1979 general election, but was defunct by 1981, when Hansford-Miller stood for the "Abolition of Rates Coalition". Hansford-Miller later settled in Australia.
The party's best known policy was advocating a devolved English parliament. Other policies included calling for the abolition of income tax.
Other parties by the name
There have since been several parties which have adopted the "English National Party" name. These include a far right organisation formed by Raymond Shenton in 1984,[citation needed] which contested the Enfield Southgate by-election in that year;[1] a party founded in around 1995 by Christopher Nickerson,[2] which aimed for England to secede from Britain and to support a sense of English national identity;[3] and a party founded by Robin Tilbrook and James Alden in 1999 (later relaunched as the English Democrats in 2002), with the aim of securing a devolved English Parliament.[4]
In April 1999, a group calling itself the "English National Party" was one of several different organizations which claimed responsibility for a nail-bomb attack in Brixton. [5] David Copeland, who admitted to carrying out the bombing, said that the claims of responsibility were by others "try to steal his glory."[6]
References
- ^ "RESULTS OF BYELECTIONS IN THE 1983-87 PARLIAMENT". United Kingdom Election Results. ENFIELD, ENFIELD SOUTHGATE [30].
- ^ "Teatime and Robin Hood: English Identity Crisis". Christian Science Monitor. 2 November 1998.
- ^ "How English are you?". BBC News. 22 April 1999.
- ^ "Party History: The History of the English Democrats by Robin Tilbrook". English Democrats. 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Police chiefs reject Combat 18 threat unlikely". The Independent. 29 April 1999.
- ^ "Festering hate that turned quiet son into a murderer". The Guardian. 1 July 2000.
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