The British political arena has long been an inhospitable place for minor parties. While UKIP is the latest to turn heads, from one election to the next history is littered … Read the rest
Tag: BNP
BNP talking to voters. Image by Matthew Barrett.
This post originally appeared on British Politics and Policy at LSE.
Among academics who study elections and political parties, most accept … Read the rest
Writing in the Guardian Comment is Free, Dr Matthew Goodwin offers his assessment of what the local elections reveal about support for the far right.… Read the rest
This post first appeared over at Dr Matt Goodwin’s personal blog.
For the British National Party and Nick Griffin, the forthcoming elections in London mark an opportunity to stage
Yesterday, Dr Matt Goodwin gave evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on the Roots of Violent Radicalisation.
The invitation follows a series of research projects on why some citizens support … Read the rest
The Radio 4 programme ‘Four Thought’ recently aired my talk on the prospects for the far right in Britain.
A slightly different version was published in the BBC News magazine… Read the rest
In the aftermath of the atrocities in Norway, the Economist asked Matt Goodwin to discuss the British far-right in light of the events in Norway.
In the aftermath of the atrocities in Norway, the Guardian asked Matt Goodwin to join a roundtable discussion on the far right, with Dan Hodges, journalist Matthew Taylor and Hugh … Read the rest
Dr Matthew Goodwin, a member of staff in the School of Politics and International Relations at Nottingham – and the author of New British Fascism, a recently published … Read the rest
On June 1 2011, we contributed a post about the extent to which the British National Party, UK Independence Party and the Conservatives were ‘fishing in the same pond’ of … Read the rest