John Morse (British politician)
John Morse (born c.1951) is a British political activist involved with the far-right. He was a leading figure in the British National Party under John Tyndall, serving alongside Richard Edmonds as Tyndall's closest ally in the party.[1]
His alliance with Tyndall began when Morse supported his leadership of the National Front and continued when he was a founder of the New National Front. In the BNP, Morse served as editor of the party newspaper British Nationalist.[2] Tyndall and Morse were imprisoned in 1986 for publishing material relating to racial hatred for a year, although the two men only served four months.[3] In 1994 Morse and Edmonds were both charged with causing violent disorder after a black man was struck with a glass in Bethnal Green.[4]
Based in Winchester, he served as the BNP's Mid-South organiser but resigned from the position in 1999 when Tyndall was replaced as party chairman by Nick Griffin.[5]
Morse was expelled from the BNP in 2002 and, although he was later reinstated, he is no longer involved in the party. In 2015 the Daily Mail reported that, along with other far-right veterans including Edmonds, Martin Webster and Michèle Renouf, Morse attended an event at a central London hotel where key speakers included Holocaust deniers Pedro Varela Geiss and Mark Weber.[6]
Apart from his political activities, Morse worked as a bus driver.[7]
Elections contested
UK General elections
| Date of election | Constituency | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Bournemouth West | BNP | 180 | 0.4 |
| 1992 | Cardiff North | BNP | 121 | 0.3 |
| 1997 | Bournemouth West | BNP | 165 | 0.4 |
European Parliament elections
| Year | Region | Party | Votes | % | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | East of England | BNP | 9,356 | 0.9 | Not elected | Multi member constituencies; party list |
References
- ↑ N. Copsey, Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, p. 72
- ↑ BNP: Under the Skin from bbc.co.uk
- ↑ Copsey, Nigel (2004). Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy. Basingstoke, Hants & New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 39–40.
- ↑ BNP chiefs in 'racial attack'
- ↑ Copsey, Nigel (2004). Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy. Basingstoke, Hants & New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 112.
- ↑ Nazi invasion of London EXPOSED: World's top Holocaust deniers... filmed at secret race hate rally where Jews are referred to as the 'enemy'
- ↑ Collins, Matthew (22 January 2012). "Unemployed pub bores and 'vermin' meet". Hope, Not Hate. Retrieved 31 October 2016.