British Democratic Party (1979)

British Democratic Party
AbbreviationBDP
LeaderAnthony Reed Herbert
FounderAnthony Reed Herbert
Founded1979
Dissolved1982
Preceded byNational Front
Succeeded byBritish National Party
HeadquartersLeicester
IdeologyBritish nationalism

The British Democratic Party (BDP) was a short-lived far-right political party in the United Kingdom. A breakaway group from the National Front, the BDP was severely damaged after it became involved in a gun-running sting and was absorbed by the British National Party.[1]

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