Patrick Harrington (activist)

Patrick Harrington
Personal details
Born (1964-05-24) 24 May 1964 (age 60)
Kennington, London, United Kingdom
Alma materCity of Westminster College of Further Education (1980–1982)
Polytechnic of North London (1982–1985)
Edinburgh's Telford College (1994–1995)
West London Technology Centre (1993)
Kensington & Chelsea College (1992–1993)
College of the Distributive Trades (1991–1993)
University of Greenwich (1997–1999)
University of Northumbria (2011–2014).

Patrick Antony Harrington (born 24 May 1964) is a far-right[1] British political activist and writer of Irish Catholic family origins, who has published pamphlets by the Social Credit advocate and former editor of the Liverpool Newsletter, Anthony Cooney, about prominent Catholic writers such as G. K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien and Hilaire Belloc.[2] He is currently general secretary of Solidarity – The Union for British Workers and a director of the Third Way, a think tank (since 1989).[3]

He is a committed and lifelong vegetarian. He has two children and lives in Edinburgh.[4]

  1. ^ David Wade Crane, "Linkages: Political Topography and Networked Topology" in Marsha Kinder, Tara McPherson (eds), Transmedia Frictions: The Digital, the Arts, and the Humanities, p 226 ISBN 9780520281851
    - Matthew Collins, "far-right round up", Hope not hate, 10 July 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
    - Matthew Collins, "far-right round up", Hope not hate, 19 June 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. ^ Anthony Cooney, G. K. Chesterton - One Sword at Least, Third Way Publications, London 1998
    - Anthony Cooney, Patrick Harrington, David Kerr (Northern Ireland politician), Tolkien and Politics, Third Way Publications, London 2003
    - Anthony Cooney, Hilaire Belloc: 1870-1953, Third Way Publications, London 1997
  3. ^ Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations, p 193, London 2003
  4. ^ Third Way Biographies, thirdway.info; accessed 1 April 2016.