Scottish Democratic Fascist Party

Scottish Democratic Fascist Party
AbbreviationSDFP
LeaderWilliam Weir Gilmour
Founded1933
Split fromNew Party (UK)
Preceded byScottish Protestant League, Protestant Action Society
HeadquartersEdinburgh, Scotland
NewspaperCommonwealth
IdeologyFascism
Scottish nationalism
Scottish independence
Fascist corporatism
Anti-Catholicism
Anti-Irish sentiment
Anti-capitalism
Anti-communism
Antisemitism
Political positionFar-right
ReligionProtestantism

The Scottish Democratic Fascist Party (SDFP) or Scottish Fascist Democratic Party[1][2] was a political party in Scotland. It was founded in 1933 out of the Scottish section of the New Party by William Weir Gilmour and Major Hume Sleigh.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ G. Bowd, Fascist Scotland - Caledonia and the Far Right, Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2013, pp. 32-34
  2. ^ T. Linehan, British Fascism 1918-39: Parties, Ideology and Culture, Manchester University Press, 2000, p. 133
  3. ^ Kushner, Tony, and Kenneth Lunn. Traditions of Intolerance: Historical Perspectives on Fascism and Race Discourse in Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1989. p. 199
  4. ^ Gallagher, Tom. Edinburgh Divided: John Cormack and No Popery in the 1930s. Edinburgh: Polygon, 1987. p. 204
  5. ^ The Scotsman - Monday 12 June 1933 pg.7