Scottish Protestant League

Scottish Protestant League
AbbreviationSPL
LeaderAlexander Ratcliffe
FounderAlexander Ratcliffe
Founded1920
DissolvedEarly 1940s
Merged intoScottish Democratic Fascist Party
NewspaperThe Vanguard
IdeologyRight-wing populism
Religious conservatism
Fascism
Anti-Irish immigration
Scottish Home Rule
Anti-Catholicism
Antisemitism (from late 1930s)
Political positionFar-right
ReligionProtestantism

The Scottish Protestant League (SPL) was a far-right political party in Scotland during the 1920s and 1930s. It was led by Alexander Ratcliffe, who founded it in 1920.[1]

  1. ^ J. J. Smyth, Labour in Glasgow, 1896-1936: Socialism, Suffrage, Sectarianism (Tuckwell, 2000), p. 194.