Great Britain

Richard Edmonds

Veteran British fascist who died in December 2020. Edmonds was a former school teacher. known as an orator and could regularly be spotted at protests organised by fascists in London. Edmonds was a member of the National Front (NF) in two spells. The first was from 1973 till 1980 when the NF was the largest party on the British far-right. The second spell was from 2011 until his death when the NF was increasingly insignficiant. In the intervening period, Edmonds was a member of the New National Front from 1980 to 1982 and then the British National Party (BNP) from 1982 till 2011, the period in which the BNP had its electoral successes. In his later years, Edmonds regularly attended London Forum meetings.