National Action (UK)
Banned British far-right neo-Nazi terrorist organisation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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National Action was a British right-wing extremist[2] and neo-Nazi[2] terrorist organisation based in Warrington.[2][13][14][15] Founded in 2013, the group is secretive, and has rules to prevent members from talking about it openly.[14] It has been a proscribed organisation in the United Kingdom under the Terrorism Act 2000 since 16 December 2016,[16] the first far-right group to be proscribed since the Second World War.[17] In March 2017, an undercover investigation by ITV found that its members were still meeting in secret.[18] It is believed that after its proscription, National Action organised itself in a similar way to the also-banned Salafi jihadist Al-Muhajiroun network.[19]
National Action | |
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Founders |
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Leader | Christopher Lythgoe |
Foundation | 2013 (2013) |
Split from | British National Party |
Headquarters | Warrington, United Kingdom |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-right[2] |
Status | Banned organisation |
Size | 60–100[3] (2016 estimate) |
Allies | |
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