Eddy Morrison
Eddy Morrison (16 July 1949 – 10 June 2020) was a British neo-Nazi political activist, who was involved in a number of movements throughout his career.
Biography
Morrison was involved in the
After leaving the BNP Morrison joined the notoriously violent National Democratic Freedom Movement (a minor group which ended when its founder, David Myatt, was jailed) before setting up his own group, the National Action Party in the early 1980s with Kevin Randall.[3] The NAP was a small group and Tony Malski (now disappeared from the political scene) claimed that Morrison was out of his depth and had sought to merge the NAP into his own party. Morrison was readmitted to the BNP in 1988 and became regional organizer for Yorkshire, revitalising the party right across the North of England, especially when he organised the now notorious Dewsbury open air mass rally which is credited by many observers with putting the BNP on the map.[4]
Morrison returned to the NF in the late 1990s, rebuilding the local party group in Yorkshire after years of decline. However, the NF leadership soon became distrustful of the power base Morrison was building up. In 2002, he formed the
Morrison published his autobiography Memoirs of a Street Soldier in 2003. He also wrote self-published poetry, much of his work dealing with nationalist themes and some of a more general nature, and had two blogs.[7]
Morrison was 70 years old in June 2020 when he tripped and fell down the stairs at his home, breaking his neck and dying instantly, though his body was not found until the next day.[8]
References
- ^ S. Taylor, The National Front in English Politics, London: Macmillan, 1982, p. 100
- ^ "My Take World in Action 1978". YouTube. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations, 2002, p. 186
- ^ N. Copsey, Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, p. 44
- ^ Sykes, Alan, The Radical Right in Britain Palgrave (2002) p147
- ^ "Morrison backs BNP, but only as stopgap", All The Way, May 2007 Archived 24 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Poems by Eddy blog". Poetry Unlimited. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- Nationalist Sentinel blog Archived 2019-04-10 at the Wayback Machine - ^ "Eddy Morrison 1949-2020". Heritage and Destiny. Retrieved 1 November 2021.