Ian Anderson (British politician)
Ian Hugh Myddleton Anderson | |
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Born | 1953 Hillingdon, London, England |
Died | (aged 57) |
Occupation | Politician |
Known for | Far-right activism |
Political party | National Front |
Ian Hugh Myddleton Anderson
Biography
Early life
Anderson was born in Hillingdon in 1953. His involvement in politics began in the mid-1970s when he was close to certain elements on the right of the Conservative Party, particularly the Monday Club.[citation needed]
National Front
Anderson joined the
Anderson became a close associate of Andrew Brons and, like Brons, largely indulged the Political Soldiers faction, writing for the Third Positionist party magazine Nationalism Today. He also played a leading role in working with Ian Stuart Donaldson to ensure that Rock Against Communism became the province of the NF rather than the British Movement.[2] As Anderson grew in influence within the NF divisions between the faction led by Brons and himself and the Political Soldiers grew, as Anderson was a strong supporter of electoral participation. He became one of the leading figures grouped around the dissident Flag newspaper (edited by Martin Wingfield) and was expelled by the Official National Front along with the rest of his faction in 1986, reconstituting as the Flag Group. The divisions reached a crisis at the Vauxhall by-election in 1989, where an NF candidate for each faction stood (Patrick Harrington and Ted Budden), splitting support and haranguing one another on live TV as the declaration of votes was made. Anderson, nonetheless, became a powerful figure within the Flag Group and by 1990 was effective leader, Andrew Brons having left the political scene.[citation needed]
In 1987, Troy Southgate and Patrick Harrington, acting for the NF's Security and Intelligence Department (SID), photographed Anderson in Stratford, east London, when it was discovered that his printing business was housed in the same building as the offices of Searchlight,[citation needed] an anti-fascist organisation.
With the Official NF having split into the
National Democrats
Anderson soon came to believe that the negative connotations of the National Front name were proving a bar to success and so in 1995 he relaunched the party as the
Anderson maintained contacts in
Later activities
The National Democrats became the Campaign for National Democracy pressure group and ceased actively contesting elections.
In 2004, he became a figure in community politics, campaigning for adult learning,[4] local clean-ups,[5] and more shops and fewer restaurants[6] amongst other local campaigns. He was also involved in setting up the People's Campaign to Keep the Pound, along with Anthony Bennett, a leading member of Robert Kilroy-Silk's Veritas.[7]
Anderson was the leader of the short-lived Epping Community Action Group, which was registered with the
Anderson was also involved in a number of other groups such as the Conservative Democratic Alliance. He gave considerable support to UKIP in later years and aided Pam Barden of Save Our Sovereignty (now sponsored by UKIP).[10]
Panther Print
Anderson ran a printing business called Panther Print in Dagenham,[11][12] which has been used by the nationalist movement.[10] Panther Print was based at Britannia House, and the building doubled as National Democrats' HQ.[11]
He died in Epping in 2011 from a brain tumour, at the age of 57.[13] His funeral took place on 15 February 2011.[10]
Parliamentary elections contested
Date of election | Constituency | Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 1974 | Oxford | NF |
572 | 1.0 |
1979 | Newham South | NF | 1,899 | 6.2 |
28 October 1982 | Birmingham Northfield | NF | 411 | 0.9 |
1983 | Newham South | NF | 993 | 3.7 |
1992 | Bristol East | NF | 270 | 0.5 |
1997 | East Londonderry | NDs |
81 | 0.2 |
31 July 1997 | Uxbridge | NDs | 157 | 0.5 |
References
- ^ Anderson's middle name was sometimes given as "Milhous" in writings, although he is registered as "Hugh Myddleton" with the Electoral Commission
- ^ N. Lowles & S. Silver, White Noise, London: Searchlight, 1998
- ^ The New Atlantic Charter on the Nationalist Movement website Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Keep Adult Learning in the Community", Harlow Star[dead link]
- ^ Faye Duxberry, "Clean-up for Co-op", Hillingdon Times, 30 November 2005. Archived from the original
- ^ Paul Wellstead, "No more eateries" Archived 5 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Chingford Guardian, 31 January 2006
- ^ O. Burkeman, 'Kilroy-Silk colleague linked to ex-National Front leader, The Guardian, 3 February 2005
- ^ Electoral Commission registration Archived 29 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "District Election Results 3 May 2007". Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ^ a b c "In memoriam Ian Anderson Flag NF". ukip-vs-eukip.blogspot.com. 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Normal-ish service resumed". Eddy Butler. 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ Kim Sengupta (15 March 1998). "Paedophile campaign infiltrated". The Independent on Sunday.
- "Panther Print". Company List. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016. - ^ "Obituary – Ian Anderson – 1953 – 2011 : Heritage and Destiny". Efp.org.uk. 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.