Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The National Front (NF) is a British far-right political party for whites only, opposed to non-white immigration, and committed to a programme of repatriation. While denying accusations of fascism, it has cultivated links with neo-Nazi cells at home and abroad, and the British police and prison services forbid their employees to be members of the party.The NF was founded in 1967, out of a belief that the Conservatives had moved too far to the left and would have won the 1966 general election with a more robust profile. By 1976, it had up to 14,000 paid members, and won nearly 20% of that year’s local election votes in Leicester. In the 1979 general election, the NF fielded a record 303 candidates, polling 191,719 votes. Margaret Thatcher's right-wing policies attracted many NF supporters to join, or rejoin, the Conservatives, and the party has been in a state of decline since then. In 2010, it put up 17 candidates for the general election and 18 candidates for the local elections, but none were elected.The party has never won a seat in Parliament, and its few council seats have only been obtained through defection and appointment.. }
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- National_Front_(UK) abstract "The National Front (NF) is a British far-right political party for whites only, opposed to non-white immigration, and committed to a programme of repatriation. While denying accusations of fascism, it has cultivated links with neo-Nazi cells at home and abroad, and the British police and prison services forbid their employees to be members of the party.The NF was founded in 1967, out of a belief that the Conservatives had moved too far to the left and would have won the 1966 general election with a more robust profile. By 1976, it had up to 14,000 paid members, and won nearly 20% of that year’s local election votes in Leicester. In the 1979 general election, the NF fielded a record 303 candidates, polling 191,719 votes. Margaret Thatcher's right-wing policies attracted many NF supporters to join, or rejoin, the Conservatives, and the party has been in a state of decline since then. In 2010, it put up 17 candidates for the general election and 18 candidates for the local elections, but none were elected.The party has never won a seat in Parliament, and its few council seats have only been obtained through defection and appointment.".