UK Freedom Party
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The Freedom Party is a small right wing political party in the United Kingdom that may no longer really exist.
Born of the Revolutionary Conservative Caucus, the party was founded in December 2000 by former members of the British National Party (BNP) who were disaffected with the party's refusal to moderate its position on race and after an internal feud between the BNP leadership and two party activists in the West Midlands, Steve Edwards (now Freedom Party agent), and Sharron Edwards (now the deputy chairman of the Freedom Party) who represented Wombourne Ward on South Staffordshire District Council until 2007. Adrian Davies is Party Chairman and Michael Newland is the treasurer.
Most of the leadership are prominent in the Bloomsbury Forum, a right-wing discussion group.
The party is primarily anti-immigration, although it claims to place more of an emphasis on culture rather than race. It is more mainstream on issues such as race than the British National Party, with which it has a stormy relationship. It believes in a Keynesian approach to the economy, and is also protectionist.
In 2004 the Freedom Party was involved in founding the English Lobby, a pressure group and electoral coalition which campaigns for the recognition of St George's Day and the creation of an English Parliament. The Freedom Party has since withdrawn from the Lobby.
Freedom Party's only candidate in the 2005 general election was Adrian Davies, who contested South Staffordshire. The death of a candidate led to this election there being postponed from May 5th to June 23rd. On that day, the Freedom Party polled 473 votes, 1.7% of all those cast.
The party did not contest any seats in the 2006 local elections.
