Populist Party (UK)
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The Populist Party (UK), led by Russell White, is a British political party, which was created in 1997. Its first electoral outing was in the 1998 local elections in Greenwich, London. Standing under the "Populist Party - Keep Our Pound" banner the Populists received 60 votes (though some record books erroneously listed them as "Independent").
Russell White, a former candidate for the Third Way (UK) in 1994 and Conservative Party in 1990 (both times in Lewisham's St Andrew Ward) is also the South East London organiser for the Campaign for an Independent Britain.
The Party draws from the economic Left and the socially conservative Right. The party campaigns on several key themes. These include anti-globalisation; withdrawal from the European Union; opposition to multiculturalism and political correctness; and reform of the banking system, combined with Poujadist policies on small business. The party claims to be open to members of all races, religions and nationalities. Unlike most other parties the Populists regard participation in European Elections as collaboration.
The party has links with the Conservative Democratic Alliance and the Campaign Against Political Correctness and is part of the "Dissident Congress". The party magazine, Populist Press, has been advertised in Male View, the magazine of the anti-feminist organisation "Mankind"; Right Now, and Russell White was interviewed by Alternative Green magazine.
The party plans to field candidates at the next General Election.