John Morse (born 1951) is a British political activist involved with the far-right. He was a leading figure in the
British National Party
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under
John Tyndall
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, serving alongside
Richard Edmonds
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as Tyndall's closest ally in the party.
His alliance with Tyndall began when Morse supported his leadership of the
National Front and continued when he was a founder of the New National Front. In the BNP, Morse served as editor of the party newspaper ''British Nationalist''. Tyndall and Morse were imprisoned in 1986 for publishing material relating to racial hatred for a year, although the two men only served four months. In 1994 Morse and Edmonds were both charged with causing violent disorder after a black man was struck with a glass in
Bethnal Green
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.
Based in
Winchester
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, he served as the BNP's Mid-South organiser but resigned from the position in 1999 when Tyndall was replaced as party chairman by
Nick Griffin
Nicholas John Griffin (born 1 March 1959) is a British politician and white supremacist who represented North West England as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2014. He served as chairman and then president of the far-righ ...
.
Morse was expelled from the BNP in 2002 and, although he was later reinstated, he is no longer involved in the party.
Apart from his political activities, Morse worked as a bus driver.
Elections contested
UK General elections
European Parliament elections
References
1951 births
Living people
British National Party politicians
Bus drivers
English far-right politicians
National Front (UK) politicians
Politicians from Winchester
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