New Party (UK)
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The New Party (UK) was a short-lived British political party founded by Oswald Mosley in the early 1930s that promoted corporatist and authoritarian ideas and served as a precursor to his later British Union of Fascists.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Party (UK) canonical | 3 |
| "New Party" | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct political party
ⓘ
political party ⓘ |
| advocated |
corporate state
ⓘ
planned economy ⓘ protectionist trade policy ⓘ strong executive power ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British fascism
ⓘ
Oswald Mosley ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | short-lived ⓘ |
| color | black ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1932 ⓘ |
| electoralOutcome | failed to win any seats in the 1931 general election ⓘ |
| followedBy | British Union of Fascists ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Oswald Mosley ⓘ |
| founder | Oswald Mosley ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| historicalEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | precursor to the British Union of Fascists ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-parliamentarism
ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ corporatism ⓘ economic nationalism ⓘ |
| inception | 1931 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | contemporary European corporatist movements ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Harold Nicholson
ⓘ
John Strachey ⓘ Oswald Mosley ⓘ |
| legislativeBodyContested | House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| membershipOrigin |
disaffected Conservatives
ⓘ
former Labour Party members ⓘ |
| mergedInto | British Union of Fascists ⓘ |
| notableElection | 1931 United Kingdom general election ⓘ |
| opposed |
laissez-faire capitalism
ⓘ
orthodox free trade ⓘ traditional party system ⓘ |
| originatedAs | breakaway from the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup | none ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
far-right
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right-wing populist ⓘ |
| precededBy | Labour Party (UK) split ⓘ |
| publication | Action (party newspaper) ⓘ |
| reasonForDecline |
poor electoral performance
ⓘ
shift of leadership towards explicit fascism ⓘ |
| slogan | A Plan for Britain ⓘ |
| status | inactive ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1930s ⓘ |
| usedParamilitaryElements | yes ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.