Ted Budden

Edward Budden (died 2000) was a veteran of the far right in the United Kingdom who was well known in such circles for his satirical columns that appeared in a number of publications down the years.

Rivalled only by John Graeme Wood in terms of his longevity on the British far right, Budden began his career as a low level member of the British Union of Fascists. Budden did not come to prominence, however, until the 1960s when, after a period of involvement in a number of local groups, he became a leading member of the Racial Preservation Society, whilst also taking a senior role in the John Bean's British National Party (not to be confused with the current party of the same name). Bean credits Budden, who was closely linked to the publishers Alan and Anthony Hancock, with playing a leading role in negotiating a merger between the two groups and the League of Empire Loyalists that led to the foundation of the National Front. Budden was also a member of the Northern League and played a central role in the production of RPS journal Race and Nation, as published by Alan and Anthony Hancock.

Budden initially played a leading role in the NF and in the general election of February 1974 he was chosen to fight his home constituency of Hove. However the election was to prove singularly unsuccessful for Budden as his 442 votes (0.8% share) was the NF's lowest vote of the election. He fared no better in 1983 when an outing in Brighton Kemptown saw him win only 290 votes (0.7%), although by that time the NF vote had dropped off consistently. According to Matthew Collins, an NF activist who later came to work for Searchlight, Budden's campaign was as hamstrung by opposition from the Official National Front as anti-fascist activists, with Budden's electoral posters and stickers removed or defaced by Political Soldier tendency supporters. At the time Collins, like Budden, belonged to the "Flag Group" tendency within the NF.

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