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	Edmonds continued to hold influential positions within the newly-formed [[British National Party]], rising to deputy leader and effective caretaker leader for a spell in 1986 whilst Tyndall was serving a prison sentence under the thoughtcrime laws for so-called "racial hatred". He also took a role in funding the party, notably in 1989 when he provided some of the money for the purchase of a new party headquarters/bookshop in [[Welling]].<ref>N. Copsey, ''Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy'', Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, p. 46</ref> Edmonds ran the party's Welling premises, living over the shop, for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. Edmonds' leading role in the party was further strengthened by his success in the 1992 election when his 3.6% share of the vote in Bethnal Green and Stepney represented the party's best showing of that election.		Edmonds continued to hold influential positions within the newly-formed [[British National Party]], rising to deputy leader and effective caretaker leader for a spell in 1986 whilst Tyndall was serving a prison sentence under the thoughtcrime laws for so-called "racial hatred". He also took a role in funding the party, notably in 1989 when he provided some of the money for the purchase of a new party headquarters/bookshop in [[Welling]].<ref>N. Copsey, ''Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy'', Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, p. 46</ref> Edmonds ran the party's Welling premises, living over the shop, for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. Edmonds' leading role in the party was further strengthened by his success in the 1992 election when his 3.6% share of the vote in Bethnal Green and Stepney represented the party's best showing of that election.

	The press in the United Kingdom, particularly ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)\|The Sunday Times]]'' in 1988 and on ''Panorama'' in 1991, have made much of the Edmonds publishing for a while to a revisionist publication called ''~~Holocaust~~ News'', connected to the Centre for Historical Review, which debunked propaganda accounts of World War II.<ref>N. Copsey, ''Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy'', Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp. 43-44</ref> Red journalists, Jon Craig and Jo Revell, made public the business details of the company Edmonds worked for, even though it had no relevance to the matter being reported. The next day Edmonds was told he would have to leave and was deprived of his livelihood.<ref>J. Tyndall, ''The Eleventh Hour'', Welling, Kent: Albion Press, 1988, p. 285-86</ref> Edmonds was convicted by the courts for attempting to remove the statue of communist-terrorist [[Nelson Mandela]] on [[London]]'s South Bank.		The press in the United Kingdom, particularly ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)\|The Sunday Times]]'' in 1988 and on ''Panorama'' in 1991, have made much of the Edmonds publishing for a while to a revisionist publication called ''Holohoax News'', connected to the Centre for Historical Review, which debunked propaganda accounts of World War II.<ref>N. Copsey, ''Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy'', Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp. 43-44</ref> Red journalists, Jon Craig and Jo Revell, made public the business details of the company Edmonds worked for, even though it had no relevance to the matter being reported. The next day Edmonds was told he would have to leave and was deprived of his livelihood.<ref>J. Tyndall, ''The Eleventh Hour'', Welling, Kent: Albion Press, 1988, p. 285-86</ref> Edmonds was convicted by the courts for attempting to remove the statue of communist-terrorist [[Nelson Mandela]] on [[London]]'s South Bank.

	Edmonds held the position of National Organiser until 1999 when he was forced to resign following the victory of [[Nick Griffin]] in the leadership election. Edmonds remained Tyndall's closest ally but was not expelled from the party when Tyndall and another long-term ally [[John Morse (British politician)\|John Morse]] were expelled in 2003, before being subsequently reinstated. Edmonds continued to write for ''[[Spearhead (magazine)\|Spearhead]]'' until it ceased publication on Tyndall's death in 2005. Although he sometimes attended events sponsored by the [[Fascist Alliance]], Edmonds remained a member of the BNP, playing a leading role in its [[Croydon]] branch (which is somewhat aloof from the national leadership).<ref>''[[Searchlight (magazine)\|Searchlight]]'', February 2007</ref>		Edmonds held the position of National Organiser until 1999 when he was forced to resign following the victory of [[Nick Griffin]] in the leadership election. Edmonds remained Tyndall's closest ally but was not expelled from the party when Tyndall and another long-term ally [[John Morse (British politician)\|John Morse]] were expelled in 2003, before being subsequently reinstated. Edmonds continued to write for ''[[Spearhead (magazine)\|Spearhead]]'' until it ceased publication on Tyndall's death in 2005. Although he sometimes attended events sponsored by the [[Fascist Alliance]], Edmonds remained a member of the BNP, playing a leading role in its [[Croydon]] branch (which is somewhat aloof from the national leadership).<ref>''[[Searchlight (magazine)\|Searchlight]]'', February 2007</ref>

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://nationalvanguard.org/2020/12/richard-edmonds-racial-~~nationalist~~-and-great-briton-1943-2020/ Richard Edmonds: Racial Fascist and Great Briton (1943-2020)]		*[https://nationalvanguard.org/2020/12/richard-edmonds-racial-fascist-and-great-briton-1943-2020/ Richard Edmonds: Racial Fascist and Great Briton (1943-2020)]
	*[https://counter-currents.com/2015/04/interview-with-richard-edmonds/ Interview with Richard Edmonds]		*[https://counter-currents.com/2015/04/interview-with-richard-edmonds/ Interview with Richard Edmonds]

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	He began his political career as a member of the [[Labour Party]], before joining the [[British National Front\|National Front]] (NF), in which he held a number of positions during Tyndall's leadership. In the October 1974 general election he was NF candidate at Deptford, polling 1731 votes (4.5%). At this time, he was a mathematics teacher at Tulse Hill, a school which contained many black pupils. His election address said, "To young immigrants, Richard Edmonds says that they should study to the best of their abilities, for their duty and future lie in helping their compatriots to build up their own countries".		He began his political career as a member of the [[Labour Party]], before joining the [[British National Front\|National Front]] (NF), in which he held a number of positions during Tyndall's leadership. In the October 1974 general election he was NF candidate at Deptford, polling 1731 votes (4.5%). At this time, he was a mathematics teacher at Tulse Hill, a school which contained many black pupils. His election address said, "To young immigrants, Richard Edmonds says that they should study to the best of their abilities, for their duty and future lie in helping their compatriots to build up their own countries".

	He followed Tyndall into the New National Front in 1980 and was appointed head of the youth section, editing ''Young ~~Nationalist~~'' magazine.		He followed Tyndall into the New National Front in 1980 and was appointed head of the youth section, editing ''Young Fascist'' magazine.

	Edmonds continued to hold influential positions within the newly-formed [[British National Party]], rising to deputy leader and effective caretaker leader for a spell in 1986 whilst Tyndall was serving a prison sentence under the thoughtcrime laws for so-called "racial hatred". He also took a role in funding the party, notably in 1989 when he provided some of the money for the purchase of a new party headquarters/bookshop in [[Welling]].<ref>N. Copsey, ''Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy'', Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, p. 46</ref> Edmonds ran the party's Welling premises, living over the shop, for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. Edmonds' leading role in the party was further strengthened by his success in the 1992 election when his 3.6% share of the vote in Bethnal Green and Stepney represented the party's best showing of that election.		Edmonds continued to hold influential positions within the newly-formed [[British National Party]], rising to deputy leader and effective caretaker leader for a spell in 1986 whilst Tyndall was serving a prison sentence under the thoughtcrime laws for so-called "racial hatred". He also took a role in funding the party, notably in 1989 when he provided some of the money for the purchase of a new party headquarters/bookshop in [[Welling]].<ref>N. Copsey, ''Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy'', Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, p. 46</ref> Edmonds ran the party's Welling premises, living over the shop, for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. Edmonds' leading role in the party was further strengthened by his success in the 1992 election when his 3.6% share of the vote in Bethnal Green and Stepney represented the party's best showing of that election.
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	The press in the United Kingdom, particularly ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)\|The Sunday Times]]'' in 1988 and on ''Panorama'' in 1991, have made much of the Edmonds publishing for a while to a revisionist publication called ''Holocaust News'', connected to the Centre for Historical Review, which debunked propaganda accounts of World War II.<ref>N. Copsey, ''Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy'', Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp. 43-44</ref> Red journalists, Jon Craig and Jo Revell, made public the business details of the company Edmonds worked for, even though it had no relevance to the matter being reported. The next day Edmonds was told he would have to leave and was deprived of his livelihood.<ref>J. Tyndall, ''The Eleventh Hour'', Welling, Kent: Albion Press, 1988, p. 285-86</ref> Edmonds was convicted by the courts for attempting to remove the statue of communist-terrorist [[Nelson Mandela]] on [[London]]'s South Bank.		The press in the United Kingdom, particularly ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)\|The Sunday Times]]'' in 1988 and on ''Panorama'' in 1991, have made much of the Edmonds publishing for a while to a revisionist publication called ''Holocaust News'', connected to the Centre for Historical Review, which debunked propaganda accounts of World War II.<ref>N. Copsey, ''Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy'', Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp. 43-44</ref> Red journalists, Jon Craig and Jo Revell, made public the business details of the company Edmonds worked for, even though it had no relevance to the matter being reported. The next day Edmonds was told he would have to leave and was deprived of his livelihood.<ref>J. Tyndall, ''The Eleventh Hour'', Welling, Kent: Albion Press, 1988, p. 285-86</ref> Edmonds was convicted by the courts for attempting to remove the statue of communist-terrorist [[Nelson Mandela]] on [[London]]'s South Bank.

	Edmonds held the position of National Organiser until 1999 when he was forced to resign following the victory of [[Nick Griffin]] in the leadership election. Edmonds remained Tyndall's closest ally but was not expelled from the party when Tyndall and another long-term ally [[John Morse (British politician)\|John Morse]] were expelled in 2003, before being subsequently reinstated. Edmonds continued to write for ''[[Spearhead (magazine)\|Spearhead]]'' until it ceased publication on Tyndall's death in 2005. Although he sometimes attended events sponsored by the [[~~Nationalist~~ Alliance]], Edmonds remained a member of the BNP, playing a leading role in its [[Croydon]] branch (which is somewhat aloof from the national leadership).<ref>''[[Searchlight (magazine)\|Searchlight]]'', February 2007</ref>		Edmonds held the position of National Organiser until 1999 when he was forced to resign following the victory of [[Nick Griffin]] in the leadership election. Edmonds remained Tyndall's closest ally but was not expelled from the party when Tyndall and another long-term ally [[John Morse (British politician)\|John Morse]] were expelled in 2003, before being subsequently reinstated. Edmonds continued to write for ''[[Spearhead (magazine)\|Spearhead]]'' until it ceased publication on Tyndall's death in 2005. Although he sometimes attended events sponsored by the [[Fascist Alliance]], Edmonds remained a member of the BNP, playing a leading role in its [[Croydon]] branch (which is somewhat aloof from the national leadership).<ref>''[[Searchlight (magazine)\|Searchlight]]'', February 2007</ref>

	Surprisingly to some, Edmonds was co-opted by Griffin onto the BNP's Advisory Council in September 2008, thereby returning to the upper echelon of the party, and ending his period of apparent dissidence. However, in August 2010, following Eddy Butler's unsuccessful leadership challenge, Edmonds was sacked from the Advisory Council due both to his open criticism of [[Nick Griffin\|Griffin]]'s fundraiser, Jim Dowson, and to his support for the leadership bid of [[Eddy Butler]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/20101128223517/eddybutler.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-sackings.html]</ref>		Surprisingly to some, Edmonds was co-opted by Griffin onto the BNP's Advisory Council in September 2008, thereby returning to the upper echelon of the party, and ending his period of apparent dissidence. However, in August 2010, following Eddy Butler's unsuccessful leadership challenge, Edmonds was sacked from the Advisory Council due both to his open criticism of [[Nick Griffin\|Griffin]]'s fundraiser, Jim Dowson, and to his support for the leadership bid of [[Eddy Butler]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/20101128223517/eddybutler.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-sackings.html]</ref>
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://nationalvanguard.org/2020/12/richard-edmonds-racial-nationalist-and-great-briton-1943-2020/ Richard Edmonds: Racial ~~Nationalist~~ and Great Briton (1943-2020)]		*[https://nationalvanguard.org/2020/12/richard-edmonds-racial-nationalist-and-great-briton-1943-2020/ Richard Edmonds: Racial Fascist and Great Briton (1943-2020)]
	*[https://counter-currents.com/2015/04/interview-with-richard-edmonds/ Interview with Richard Edmonds]		*[https://counter-currents.com/2015/04/interview-with-richard-edmonds/ Interview with Richard Edmonds]

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