Editing British Movement (section)

==New group<!--'British National Socialist Movement' redirects here-->==
A group calling itself the British Movement continued to operate after September 1983 under the leadership of Stephen Frost, a [[Yorkshire]] member of the original BM.<ref>David Boothroyd, ''The Politico's Guide to the History of British Political Parties'', London: Politico's, 2001, p. 20.</ref> At its 1985 yearly meeting the BM established a new group to be known as the '''British National Socialist Movement'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> ('''BNSM''').<ref>Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. ''Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity''. NYU Press, 2003. pp. 40–41.</ref> Whilst the BM continued to exist alongside the BNSM the latter gave more freedom to activists by operating as a cell-based structure within the BM.<ref>European Parliament, ''Committee of Inquiry on Racism and Xenophobia - Report on the Findings of the Inquiry'', Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1991, p. 38.</ref> The new group attempted to act as a rallying-point for white power skinheads, although this role was later filled more successfully by [[Blood and Honour]].<ref>N. Lowles & S. Silver, ''White Noise'', London: Searchlight, 1998.</ref> It also continued to have involvement in [[football hooliganism]] and BM members were amongst the rioters responsible for the [[Heysel Stadium disaster]] at the [[1985 European Cup final]].<ref>Harris, ''The Dark Side of Europe'', p. 165.</ref>

The BNSM was soon attempting to re-activate the old BM membership and followed the old template of encouraging members to undergo military training through the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] or other means.<ref>[[Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke]], ''[[Black Sun (Goodrick-Clarke book)|Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity]]'', New York University Press, 2003, p. 41.</ref> The BNSM built up links with the [[Ulster Defence Association]] and [[Ulster Volunteer Force (1966)|Ulster Volunteer Force]] and BNSM members served with the English companies of these [[Ulster loyalist]] paramilitaries.<ref>Goodrick-Clarke, ''Black Sun'', pp. 41–42.</ref> The group, which had about 300 members by 1990, also sought links with European groups and was close to the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] former [[SS]] man Et Wolsink who was variously connected to [[Dutch People's Union]] and the Dutch sections of the [[Wiking-Jugend]] and the [[Action Front of National Socialists/National Activists]].<ref>Goodrick-Clarke, ''Black Sun'', p. 42.</ref> Links were also built with the [[White nationalism#White power|white power]] music scene of [[Blood and Honour]] and in particular with [[Ian Stuart Donaldson]] who, despite his previous membership of the NF, was close to Cat Mee, a BM organiser in [[Derbyshire]].<ref>Lowles & Silver, ''White Noise'', p. 17.</ref> Donaldson's attempts to leave the skinhead scene and scale back his involvement in music soured the relationship, however, and links were severed in 1990 after a group of activists turned up at Donaldson's local pub and told him to play for them or face assault.<ref>Lowles & Silver, ''White Noise'', p. 19.</ref>

The progress of the BNSM was halted in the early 1990s by the emergence of [[Combat 18]] with much of the membership switching allegiance to this new group.<ref>Goodrick-Clarke, ''Black Sun'', p. 44.</ref> The new BM re-emerged during the mid-1990s by becoming heavily involved in the distribution of white power music.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Nick Lowles |url=http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/features/century/cbf.php?include=page9 |title=1990-1999 Ballot-box to Bomb - Fighting On All Fronts |journal=Searchlight |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061229090013/http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/features/century/cbf.php?include=page9 |archivedate=29 December 2006}}</ref> By this time Michael 'Micky' Lane had taken over as leader (BM National Chairman) of the group from Daniel Tolan (with Stephen Frost becoming BM National Secretary), a position that meant Lane's name appeared on an alleged Combat 18 hitlist due to the rivalries between the groups.<ref>Nick Ryan, ''Homeland: Into a World of Hate'', Edinburgh: Mainstream, 203, p. 123.</ref> Although a British Movement still exists, it has a tiny, largely inactive, membership.<ref>''[[Searchlight (magazine)|Searchlight]]'', January 2006.</ref> It does, however, maintain a presence on the internet,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://britishmovement.info/|title=British Movement}}</ref> publishes a monthly newspaper called ''The Emblem'', a monthly BM members' newsletter called ''The Sunwheel'' and a quarterly magazine called ''Broadsword'', and is occasionally the subject of newspaper reports and media attention.<ref>See, for example,<br>- {{cite web |author=Joe Tyler |url=https://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/residents-unhappy-with-far-right-meeting-in-royston-1-683478 |title=Residents unhappy with far-right meeting in Royston |work='Royston Crow |date=18 October 2010}}<br>- {{cite news |author=James McCarthy |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-far-right-group-under-fire-7169326 |title=Welsh far-right group under fire for recruiting children |work=Wales Online |date=25 May 2014 |accessdate=24 January 2019}}.<br>- {{cite news |author=Hywel Griffith |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-33167441 |title="Far right 'targeting new, younger generation' |work=BBC News |date= 17 June 2015 |accessdate=24 January 2019}}<br>- {{cite news |author=Mark Townsend |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/18/far-right-home-in-west-yorkshire-britain-first |title=Why has the far right made West Yorkshire a home? |work=The Guardian |date=18 June 2016}}<br>- {{cite news |author=Ian Cobain |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/24/britains-far-right-in-2016-fractured-unpredictable-dispirited-and-violent |title=Britain's far right in 2016: fractured, unpredictable, dispirited and violent |work=The Guardian |date=24 November 2016}}.<br>- {{cite news |author=Craig Smith |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/382985/concern-as-fife-targeted-by-far-right-fascist-propaganda/ |title=Concern as Fife targeted by far right fascist propaganda |work=The Courier |date=8 March 2017 |accessdate=24 January 2019}}<br>- {{cite news |author=Matthew Collins |url=https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2018/01/12/take-next-far-right-thethe-road-ahead/ |title=Take the next far right for "The Road Ahead" |publisher=Hope not Hate |date=12 January 2018 |accessdate=24 January 2019}}<br>- {{cite news |author=Nathan Hyde |url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/neo-nazi-group-joined-leeds-15707418 |title=This is the neo Nazi group that joined the Leeds yellow vest protest |work=Leeds Live |date=21 January 2019 |accessdate=24 January 2019}}<br>- {{cite news |author=Nigel Slater |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/derbyshire-road-awash-far-right-2585730 |title=Derbyshire is awash with far right extremist stickers |work=Derby Telegraph |date=26 February 2019}}<br>- {{cite news |author=Joseph Reaidi |url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/23428768.neo-nazi-stickers-anti-vax-graffiti-west-hampstead/ |title=Neo-Nazi stickers and anti-vax graffiti in West Hampstead |work=Hampstead & Highgate Express |date=1 April 2023}}<br>- {{cite news |author=Joseph Reaidi |url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/23468449.deep-concern-neo-nazi-stickers-camden-streets/ |title=Deep concern over neo-Nazi stickers in Camden streets |work=Hampstead & Highgate Express |date=20 April 2023}}<br>- {{cite news |author=Paul McAuley |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/horrific-nazi-poster-found-city-28759340 |title=Horrific Nazi posters found in Liverpool city centre |work=Liverpool Echo |date=7 March 2024}}</ref>

The Annual ''State of Hate'' Report for 2021 published by [[Hope Not Hate]] says that while the British Movement is a "mere shadow of its heyday self from the early 1980s" it has been "surprisingly resilient" and remains active during a period when many far-right groups have folded. "It has active units in south London and Kent, South Wales, the East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber, Scotland and Northern Ireland," the report says. "Its activists hold meetings, host white power concerts, coordinate leafleting and postering sessions for activists and attend demonstrations and protests. It also produces a quarterly magazine and regular newsletters." A spokesperson for [[Campaign Against Antisemitism]] said, "The persistence of far-right activity is totally unacceptable. It is particularly worrying that many of these groups deliberately target and recruit impressionable youngsters. The apparent endurance of the neo-nazi British National Socialist Movement is especially disconcerting, as is the formation of newer groups peddling similar antisemitic and racist ideologies."<ref>{{cite news |author=Billy Briggs |url=https://theferret.scot/neo-nazis-instagram-telegram-recruit-scotland/ |title=Neo-nazis active in Scotland use Instagram and Telegram to recruit youngsters |work=The Ferret |date=22 March 2021}}</ref>

=== Michael Gove assessment ===
On 14 March 2024, [[Michael Gove]], the [[Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities|secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities]], speaking in Parliament, named the organisation as one of several regarded as "a cause for concern" and which will be assessed against a newly introduced official UK government definition of [[extremism]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gove names groups as he outlines new extremism definition in Commons |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68560294 |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=BBC News |date=14 March 2024}}</ref>