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Veterans and People's Party | |
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| Leader | George Reid[1][2] |
| Founder | Damian McAndrew |
| Founded | May 2017 |
| Headquarters | 20-22 Wenlock Road London N1 7GU United Kingdom[2] |
| Ideology | Right-wing populism British nationalism Hard Euroscepticism[3] Paternalistic conservatism[4] |
| Colours | Gold |
| Website | |
| ukvpp.org | |
TheVeterans and People's Party (VPP) was aminorpolitical party in theUnited Kingdom. It was founded in mid-May 2017 by seven British military veterans to contest the2017 United Kingdom general election and claimed to have gained 8,000 members in its first month of existence.[citation needed] It was statutorily deregistered by the Electoral Commission in 2022.[2] The party described itself as conservative and "anti-sharia-law".[4][5]
In the2019 United Kingdom local elections, the party gained its first two councillors from eight fielded candidates.[6]
In September 2019, with theIndependent Union councillors, the VPP councillor who made up the coalition atHartlepool Borough Council defected to the Brexit Party, renaming their already existing coalition with the three Conservative councillors as the "Brexit and Conservative Coalition".[7]
In February 2020, its councillor returned to the VPP after the government's Brexit agreement.[8]
In May 2019, following several defections fromLabour toSocialist Labour atHartlepool Borough Council, the party's councillor joined a coalition with theConservatives and theIndependent Union, forming the largest grouping with 11 councillors, fewer than needed for control.[9]
In September 2019, with Independent Union colleagues, he joined theBrexit Party, but returned to the VPP in early 2020.[10]
The mood among the pro-Brexit marchers was one of anger and defiance as far-right groups such as The White Pendragons and For Britain took their place alongside Veterans' and People's Party and Ukip with the sound of God Save the Queen and "Free Tommy" booming through the streets.
The philosophy of the Veterans' and People's Party is a moderate, centrist philosophy founded on decency, integrity and honour. The Party want to take the best of conservatism and socialism and create a strong, brave society that has high moral standards.
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