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 (3)

Label Occurrences
New Party (UK) canonical 10
"New Party" 1
New Party (UK) manifesto 1

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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 ⓘ
linked to: London, England
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oswald Mosley → memberOfPoliticalParty → New Party (UK) ⓘ
Oswald Mosley → founded → New Party (UK) ⓘ
Cynthia Curzon → memberOf → New Party (UK) ⓘ
Gung Ho → hasPart → "New Party" ⓘ
linked to: New Party (UK)
Action (party newspaper) → publisher → New Party (UK) ⓘ
Action (party newspaper) → usedBy → New Party (UK) ⓘ
A Plan for Britain → associatedWith → New Party (UK) ⓘ
A Plan for Britain → usedBy → New Party (UK) ⓘ
A Plan for Britain → ideologyOf → New Party (UK) ⓘ
A Plan for Britain → relatedTo → New Party (UK) manifesto ⓘ
linked to: New Party (UK)