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Third Way General Election poster displayed by Party supporters in their windows
Third Way General Election poster displayed by Party supporters in their windows

The Third Way is a British political party that was formed on 17 March 1990. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) It contains several former members of the National Front (NF). The British National Front (most commonly called the National Front, and often known as the NF) is a British Political party whose major political Around fifty members of the party's Political Soldier wing joined Third Way at its foundation alongside others [1] The party has recently changed its name with the Electoral Commission to National Liberal Party, The Third Way. Political Soldier is a Political concept associated with the Third Position that played a leading role in Britain's National Front from the late 1970s onwards The Electoral Commission is a Non-departmental public body with powers in the United Kingdom, which was created by an Act of Parliament, the Political

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Ideology and policies

Third Way describes itself as a Patriotic Centre party rooted in the culture and traditions of the British islands. It advocates Direct Democracy along Swiss lines using referendums and citizens' initiatives. It supports small business and co-operative ownership. Third Way opposes over-centralised government and promotes decision making at the lowest practical level. Third Way argues that its policies would benefit and empower all citizens and asks for support on that basis from all sections of the national community. It claims that "Third Way is for everyone. " The group has condemned neo-Nazi ideology and its supporters claim it actively recruits from all ethnic and religious communities. The term neo-Nazism refers to post- World War II Political movements Social movements and ideologies seeking to revive Nazism, It stood its first Asian candidate in local elections in 2006. [1]

Policies include de-criminalization of prostitution and cannabis, and reform of Britain's role in the European Union (the party began life by calling for complete withdrawal and supported Sir James Goldsmith's Referendum Party in the 1997 General Election). Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. Cannabis ( Cán-na-bis) is a Genus of Flowering plants that includes three putative species Cannabis sativa subsp The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Sir James Michael Goldsmith ( February 26, 1933, Paris, France - July 18, 1997, Benahavis, Spain The Referendum Party was the name of a series of Single-issue parties in the United Kingdom that called for a Referendum on aspects of the UK's relationship They have also run "support small trader" campaigns and claim to be the heirs to the Poujadist tradition. Robert Poujade is an unrelated French politician Pierre Poujade ( December 1, 1920 – August 27, 2003 The group also advocates a form of social credit based on a universal citizens' income and advocates co-operative ownership and renationalisation of the railways. Social Credit is a socio-economic Philosophy wherein Consumers fully provided with adequate Purchasing power, establish the policy of production Guaranteed minimum income (GMI is a proposed system of Social welfare provision that guarantees that all Citizens or families have an income sufficient It often describes its political views as distributist. Distributism, also known as distributionism and distributivism, is a third-way economic philosophy formulated by such Roman Catholic The party is opposed to UK military involvement in Iraq. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign

Some critics (including George Monbiot in The Guardian of April 30, 2002 and Andrew Gilligan in the Evening Standard of April 18, 2006), however, claim Third Way (UK) is a Far right political movement, and continue to regard the group with suspicion due to the past ties of some of its leadership with the National Front, its alleged populist cultural ethnocentrism, and its producerist rhetoric. George Joshua Richard Monbiot (born 27 January, 1963) is a left-wing Journalist, Author, Academic and environmental The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Paul Gilligan (born 22 November, 1968, Teddington, London, England) is a journalist best known for his 2003 report about a The London Evening Standard is an English Tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group Populism is a discourse which supports "the people" versus "the Elites " Populism may involve either a political philosophy urging social and political Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own Culture. Producerism, sometimes referred to as "producer radicalism" refers to a syncretic ideology of populist ". Third Way posted a detailed response to the Standard article. [2] It has also been accused of holding ecofascist views. Ecofascism, can be used in two different ways For specific elements of Radical environmentalism which are openly affiliated with Neo-fascism "

In the early 1990s Third Way still described itself as "a nationalist and separatist movement . The term nationalism can refer to an Ideology, a sentiment, a form of Culture, or a Social movement that focuses on the Nation . . committed to the preservation of our national and ethnic character"[2] and at least as late as 1997 it was advocating voluntary repatriation of "non-Europeans" (although the Party has argued as to what the term 'European' meant in this context) to be encouraged by "generous financial incentives", which could be interpreted as similar to the current policy of the British National Party. The British National Party (BNP is a Far-right and whites only political party in the United Kingdom. [3]. It now advocates a "selective and non-racist" immigration policy and a system of guest workers for the UK with the opportunity for such to become citizens. expatriate foreign worker is a person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a Citizen. It has supported those seeking political asylum. [4].

Third Way (UK) should not be confused with the Third Way ideology promoted by Tony Blair, Bill Clinton and Gerhard Schröder, which it condemns as merely a revised form of social democracy. The Third Way is a term that has been used to describe a variety of political philosophies of governance that embracing a mix of market and interventionist philosophies Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States ˌɡeɐ̯haɐ̯t fʁɪʦ kʊɐ̯t ˈʃʁøːdɐ (born 7 April 1944 German politician, was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005 [5].

Finances

According to accounts filed with the Electoral Commission, in 2006 Third Way had 20 members and cashflow of approximately £1,400. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [3] (The party's constitution distinguishes between 'Members', 'Registered Supporters' and 'Supporting Subscribers' (Third Way Constitution 2000). Third Way only gives figures for 'Members'. )

Third Way also operates through a number of associated limited companies and associations, most obviously Third Way Publications Ltd, whose turnover in their most recently filed company accounts (for year ending March 2004) was £687, and the dormant Third Way Movement Ltd.

Electoral performance

Local elections

In the May 2000 local council elections, a Third Way candidate polled 298 votes (21. 9%) in the Northaw ward of Welwyn Hatfield in Hertfordshire.

In the 2002 local elections in the London Borough of Havering, Third Way stood single candidates in three member constituencies. They won 1309 votes in the Elm Park ward (32% of voters gave Third Way one of their three votes, including 500 who only voted for Third Way), 289 (6. 5%) votes were won in Hacton ward and 205 (4. 2%) in the St. Andrews ward. Third Way's activity in Havering is claimed to have resulted in a relatively small BNP presence in the borough when compared to neighbouring areas such as the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Epping Forest and Thurrock. The British National Party (BNP is a Far-right and whites only political party in the United Kingdom. The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham ( is a London borough in East London and forms part of Outer London. Settlement The north east of the district is rural and sparsely populated for an area so close to London; it includes the town of Chipping Ongar and surrounding The borough It lies on the River Thames just to the east of London.

In local elections held in 2004, a Third Way candidate for the Canvey Island East ward of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex polled 47 votes (2. History The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the Benfleet Urban District and the Canvey Island Urban District. 5%). In July 2004 they received 93 votes (3. 6%) in a Havering London Borough Council by-election for a vacancy in Rainham. Rainham (ˈreɪnəm is a place in the London Borough of Havering in East London, England.

Fourteen Third Way candidates contested six wards in the London Borough of Havering in the UK local elections, 2006. Local government elections took place in England (only on Thursday 4 May, 2006. They polled an average of 9. 1% of the vote in each ward with the best result obtained in Elm Park where they polled 27% [4] This election also saw the first Asian Third Way candidate (Nakkeeran Arasaratnam in Hacton Ward).

In a by-election held on 14th of June 2007 in the St Andrew's ward of the L. B of Havering, the party's candidate David Durant polled 184 votes, 396 votes behind the BNP.

London Assembly

In 2004 in the single vote London Assembly elections Third Way received 2,031 votes (1. The London Assembly is an elected body part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power with a two-thirds 49%) in Havering and Redbridge. Havering and Redbridge is a Constituency represented in the London Assembly. [5]. The Third Way candidate was Dave Stephens, a local butcher and metric martyr. The Metric Martyrs are a group of British food sellers and Anti-metrication campaigners in the United Kingdom [6]

UK Parliament

In the 2001 General Election, Third Way fielded two candidates, David Durant in Hornchurch who received 190 votes (0. Results |} Total votes cast 26368204 All parties with more than 500 votes shown Hornchurch is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 5%) and David Kerr in West Belfast, 113 votes (0. For other constituencies of the same name see Belfast West. Belfast West is a Parliamentary Constituency in the UK House 3%)

In the 2005 General Election, Third Way fielded two candidates, Graham Williamson in Hornchurch and David Durant in Upminster, who received 304 votes (0. Hornchurch is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Upminster is a Constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 8%) and 74 votes (0. 2%) respectively. [7] [8] David Kerr also contested East Antrim as a candidate for the Vote For Yourself Party, gaining 147 votes (0. East Antrim is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Make Politicians History is a minor United Kingdom Political party that advocates the abolition of Parliament in favour of devolution to City-states 5%) on a platform of direct democracy.

Leading members

All four leading members of the Third Way were previously in the National Front and voted to disband it in 1989:

Also cited on the biographies section of the Third Way website are Roy Kerridge and US-based racial-separatist rabbi Mayer Schiller. Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master Rabbi Mayer Schiller (1951 -) is an American Hasid based in Monsey, New York State, who identifies himself as a member of Skver and Rachmastrivka

Allied groups

Third Way is a part of the English Lobby, a pressure group and electoral coalition founded in 2004 that campaigns for the recognition of St George's Day and the creation of an English Parliament. St George's Day is celebrated by several nations kingdoms countries and cities of which Saint George is the Patron saint, including England, the A devolved English Parliament, giving separate decision-making powers to representatives for voters in England similar to the representation given by the National Assembly

Third Way candidates contested the 2006 local council elections in Havering as part of the Peoples Alliance coalition, which also included independents and residents group candidates. The Alliance stood 45 candidates in 17 out of the 18 wards in the Borough, campaigning on a platform of no above inflation Council Tax rises, for the council to promote local community shopping centres and opposition to housing over-development. The Alliance polled an average of 10. 6% of the vote in the wards contested. Three of its candidates were elected as Rainham Residents Association councillors in Rainham & Wennington ward.

Third Way members assisted in the foundation of and hold key positions in the Solidarity – The Union for British Workers. Solidarity – The Union for British Workers is a United Kingdom Trade union formed in late 2005 that is closely associated with the British National Party

It is in no way related to the Christian Third Way Magazine, which predates it by several years. Third Way Magazine is a UK current-affairs magazine written from a Christian perspective

Manifestos

Associated publications

The Third Way have operated, or are closely associated with, various publications and websites. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) They include:

References

  1. ^ L. Distributism, also known as distributionism and distributivism, is a third-way economic philosophy formulated by such Roman Catholic Cheles, R. Ferguson & M. Vaughan (eds. ), The Far Right in Western & Eastern Europe, Harlow: Longman, 1995. ISBN 0-582-23881-1.
  2. ^ Third Way magazine 17, n. d. (1993)
  3. ^ Third Way magazine, no number, nd (James Goldsmith cover, c1997)
  4. ^ Third Way manifesto, 2005
  5. ^ The Third Way an Answer to Blair by Patrick Harrington (UK ISBN 0-9535077-0-X, US ISBN 0-9679707-0-9)

External links

Sir James Michael Goldsmith ( February 26, 1933, Paris, France - July 18, 1997, Benahavis, Spain
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