Kenny Smith (far-right activist)

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Kenny Smith
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Chairman of the Homeland Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 2023
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Smith

1971or1972(age 52–53) [1]
Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Political party Homeland (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations		 BNP (1991–2007)
Domestic partnerClaire Ellis [2]
Residence(s) Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland [3]

Kenneth Smith (born 1972 or 1973) is a Scottish white nationalist [4] who has held senior roles in the British National Party (BNP) and Patriotic Alternative (PA) and who founded the Homeland Party.

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He has worked as a part-time sports coach and in the tourism industry in the Isle of Skye.

Politics and views

Smith became active in politics when he went to a British National Party meeting in Glasgow in 1991. [5] During his membership of the BNP, he ran as a political candidate, [6] [7] winning 135 votes (0.9% of the 15,496 votes) in the Springburn district in the 2007 Glasgow City Council election. [8] He distributed British National Party flyers at an anti-abortion event led by Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party in Stornoway in 1998. [5] Smith became the head of administration for the BNP. [9]

In 2008, Smith was one of several people sued by British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin after Smith was ejected by the BNP and started the enoughisenoughnick blog. [10] Other defendants included his now ex-wife Nicholla Smith. [10] Until then Nicholla was the BNP organiser for Falkirk and Kenny was the Scottish regional organiser and head of administration. [10]

After being ejected from the British National Party, [10] Smith joined the Patriotic Alternative and became the group's Scottish organiser [11] in March 2023. [12] Smith disagreed with the leadership of Patriotic Alternative, left the organisation, and founded the Homeland Party. [13]

Smith runs Claymore Books, which has been described by Patriotic Alternative as a "publishing house run by nationalists for the nationalist community". [14]

Career and personal life

Smith is from the Isle of Lewis in Scotland [15] and was born in 1972or1973. [5]

Smith has worked as a part-time children's sport coach and the manager of tourist accommodation on the Isle of Skye. [5]

In 2022, Smith pled guilty at the Portree Sheriff Court to breaches of the Firearms Act 1968 and received an admonition. [16] Smith lives in Broadford, Skye. [16]

Smith is engaged to Claire Ellis, a native of Slough who was an organiser for Patriotic Alternative's southwest branch while she was in Devon. [17] In May 2022, Ellis said she would move to Scotland so she could "start a new life" with Smith. [17] They were engaged at a Patriotic Alternative conference in Scotland later that year. [17] According to The Herald , Ellis and far-right streamer Jody Swingler are founders of a Skye-based soap company, Clean & Pure, with White nationalist links. [17] [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Open war breaks out in battle for leadership of British fascism". Searchlight . 19 October 2024.
  2. ↑ McKay, Gabriel (18 March 2023). "Far-right Patriotic Alternative running Skye soap business". The Herald .
  3. ↑ "The Far-Right Plot to Take Over Your Allotment". Novara Media . 14 February 2024.
  4. ↑ Mann, Jamie (2023-05-30). "White nationalist Homeland group applies to be political party". theferret.scot. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Briggs, Billy; Mann, JAmie (2021-09-01). "Far right leader condemned for "racial nationalist" comment". The Ferret . Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  6. ↑ "Far-right extremists attempt 'hijack' of protest against asylum seeker hotel". The National. 2023-02-01. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  7. ↑ Briggs, Billy (22 March 2023). "Patriotic Alternative Scotland voices support for man who pleaded guilty to terror charges". The Ferret . Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  8. ↑ H M Bochel and D T Denver, Scottish Council Elections 2007 Archived 2022-07-05 at the Wayback Machine , Elections Centre
  9. ↑ Taylor, Matthew; Cobain, Ian; Evans, Rob (3 February 2007). "Revealed: the front organisation set up by BNP members to raise money in the US". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Carter, Helen (20 November 2008). "List reveals bitter party infighting". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Far-right extremists attempt 'hijack' of protest against asylum seeker hotel". The National. 2023-02-01. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  12. ↑ Brady, Jon (27 April 2023). "Notorious far-right extremist plans for new neo-Nazi group to be political party". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  13. ↑ Briggs, Billy (22 March 2023). "Patriotic Alternative Scotland voices support for man who pleaded guilty to terror charges". The Ferret . Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  14. 1 2 Horne, Marc (1 October 2023). "The craft website that might be soft soap by the hard right". The Times . Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  15. ↑ Ross, John (2 August 2005). "Trafalgar event at centre of BNP row". The Scotsman. p. 18. ProQuest   327142370.
  16. 1 2 Briggs, Billy (2022-11-16). "Patriotic Alternative leader guilty of firearms charges". theferret.scot. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  17. 1 2 3 4 McKay, Gabriel (18 March 2023). "'Clean & Pure': Far-right extremists running eco-friendly Skye soap business". The Herald . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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