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Populist Party | |
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Leader | Russell White |
Founded | 2001, registered as the Populist Party. [1] 2006, the Popular Alliance is registered 2014, renamed Populist Alliance and deregistered 2015, re-registered as the Populist Party [2] |
Headquarters | 11 Greensleeves Avenue, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 8BJ |
Ideology | Populism Anti-globalism Protectionism Euroscepticism |
National affiliation | Previously Alliance for Democracy |
Colours | Olive |
Website | |
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The Populist Party is a minor political party in the United Kingdom registered in 2001. It had first appeared in the London Borough of Greenwich Council elections of 1998, where the founder, Russell White, stood in Eltham Park ward and achieved 60 votes. In 2014 it was merged with the Populist Alliance, known until 2013 as the Popular Alliance, which was formed in March 2006 [3] by former members of other small political parties, particularly Veritas. [4]
The renamed Populist Alliance (led by Russell White, original Populist Party leader) [5] merged with the Populist Party, and Mr White became the Populist Party leader once more on 10 September 2014. The party was re-registered under the new name in 2015.
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