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- ↑ The Very Strange World of Steven Books Archived 2008-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ In Mosley's Union Movement Archived 2008-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ David Boothroyd, The History of British Political Parties, Politicos, 2001, p. 3
- ↑ Ray Hill & Andrew Bell, The Other Face of Terror, London: Grafton, 1988, p. 184.
- ↑ David Turner's homepage Archived 2006-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Ray Hill & Andrew Bell, The Other Face of Terror, London: Grafton, 1988, p. 165
- ↑ Promotion of journal from British Peoples Party site
- ↑ Searchlight acts to stop Tesco sale of Nazi books