The British Democratic Party was a short-lived far-right party formed in 1979 when the Leicester branch of the National Front broke away from the main party under the leadership of Anthony Read Herbert . Initially called the British Peoples Party, the name was quickly changed in order to avoid association with a pre-war splinter group from the British Union of Fascists. Ironically a British Democratic Party had also already been in existence, a minor right wing anti-communist group from the 1930s. Initially splitting from the NF over the leadership of John Tyndall the BDP were eventually reconciled to him and were thus brought to a conclusion when they participated in the formation of the British National Party in 1982. UK political partiesNeo-Nazi political parties
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