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Martin Webster was a leading figure on the far-right in British politics. An early member of the National Labour Party, Webster was John Tyndall's closest ally and followed him in joining the British National Party, the National Socialist Movement and the Greater Britain Movement. Webster also spent time in prison for helping to organise Spearhead and was convicted under the 1936 Public Order Act .Webster continued to be an able lieutenant to Tyndall in the National Front and jointly held the leadership of the party with him from 1971- 1974. Webster clashed with their replacement John Kingsley Read and the clash set in motion Read's downfall, allowing Tyndall to return to the leadership.
Rumours of Webster's homosexuality led to him becoming vilified in far-right circles and he quietly disappeared from the scene. No longer involved in active politics Webster re-emerged in 1999 to claim that he had been involved in a gay relationship with Nick Griffin during the 1970s as an attempt to discredit Griffin's attempts to wrest leadership of the British National Party from Tyndall. Webster's efforts proved unsuccessful and he has yet to return on the political scene.
Webster, Martin
