Tyndall, John Hutchyns

▪ 2006

      British political activist (b. July 14, 1934, Exeter, Eng.—d. July 19, 2005, Hove, East Sussex, Eng.), was a leading figure throughout his life in Britain's far-right political fringe, notably as cofounder (1962) of the fascist British National Socialist Movement, as leader in the 1970s of the white supremacist National Front and editor of Spearhead magazine, and then as the founding head (1982–99) of the British National Party. On more than one occasion, Tyndall was arrested and fined or briefly jailed for inciting racial hatred. Although he was admired as a forceful speaker on behalf of the movement's right-wing goals, he was expelled twice (2002 and 2005) from the BNP for disruptive behaviour and for damaging the party's reputation.

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