Sven Longshanks is joined by Eddy Morrison to continue the look back over 50 years of British Nationalism.
This week we hear about a battle where the National Front were outnumbered 10 to 1 and the origins of the Albert Mariner shield for activism.
In 1979 the NF organised a public meeting for one of their election candidates in Leeds and were expecting it to just have members of the public there and local Reds, however the Left had mobilised nationally for this and had even chartered a plane to bring Communists down from Scotland. The NF had to fight there way into the town hall, where instead of then being safe, the police escorted 30 AntiFa into the building since it was a public meeting. Eventually the 30 trouble-makers had to be removed from the premises, but there were still over a thousand outside.
The NF then made their escape through a side entrance, while being escorted by one solitary copper on a horse. The Left soon found them and started picking them off, leading to several hospitalisations. Eventually after being chased for 2 miles, the NF found themselves outside the Leeds football ground just as the game had finished. The supporters came out and they were all on the side of the NF! Finally the tide was turned and the rest of the activists managed to get home safely.
Albert Mariner was a senior citizen who was also an NF member. He was trying to make his way to a meeting when he was hit on the head by a brick, which fractured his skull and killed him. It was Blacks that threw the brick and they had Labour Party members behind them inciting them to do so. There was no inquiry, no charges made against anyone and it is the 35th anniversary of his murder this week. In honour of his memory the NF created the Albert Mariner shield for best activist of the year.
Presented by Sven Longshanks and Eddy Morrison
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