The Homeland Party is a far-right political party in the United Kingdom.
- It was founded as a splinter of the

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in April 2023 by

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, and registered as a party in January 2024. A part of the British fascist movement, it has been described as the largest

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group in the UK by

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History

Founding

The Homeland Party was formed predominantly by Scottish members who had left the

group

(PA) over differences stemming from strict member verification and political ambitions of electoral politics through a registered party championed by

. PA and Homeland are ideologically similar and ideological differences were not a reason for the split. Smith, the chairman of Homeland, founded the party in April 2023. Smith was previously the national administration officer for PA, and the head of administration and an unsuccessful electoral candidate for the fascist

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(BNP).Multiple sources: * * * * According to ''Searchlight'', in 2023 Alek Yerbury had left PA and formed a new

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named the National Support Detachment. Within a month, Smith also left and formed Homeland, attracting many members of PA to join. Homeland espouses the

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and other far-right beliefs such as

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, although it publicly uses innocuous messaging and downplays its neo-Nazi connections.

Registration

The group first attempted to register as a political party in May 2023, but its application was rejected. Complaints were raised by the

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to the

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after a leaked audio of Smith which detailed a plan that Homeland might try to register under fake or proxy names for the party and its officers to hide its connections with known white supremacists. It was registered as a political party in January 2024, unlike PA which failed to do so seven times due to internal party rules that violated British equality and

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Noteworthy members

In April 2023 Judge Isabel Manley ruled against Alec Cave, a senior member of the party, in an employment tribunal relating to comments made by him about the actor

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, who is a Black Briton. In her ruling Judge Manley said of Cave's views, "This is not just a belief that is shocking, offensive or disturbing to others, though it may well be all those things. It is a belief that, in at least some respects, is akin to

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." In October 2023 it was reported that David Gardner, a member of the party and the treasurer of the

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, had made racist and antisemitic comments and had taken part in a neo-Nazi

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channel under the

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"Gordon Freeman", along with other Homeland activists. Later in October 2023 it was reported that James Munro, Jordon Murphy and Robert Bisset, members of the party, had been involved in the neo-Nazi group Scottish Nationalist Society. Another Homeland activist, Liam Hart ( Liam Connor), is involved in the neo-Nazi music scene

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. In 2024 Homeland began to recruit fascist social media influencers, including "You Kipper", a propagandist for the British fascist politician

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, and the

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-apologist

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Sam Wilkes ( Zoomer Historian) a follower of the Holocaust-denier

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. In March of the same year Jamie Brown,

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and Kingoodie

chairman and a Homeland member, was revealed to have made numerous antisemitic statements and slurs.

Activities

In September 2024 the Homeland Party held its annual conference in Derbyshire with guest speakers from the far-right European parties

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(AfD) and the Polish

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, which was met with a protest outside after it was publicised by the

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group

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. In October 2024 Homeland merged with Identity England, a small English branch of the far-right

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. In March 2025 senior members of the Homeland Party travelled to Germany. Whilst there they sent a delegation to the

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, were hosted by AfD and received media training from them. In April 2025 the party held its "Big Remigration Conference". The speakers included the French

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and novelist

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(who originated the

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) and , an AfD member of the

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. Camus was denied entry to Britain by the

, which said his presence would not be "conducive to the public good"; he appeared at the conference via a video link.

Political position

The Homeland Party supports a policy of

, a European far-right concept of

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via the

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of non-white minorities. In November 2024 it published an expanded policy proposal titled ''Immigration & Remigration'', detailing specific measures to be taken to both cease and reverse immigration to the British Isles. In April 2025 ''

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'' described the party as "

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and

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", highlighting one of its policies of "the re-migration, or encouraged mass emigration, of unintegrated and illegal migrants."

Election results

UK local elections

^†''By-Election''

References

History

Founding

Other links

Registration

Noteworthy members

Activities

Political position

Election results

UK local elections

References