Constitutional Movement [SEP] inception
Constitutional Movement
The Constitutional Movement was a right wing political group in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1979 by Andrew Fountaine as the National Front Constitutional Movement, a splinter group from the National Front. Offering a more moderate alternative to the NF, the Constitutional Movement claimed to have 2000 members by 1980.
Formation.
Within the National Front in the late 1970s there was a growing disaffection with the leadership of John Tyndall and his associate Martin Webster and in particular their adherence to neo-Nazi principles rather than
the Alabama Constitutional Militia and the Michigan Militia as examples
3. Constitutionalist/Cell Structure, with the Militia of Montana and the Texas Constitutional Militia as examples
4. Underground/ No Public Contact, with the Sons of Liberty (Alabama) as example
Other writers view constitutionalism as the movement, having a militia wing, rather than a militia movement with a constitutionalist wing.
Controversy.
From the inception of the modern movement there has been controversy over whether the movement was an important part of a complete response to