Ian Bone has been involved in social campaigns since the 1960s, including the 2001 "Vote Nobody" election campaign.
14 Facts About Ian Bone
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Ian Bone is the son of a butler, and has said that this background greatly contributed to his later political outlook.
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Ian Bone studied politics at Swansea University, becoming an active anarchist throughout the 1960s to early 1990s.
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Ian Bone set up the anarchist agit-mag Alarm in Swansea.
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The confrontational style of the paper led to Ian Bone becoming an infamous figure in the politics of the 1980s.
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Ian Bone left the Class War federation in 1992, citing "too much dead wood" as the reason for his departure.
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In October 1994, Ian Bone organised the Anarchy in the UK festival.
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In 2001 Ian Bone started the Vote Nobody campaign which encouraged residents in Easton, Bristol to turn out for the local election and vote for 'Nobody'.
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Ian Bone wrote much of the paper himself, but was assisted by local journalist Roy Norris and by his long-term partner Jane Nicholl.
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Ian Bone was criticised by some in the anarchist community for his involvement with this campaign.
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On 6 December 2006, Ian Bone appeared on Channel 4's current affairs discussion show Starkey's Last Word, alongside Ed Vaizey and Harriet Harman, discussing the Iraq War.
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Ian Bone said that Class War was standing candidates at the 2015 United Kingdom general election "because all other candidates are scum".
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In September 2018, Russia Today broadcast footage of Ian Bone doorstepping Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, shouting "Your daddy is a very horrible person" and "lots of people hate your daddy" at his young children.
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In May 2021, Ian Bone unsuccessfully stood for election in a council by-election in Croydon.