15 Facts About Robert Relf

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Robert Edward Relf was an English political activist of the far right.

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2.

Robert Relf was involved in far-right activity in the Midlands during the 1960s and was arrested in 1965 as a suspect in a cross burning incident.

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3.

Robert Relf first came to national attention in 1976 when he advertised his house in Leamington Spa as being 'For Sale - to an English family only'.

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4.

Robert Relf was found to be in breach of the Race Relations Act and was jailed for contempt of court when he refused to take it down.

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5.

Robert Relf's plight was taken up by the tabloid press as an example of the supposedly draconian nature of race legislation and there was an outcry that Robert Relf was imprisoned for his actions.

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6.

Robert Relf, who staged a hunger strike during his incarceration, was released from prison the same year, although by now much of the popular support that he had gathered had died away.

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7.

Robert Relf would go on to rejoin the British Movement, although he left due to his dissatisfaction with the leadership of Michael McLaughlin and instead devoted much of his energies to the World Union of National Socialists, at the time led by Povl Riis-Knudsen.

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8.

Robert Relf been associated with the National Front and it became his main area of domestic activity after he left the BM.

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9.

Robert Relf was jailed soon afterwards for publishing racial hatred materials, and immediately went on hunger strike, sparking another NF led campaign for his release.

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10.

Robert Relf helped to set up White Nationalist Crusade, an attempt to create an umbrella movement for the far right in Britain, although this proved unsuccessful and he briefly led his own White Power Movement the following year.

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11.

Robert Relf largely disappeared from public life until 1991 when he again became involved in controversy, this time over a letter sent to the Conservative Party in Cheltenham.

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12.

Robert Relf suggested that those who had chosen Taylor should be 'strung up' because Taylor wanted 'a nation of half breeds'.

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13.

In 2002 Robert Relf was jailed for a week after refusing to complete a census form because he was not happy to indicate his nationality as "British", preferring "English".

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14.

Robert Relf had originally been fined for the offence but refused to pay on principle.

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15.

Robert Relf had sent the cards after reading a story that the local police had removed a poster promoting a Saint George's Day event.

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