Scottish Protestant League
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"Alexander Ratcliffe" redirects here. For the German soldier, see List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (R).
The Scottish Protestant League (SPL) was a far-right political party in Scotland during the 1920s and 1930s. The League was led by Alexander Ratcliffe, who founded it in 1920.[1]
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Scottish Protestant League | |
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Abbreviation | SPL |
Leader | Alexander Ratcliffe |
Founder | Alexander Ratcliffe |
Founded | 1920 |
Dissolved | Early 1940s |
Merged into | Scottish Democratic Fascist Party |
Newspaper | The Vanguard |
Ideology | Right-wing populism Religious conservatism Fascism Anti-Irish immigration Scottish Home Rule Anti-Catholicism Antisemitism (from late 1930s) |
Political position | Far-right politics |
Religion | Protestantism |
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