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Scottish far-right activist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kenneth Smith (born 1972 or 1973) is a Scottish white nationalist[4] who has held senior roles in the British National Party and Patriotic Alternative and who founded the Homeland Party.
Kenny Smith | |
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| Chairman of the Homeland Party | |
| Assumed office May 2023 | |
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| Born | Kenneth Smith 1971 or 1972 (age 52–53)[1] Isle of Lewis, Scotland |
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| Domestic partner | Claire Ellis[2] |
| Residence(s) | Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland[3] |
He has worked as a part-time sports coach and in the tourism industry in the Isle of Skye.
Smith is a far-right activist who wants the United Kingdom to be an "ethnostate."[5]
Smith became active in politics when he went to a British National Party meeting in Glasgow in 1991.[5] During his membership of the BNP, he ran as a political candidate,[6][7] winning 135 votes (0.9% of the 15,496 votes) in the Springburn district in the 2007 Glasgow City Council election.[8] He distributed British National Party flyers at an anti-abortion event led by Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party in Stornoway in 1998.[5] Smith became the head of administration for the BNP.[9]
In 2008, Smith was one of several people sued by British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin after Smith was ejected by the BNP and started the enoughisenoughnick blog.[10] Other defendants included his now ex-wife Nicholla Smith.[10] Until then Nicholla was the BNP organiser for Falkirk and Kenny was the Scottish regional organiser and head of administration.[10]
After being ejected from the British National Party,[10] Smith joined the Patriotic Alternative and became the group's Scottish organiser[11] in March 2023.[12] Smith disagreed with the leadership of Patriotic Alternative, left the organisation, and founded the Homeland Party.[13]
Smith runs Claymore Books, which has been described by Patriotic Alternative as a "publishing house run by nationalists for the nationalist community".[14]
Smith is from the Isle of Lewis in Scotland[15] and was born in 1972 or 1973.[5]
Smith has worked as a part-time children's sport coach and the manager of tourist accommodation on the Isle of Skye.[5]
In 2022, Smith pled guilty at the Portree Sheriff Court to breaches of the Firearms Act 1968 and received an admonition.[16] Smith lives in Broadford, Skye.[16]
Smith is engaged to Claire Ellis, a native of Slough who was an organiser for Patriotic Alternative's southwest branch while she was in Devon.[17] In May 2022, Ellis said she would move to Scotland so she could "start a new life" with Smith.[17] They were engaged at a Patriotic Alternative conference in Scotland later that year.[17] According to The Herald, Ellis and far-right streamer Jody Swingler are founders of a Skye-based soap company, Clean & Pure, with white nationalist links.[17][14]
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