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John Colin Campbell Jordan (19 June 1923 – 9 April 2009) was a leading figure in postwar Neo-Nazism in Britain. In the far-right nationalist circles of the 1960s, Jordan represented the most explicitly 'Nazi' inclination in his open use of the styles and symbols of the Third Reich. Through organisations such as the National Socialist Movement and the World Union of National Socialists, Jordan advocated a pan-Aryan "Universal Nazism". Although later unaffiliated with any political party, Jordan remained an influential voice on the British far right. ==Early life== The son of a postman, Jordan was educated at Warwick School from 1934 to 1942. During the Second World War he attempted to enlist in the Fleet Air Arm and the Royal Air Force, but, after failing the tests for membership of both, enlisted in the Royal Army Educational Corps.〔Martin Walker, ''The National Front'', Fontana/Collins, 1977, p. 27〕 Demobilised in 1946, he went on to study at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, graduating in 1949 with 2nd class honours in history.〔〔("The day a Coventry fascist gave Nazi salutes near the Cathedral" ), ''Coventry Telegraph'', 30 September 2009〕 The same year he became a teacher at Stoke Secondary Modern Boys School, Coventry.〔 He joined the League of Empire Loyalists and became their Midlands organiser.〔Goodrick-Clarke (2001), pp. 32-33〕 At Cambridge Jordan had formed a "Nationalist Club", from which he was invited to join the short-lived British Peoples Party, a group of former British Union of Fascists members led by Lord Tavistock, heir to the Duke of Bedford. Jordan soon became associated with Arnold Leese and was left a house in Leese's will, which became the Notting Hill〔(" Colin Jordan: leader of the far Right", ) ''The Times'', 16 April 2009〕 base of operations when Jordan launched the White Defence League in 1956.〔Sykes, Alan ''The Radical Right in Britain'' Palgrave (2005), p99〕 Jordan would later merge this party with the National Labour Party to form the British National Party in 1960,〔Sykes, Alan ''The Radical Right in Britain'' Palgrave (2005), p100〕 although he would split from this party after a quarrel with John Bean, who was opposed to Jordan's advocacy of National Socialism. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colin Jordan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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