We would simply attempt to reduce that influence in these sectors banking, law, politics and the press. Also under scrutiny in the new Tyndall order would be teachers and students, trade unionists, Communists and rank-and-file members of the Labour Party "which is just the Communist Party under a different name". When he spoke his chin jutted out and he adopted postures that perfectly mimicked the most famous posed portraits of his idol, Adolf Hitler. It was therefore little surprise when he turned during the interview to "the Jewish question".
It was untrue, he said, that he had described Jews as "parasites." His definition had been: Poisonous maggots, feeding on a body in an advanced state of decay. Other race laws would include no sexual relationships between whites and non-whites, no entry to "white" schools for "coloured" children, no aid to countries who refused to accept people on his repatriation scheme When he walked, he strutted. Tyndall had outlined for us his policy for the day he would be "leader of Great Britain". It included repatriation to the country of their choice for all non-whites, a definition that would include people with one coloured grandparent, a condition he described as "quarter-black". Along with a Sunday Mirror reporter, Alasdair Buchan, I had spent two hours listening to the man's outrageous and distasteful outpourings.
As a concession, immigrants who agreed to sterilisation could be allowed to stay; otherwise they would be "obliged" to leave. As we'd looked at the early editions of our copy on Saturday night Alasdair had invited me to join him on the march against racism next morning and when I said it wasn't my scene he asked: "How can you not take part, after meeting a man like that?" He had a point. Roger Eatwell The only time I went on a march, or took part in a demo, was in November 1976, a few days after interviewing John Tyndall, then leader of the National Front, writes Revel Barker. After losing the BNP leadership, Tyndall did not retire from politics. He became involved in a bitter wrangle with Griffin, which led to his expulsion from the BNP, and at the time of his death he was awaiting trial on charges of incitement to racial hatred.
