political involvement after becoming a widow in 1962. She was a member of the League for European Freedom, an anti-communist group that sought to aid refugees from Eastern Europe. Her activities also brought her into contact with such groups as the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN) and individuals such as Yaroslav Stetsko. Her vehement opposition to non-white immigration to Britain was inspired by her work with the ABN. She argued that the "captive nations" of Eastern Europe had lost their independence due to "alien" elements having taken over, and that likewise allowing non-white people into Britain would ultimately erode the "Anglo-Saxon essence" of Britain, resulting in the British Communist Party taking over. She was a founding member and the General-Secretary of the League of European Freedom, which was the western European counterpart of the ABN. In 1968, she tried to recruit Ziauddin Sardar to write for her journal New Times, saying having a young "Asian" writing for her magazine would protect her against charges of racism being made against her owing to her anti-immigration crusade. Sardar recalled her expressing much approval of Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" speech, and she argued to Sardar that her anti-immigration activities were primarily directed against black immigrants. Sardar remembered her saying: "Britain is in danger of being swamped by immigrants. As most immigrants do not and cannot speak proper English, as their uncouth cultures are totally alien to the green pastures of England, as their eating and hygiene habits are so different from ours, there's bound to be strife. There will be running battles in the streets". Apparently expecting Sardar to share her anti-black prejudices and to accept her offer, she was surprised to see him erupt in fury and reject it. As she stormed out of the Sardar house with her dog, Sardar's sister shouted "And I hate your stupid dog, too!" In addition to her anti-immigration activism she remained involved with the ABN. She was the lead speaker at a November 1969 ABN conference held in London as part of the Captive Nations Week where she called for the British government to fight to free all of the "Captive Nations" of Eastern Europe. At the end of Captive Nations Week she was the lead speaker at an ABN rally in London where she called for a moment of silence for "95 million victims" of Communism and spoke about her concern for the