parties or the "hybrid appeal" that fuses elements of fascism to populism typified by the likes the Front National (italics are after Betz). Activities The WDL gained notoriety after members of the group were widely reported in the press as having taken part in the 1958 Notting Hill race riots. Indeed, during that summer the WDL held rallies through immigrant neighbourhoods on a nightly basis. Towards the end of the riots Antiguan immigrant Kelso Cochrane was murdered and local black opinion often suggested that the WDL was responsible although ultimately no one was arrested for the killing. Like the Union Movement, which was also active in the local area, the WDL co-operated with gangs of racist Teddy boys who harassed and launched attacks on blacks in the area. Indeed, in the run-up to the riots followers of the Union Movement and the WDL had come into immigrant neighbourhoods in the area to indulge in what they called "nigger hunts". In 1959 the WDL began to co-operate with the National Labour Party, a group led by another former LEL dissident John Bean which was also active in Notting Hill. The WDL helped Bean's group with their election campaigns and the two groups held a joint rally called Stop the Coloured Invasion in Trafalgar Square in May 1959 with banners that read Keep Britain White. Some marchers wore armbands containing the WDL logo; a white sun wheel within a red circle on a dark blue background. Jordan, who had developed a network of international contacts through The Nationalist, impressed both Bean and Andrew Fountaine and in February 1960 the two groups fused to form the British National Party, which was also to be based at Arnold Leese House. See also British National Party British National Front White supremacy References Bibliography Defunct political parties in the United Kingdom Neo-Nazi political parties in Europe Political parties established in 1958 Political parties disestablished in 1960 Neo-Nazi organisations in the United Kingdom 1958 establishments in the United Kingdom 1960 disestablishments in the United Kingdom