Kenny Smith | |
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Born | Kenneth Smith 1972 or 1973
Isle of Lewis, Scotland |
Occupation(s) | Political activist, sports coach, hospitality, publisher |
Known for | White nationalism |
Office | Leader of the Homeland Party |
Political party |
British National Party (1991–2007) Patriotic Alternative (2019–2023) Homeland Party (since 2023) |
Kenneth Smith (born 1972 or 1973) is a Scottish white nationalist [1] who has held senior roles in the British National Party and Patriotic Alternative and who founded the Homeland Party.
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." [2]
Smith became active in politics when he went to a British National Party meeting in Glasgow in 1991. [2] During his membership of the BNP, he ran as a political candidate, [3] [4] winning 135 votes (0.9% of the 15,496 votes) in the Springburn district in the 2007 Glasgow City Council election. [5] He distributed British National Party flyers at an anti-abortion event led by Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party in Stornoway in 1998. [2] Smith became the head of administration for the BNP. [6]
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. [7] Other defendants included his now ex-wife Nicholla Smith. [7] Until then Nicholla was the BNP organiser for Falkirk and Kenny was the Scottish regional organiser and head of administration. [7]
After being ejected from the British National Party, [7] Smith joined the Patriotic Alternative and became the group's Scottish organiser [8] in March 2023. [9] Smith disagreed with the leadership of Patriotic Alternative, left the organisation, and founded the Homeland Party. [10]
Smith runs Claymore Books, which has been described by Patriotic Alternative as a "publishing house run by nationalists for the nationalist community". [11]
Smith is from the Isle of Lewis in Scotland [12] and was born in 1972 or 1973. [2]
Smith has worked as a part-time children's sport coach and the manager of tourist accommodation on the Isle of Skye. [2]
In 2022, Smith pled guilty at the Portree Sheriff Court to breaches of the Firearms Act 1968 and received an admonition. [13] Smith lives in Broadford, Skye. [13]
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. [14] In May 2022, Ellis said she would move to Scotland so she could "start a new life" with Smith. [14] They were engaged at a Patriotic Alternative conference in Scotland later that year. [14] 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. [14] [11]