The Veterans and People's Party (VPP) was a minorpolitical party in the United Kingdom. It was founded in mid-May 2017 by seven British military veterans to contest the 2017 United Kingdom general election and claimed to have gained 8,000 members in its first month of existence.[citation needed] It was statutorily deregistered by the Electoral Commission in 2022.[2] The party described itself as conservative and "anti-sharia-law".[4][5]
In September 2019, with the Independent Union councillors, the VPP councillor who made up the coalition at Hartlepool Borough Council defected to the Brexit Party, renaming their already existing coalition with the three Conservative councillors as the "Brexit and Conservative Coalition".[7]
In February 2020, its councillor returned to the VPP after the government's Brexit agreement.[8]
^O'Carroll, Lisa; Gayle, Damien (23 June 2018). "Anti-Brexit protest: thousands march two years after referendum". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2019. The mood among the pro-Brexit marchers was one of anger and defiance as far-right groups such as The White Pendragons and For Britain took their place alongside Veterans' and People's Party and Ukip with the sound of God Save the Queen and "Free Tommy" booming through the streets.
^ abHorsfall, Robin E, ed. (28 September 2018). "Philosophy of the Veterans' and People's Party". The Veterans' and People's Party Manifesto. 2018(PDF) (1st ed.). VPP. p. 16. ISBN9781723981326. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021. The philosophy of the Veterans' and People's Party is a moderate, centrist philosophy founded on decency, integrity and honour. The Party want to take the best of conservatism and socialism and create a strong, brave society that has high moral standards.