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Anthony Mark Lecomber (born 1963), usually known as Tony, is Group Development Director for the British National Party and has been active in far right politics since the early 1980s. His role is mainly behind the scenes in planning BNP election campaigns, but his history of convictions for violence and plotting explosions have given him prominence in anti-BNP publicity.
Lecomber joined the National Front in the early 1980s, but allied with John Tyndall who was already being blamed for the NF's poor performance at the 1979 general election. When Tyndall split to form the New National Front and later the British National Party, Lecomber followed him. He became editor of Young Nationalist magazine. In 1985 he was convicted of three counts under the Explosives Act for possessing home made hand grenades, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. This conviction led to his rhyming nickname "The Bomber".
On his release he returned to activity with the BNP, and worked to try to build up BNP branches across Britain. In 1991 Lecomber saw a teacher removing a BNP sticker at a London Underground station and attacked him. This assault resulted in a conviction and a further sentence of three years' imprisonment. He was released in time to play a key part in the BNP's by-election win in Millwall ward of Tower Hamlets in September 1993.
Later in the 1990s, Lecomber became closer to Nick Griffin and supported Griffin when he successfully challenged John Tyndall's leadership of the BNP in 1999. Tyndall identified Lecomber as the man primarily responsible for undermining him. Under Griffin, Lecomber became, in effect, Deputy Leader of the BNP, and acted as national agent during election campaigns.
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