Rodney Atkinson
Rodney Eric Bainbridge Atkinson (* 1948 ) is an English economist , publicist and politician .
Life
Atkinson was born in County Durham , the first of four children to a farming and business family. His youngest brother is the comedian Rowan Atkinson .
He studied economics, German and Scandinavian studies at the University of Durham and Newcastle University . In the mid-1970s he was a lecturer at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz . He later worked as a merchant banker in the City of London and served as an advisor to the government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher .
In 1994 he founded The Campaign for United Kingdom Conservativism . In the 1997 general election, he ran for the Eurosceptic Referendum Party , which sought a referendum on the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union . In the European elections in 1999 he was a candidate for the UK Independence Party . In 2000 he narrowly lost the election for the party chairmanship against Member of the European Parliament Jeffrey Titford . Shortly thereafter, Atkinson resigned from the party. He is the operator of the EU-critical website Free Nations .
Rodney Atkinson has authored several books and around 80 essays and theses on the subject of the political economy of Europe and Great Britain. He represents libertarian ideas on a conservative basis and opposes both right- wing and left-wing extremism . He advocates a withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU and warns of a possible introduction of the euro in his home country. He opposes European integration with a vision of completely sovereign European nation-states each with their own currency.
Fonts
- Government against the People. The Economics of Political Exploitation. Compuprint, Tyne and Wear 1986, ISBN 0-9509353-1-X .
- The Emancipated Society. State Authority and Individual Freedom. Compuprint, Newcastle 1988, ISBN 0-9509353-2-8 .
- The failure of the state. Essays on the Democratic Costs of Government. Compuprint, Tyne and Wear 1989, ISBN 0-9509353-3-6 .
- Your Country, Your Democracy. The threat from the "European" community. Compuprint, Newcastle 1991, ISBN 0-9509353-5-2 .
- Conservatism in Danger. Bow Group, Compuprint, London 1991, ISBN 0-9509353-4-4 .
- Treason at Maastricht. The Destruction of the British Constitution. (With Norris McWhirter .) Compuprint, Newcastle 1994, ISBN 0-9509353-8-7 .
- Europe's full circle. Corporate Elites and the New Fascism. Compuprint, Newcastle 1997, ISBN 0-9525110-0-2 .
- Fascist Europe Rising. The Repression and Resurgence of Democratic Nations. Compuprint, Newcastle 2001, ISBN 0-9525110-4-5 .
Web links
- Official website of Rodney Atkinson (English)
- Free Nations (English)
- The Campaign for United Kingdom Conservativism (English)
- George Negus: Interview with Rodney Atkinson , Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 22, 2007 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Angela Levin: The truth about Mr Bean - By the Brother Who Really Knows , The Free Library, accessed May 7, 2010.
- ↑ Profile: UK Independence Party , in: BBC News, July 28, 2006, accessed April 30, 2010.
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SURNAME | Atkinson, Rodney |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Atkinson, Rodney Eric Bainbridge (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English economist, publicist and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1948 |