BAFF at times campaigns in the public arena on matters of relevance to serving armed forces personnel or veterans. It remains, and obviously must remain, independent of any political party.

The legally-binding formal Constitution of British Armed Forces Federation sets this out:

No party-political affiliation or funding
(b) The Federation shall not affiliate to or provide funding to or accept
funding from any political party or political candidate, though this
shall not preclude the Federation from campaigning on or raising
matters of relevance to its members with Members of Parliament or
the House of Lords, including during election periods.

Indeed, the roots of BAFF (founded 2006) can be traced in part to the Service Voting Campaign of 2005, which campaigned successfully to improve the legislation and arrangements for electoral participation by armed forces personnel, so that they register to vote in order to make their own voting choice in any election or referendum.

BAFF continued to put those principles into action for subsequent General Elections, and for the Scotland and European Union referendums.

None of this means that BAFF cannot communicate with politicians of any party, as part of our overall campaigning on a scrupulously cross-party basis. We are happy to acknowledge, from correspondence during previous Parliaments, that support for our principles was found amongst elected representatives of all major political parties in Westminster: certainly, some more than others.

BAFF has always respected opposition, doubt and misunderstanding concerning those principles, but has been happy to challenge misinformation when it arises.