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Fighting against racism and fascism
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Tommo’s French invasion – all whimper, no bang
The long-trumpeted “Operation Overlord” invasion of France finally landed on the beaches of Normandy yesterday. Or rather, it washed up gently, in the form of about a dozen blokes standing on the sand near Calais, waving flags at the sea…
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French authorities ban Tommo’s French invasion
French authorities have imposed a sweeping ban on gatherings linked to the British far-right anti-migrant groups, aiming to block a…
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From Searchlight 20 years ago – Nazi prisoner’s death plot exposes security failure
In the early 2000’s Searchlight publisher Gerry Gable was heavily involved in dealing with the problems of fascist activity in…
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UKIP Whitechapel march banned as party ditches its rule book
The latest attempt by UKIP to stage a provocative march through Whitechapel has been banned by the Metropolitan Police. Claiming…
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German nazis on trial for plotting state overthrow
Eight young men stand trial in Dresden this week, accused of belonging to a banned neo-nazi group calling itself the…
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Israeli government hosts fascism’s heirs on Holocaust Memorial Day
This month’s second International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem will again provide a platform for far-right activists from racist…
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Is Tommo setting up his followers for arrest?
Danny Tommo has announced plans to close down the port of Dover on Saturday, as well as sending teams of…
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How purple-haired cartoon ‘Amelia’ became a far-right icon
Amelia was never meant to be real. She began life as a cartoon character in a government-backed game designed to…
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Kent ‘flaggers’ look to turn up the heat on county council
Barely a month after Searchlight reported on the jailing of Sam Turner, the prominent Medway flagger and serial offender is back on the streets, and back among familiar company. Turner, notorious locally for a long catalogue of offences that includes…
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From BNP to Brexit: the far right’s ongoing identity crisis
As we approach Brexit’s tenth anniversary, the British far right is still trying to work out how to escape from…
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Danny Tommo ‘planned riots on beaches of France’
The split between Danny Tommo and Raise the Colours (RTC) is turning into a bitter war of allegations. Tommo’s erstwhile…
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Workers’ Party again fronts far-right activist as Galloway does a runner
The local elections next May are widely considered to a crucial electoral test before the 2029 general election. In Rochdale…
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Tenconi’s sorry UKIP gang in west country fiasco
Nick Tenconi and his goons travelled down to Exeter to meet up with the local far right today. The problem…
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Danny Tommo’s latest plan to save Britain – invading France
Having broken with his mate Ryan Bridge and Raise the Colours, Danny Tommo has unveiled his latest grand plan for…
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Georgia police round up fascists behind wave of ‘brutal’ attacks
Georgian police have arrested 16 alleged fascists accused of a string of violent attacks across the country. According to Tbilisi…
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Australian nazis shut up shop faced with legal threat
One of Australia’s most visible neo-Nazi organisations has announced plans to dissolve faced with the rapid passage of new federal…
International news
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German nazis on trial for plotting state overthrow
Eight young men stand trial in Dresden this week, accused of belonging to a banned neo-nazi group calling itself the…
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Israeli government hosts fascism’s heirs on Holocaust Memorial Day
This month’s second International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem will again provide a platform for far-right activists from racist…
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Georgia police round up fascists behind wave of ‘brutal’ attacks
Georgian police have arrested 16 alleged fascists accused of a string of violent attacks across the country. According to Tbilisi…
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Australian nazis shut up shop faced with legal threat
One of Australia’s most visible neo-Nazi organisations has announced plans to dissolve faced with the rapid passage of new federal…
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Betrayal and ‘sinister’ threats as Danny Tommo splits from Raise the Colours
Last night, Raise the Colours (RtC) put out a statement saying that Danny Tommo was ‘stepping back’ from their anti-migrant activities in northern France. Reporting it, we said that despite the ostensibly respectful tone, it sounded like there had been…
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Death of a (British) Ku Klux Klansman
One of the very few seriously active British members of the Ku Klux Klan died on 10 January aged 88.…
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Danny Tommo quits anti-migrant campaign- but did he jump or was he pushed?
Just hours after the French government announced that ten unnamed British far-right extremists had been banned from France, Tommy Robinson’s…
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Far-right anti-migrant boat slashers banned from France
French authorities have issued territorial bans on ten British far-right activists, barring them from entering or remaining in France after…
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Searchlight, Gerry Gable and ‘Maggie’s Militant Tendency’ – setting the record straight
In 1984 BBC Panorama made a programme called Maggie’s Militant Tendency, which investigated far-right extremism in the Conservative Party. It…
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Homeland splitter joins ‘geriatric’ British Democrats
One of the central figures in the most recent split in the Homeland Party has joined the British Democrats, a…
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The far-right past of a fallen flagger
The recent death of “Operation Raise the Colours” activist and “ex-football hooligan” Paul Lumber in Bristol, falling to his death…
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Neo-nazi terrorist attacked in prison
Jack Renshaw, the neo-nazi terrorist and convicted paedophile serving a life sentence for plotting to murder a Member of Parliament…
Research and analysis
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Respectability, ideology and networks – why Farage’s new adviser matters
Dr James Orr, a theologian and philosopher of religion at the University of Cambridge was last month appointed senior adviser…
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Farage, Reform and the ‘Russia question’ that won’t go away
In the wake of Nathan Gill’s guilty verdict on multiple counts of bribery for taking payments in exchange for pro-Kremlin…
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The Resistible Rise of Reform UK
The May election results were a warning, if one was needed, of the danger of an insurgent Reform UK. Sarah…
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Traditional Britain Group – secrecy, elitism, and the far right’s academic mask
On Saturday May 10, 2025, the Traditional Britain Group will host a luncheon in London to replace its annual black-tie…
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Humiliating day out for far-right’s ‘Poundshop Poodle’
A beautiful, icy day in central Manchester turned out very badly for a few dozen fascists. Their gathering, organised under the weak slogan “Prioritise Britain” by the pompous “PoundShop Poodle,” Hugh Anthony, was always destined for failure. Anthony, a self-styled…
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Elon Musk echoes call for ‘white solidarity’
Elon Musk this week used his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to endorse an explicit call for “white solidarity”,…
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German Blood & Honour nazi flees arrest after second gender change bid
A member of the neo‑Nazi Blood & Honour till it was banned has become the subject of a nationwide manhunt…
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‘MissusKent’ calls for copycat attacks on council meetings
Jodie Scott, aka MissusKent, is calling on her followers across the country to disrupt council meetings in the way a…
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Farage splits far right with London mayor candidate
Nigel Farage’s announcement that Laila Cunningham will be Reform UK’s candidate for London mayor in 2028 has triggered an immediate…
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‘Pro-Putin’ German AfD invited to European security conference
The Munich Security Conference is known for its carefully managed setting. Each February, political leaders, diplomats and military officials gather…
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Mother and daughter jailed for sustained neo-nazi hate campaign
A mother and daughter who ran a prolonged campaign of racist and antisemitic abuse online and on the streets of…
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Hacktivist takes down white supremacist websites on stage at conference
A pseudonymous hacktivist used the occasion of a hackers’ convention in Germany to take down white supremacist websites live on…
Culture
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How purple-haired cartoon ‘Amelia’ became a far-right icon
Amelia was never meant to be real. She began life as a cartoon character in a government-backed game designed to…
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Golding selfie gets rockabilly singer banned from Cavern Club
Liverpool’s iconic Cavern Club has cancelled a performance this weekend by rockabilly singer and pianist Dylan Kirk and his band…
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Artur Gold: the violinist of Treblinka
In the summer of 2013 I interviewed Samuel Willenberg, at the time the last surviving participant of the Jewish revolt…
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Review: Celebrating Billie Holiday, jazz great and civil rights activist
A great night at the Jazz Café, Camden, on 7 April when we were transported back to the Jim Crow…
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Musk’s GROK says Farage is talking tosh on London ‘crime wave’
According to Nigel Farage, announcing today that Laila Cunningham will be Reform UK’s candidate for London mayor in 2028, the capital under Labour mayor Sadiq Khan, is “in the grip of a crime wave”. So, we asked Elon Musk’s AI…
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Obituary: Gerry Gable (1937-2026), architect of modern British anti-fascism
The death of Searchlight’s founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom…
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Gerry Gable (1937-2026)
It is with the greatest sadness that we have to announce that Searchlight’s founder, Gerry Gable, has died at the…
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Death in the shadows – Russian nazi commander killed during arrest
Russian media outlets have confirmed the death, just before Xmas, of Stanislav Orlov, commander of the neo-nazi 88th Reconnaissance and…
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Seven Italian brothers who defied fascism – and paid with their lives
At the end of 1943, as Italy was convulsed under the collapse of Mussolini’s regime and the tightening grip of…
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Margate mayhem: Kent far right ends year in chaos and delusion
Monday 22 December marked the final far-right outing of the year in Kent: a forlorn “festive” parade along Margate seafront,…
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Obituary: Brigitte Bardot (1934-2025), from screen idol to far-right icon
Brigitte Bardot, who has died aged 91, once the most photographed woman in Europe and a symbol of post‑war cinematic…
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Key international nazi with UK links killed in Ukraine
A leading Russian nazi, with links to the far right in the UK, was killed on Xmas Day in a…
Anti-fascism
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Obituary: Gerry Gable (1937-2026), architect of modern British anti-fascism
The death of Searchlight’s founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom…
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Gerry Gable (1937-2026)
It is with the greatest sadness that we have to announce that Searchlight’s founder, Gerry Gable, has died at the…
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Seven Italian brothers who defied fascism – and paid with their lives
At the end of 1943, as Italy was convulsed under the collapse of Mussolini’s regime and the tightening grip of…
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What’s happened to our X account?
Yesterday we were informed that our X account has been locked. Apparently someone has taken offence and reported us for…
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Lawrence Fox’s heart of darkness
While many embraced the spirit of the season, actor-turned-activist Lawrence Fox chose a darker path, using the Christmas period to launch a foul attack on Green Party co-leader Zack Polanski. Fox’s assault is fixated on Polanski’s surname, implying duplicity. This…
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German AfD ‘serving Russian intelligence’
Germany’s AfD party has again been accused of acting in the interests of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, once more highlighting the…
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What lies behind Tommy Robinson’s manic moments ?
Tommy Robinson’s hyper-agitated behaviour during his Dubai confrontation with boxer Ty Mitchell has prompted much speculation about the possible cause…
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Arrests follow far-right attack on council meeting
Two people have now been arrested arising out of the disruption of a Swale Borough Council meeting two weeks ago.…
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Robinson’s Dubai trip a challenge to Emirates law
Tommy Robinson’s visit to Dubai has attracted attention both because of the hugely entertaining and widely circulated confrontation with boxer…
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Tesla tantrum – Fash Harry’s mate rages against reality
Following our reports on ‘Fash’ Harry Hilden’s inauspicious anti-migrant demo in Folkestone recently, followed by last Saturday’s UKIP march in…
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From Searchlight 40 years ago – Hurd’s ‘no change’ policy on Italian terror cell
The presence in the UK of wanted Italian fascist fugitives was a running scandal throughout the 1980s and 1990s. They…
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Second covid denier jailed for encouraging terrorism
A judge has sent a Covid ‘sceptic’ to prison in the second pandemic ‘encouragement of terrorism’ case heard at the…
Holocaust
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Artur Gold: the violinist of Treblinka
In the summer of 2013 I interviewed Samuel Willenberg, at the time the last surviving participant of the Jewish revolt…
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An anniversary David Irving would rather forget
Last Monday was David Irving’s birthday. He celebrated it from his sickbed to which he has been confined for over…
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Fascists and antisemites mourn death of rogue bishop
Last week’s funeral of the far-right, schismatic Bishop Richard Williamson brought into sharp focus the longstanding connections between some ultra-conservative…
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Heritage Party leader bemoans ‘injustice’ for holocaust-denying nazi
Searchlight has been reporting for several months on the increasing radicalisation of right-wing parties. Not just the obviously racist and…
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Football club condemns nazi salutes and SS banner
Masked football ‘ultras’ in Kirkcaldy sparked outrage after posing with nazi salutes and an SS flag. Around 40 masked men, styling themselves as “Raith Rovers Ultras,” were photographed outside Kirkcaldy Townhouse on Saturday, giving Nazi salutes and brandishing a flag…
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Reform welcomes endorsement from thousand-men-a-day sex worker
The Guardian’s John Crace described it as a “black swan event”. Keir Starmer launched a joke at Prime Minister’s Questions…
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The far-right candidate for London mayor – based in Dubai
Ant Middleton has spent recent months presenting himself as the man to “fix London” as he pitches voters to elect…
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Chile’s far-right president: heir to the dictator
In a stunning political shift, far-right candidate José Antonio Kast has been elected as Chile’s next president with 58% of…
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Mother and daughter face jail for torrent of online neo-nazi hate
A Scottish mother and daughter are facing prison after waging a campaign of neo-nazi propaganda, racist abuse and conspiracy theories…
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UKIP in Dover – big banner hides Tenconi’s blushes
If the turnout for yesterday’s London event organised by Tommy Robinson was modest, the numbers for Nick ‘Taco’ Tenconi’s day…
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Bondi Beach terror attack – what we know so far
Sydney’s Bondi Beach was a site of horror on Sunday evening when gunmen opened fire on crowds gathered for a…
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Tommy Robinson’s Christmas spirit – monetising the manger
London’s Whitehall echoed with carols today, as Tommy Robinson staged what he called a Christmas revival, complete with hymn sheets…
Today's top ten most read articles
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UKIP in Dover – big banner hides Tenconi’s blushes
If the turnout for yesterday’s London event organised by Tommy Robinson was modest, the numbers for Nick ‘Taco’ Tenconi’s day…
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Bondi Beach terror attack – what we know so far
Sydney’s Bondi Beach was a site of horror on Sunday evening when gunmen opened fire on crowds gathered for a…
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Tommy Robinson’s Christmas spirit – monetising the manger
London’s Whitehall echoed with carols today, as Tommy Robinson staged what he called a Christmas revival, complete with hymn sheets…
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Courts want £100k from Tommy Robinson – the money hunt begins
The festive season was brightened up immeasurably this week by the sight of Tommy Robinson on the phone at the…
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Teenagers accused of plotting racist terror attacks
Two teenagers from Cardiff, Rhys Edwards and Talan Vincent, both aged 18, have been charged with preparation of acts of…
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Far-right attack on council meeting denounced in House of Commons
The attack by far-right anti-immigration thugs on the Swale Borough Council meeting on Wednesday has been denounced in the House…
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Exeter Tory councillor defects to Reform – what took her so long?
For years, Alison Sheridan has been a familiar figure on Exeter’s political fringe, first as a UKIP organiser and later…
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Mr Christopher Chandler
In an article published on 19 November, entitled ‘Matthew Goodwin and Reform UK’s push into British campuses’, we referred to…