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Fighting against racism and fascism
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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 that the event, on 31 January, was to be apolitical and merely a “March for Christ” to reaffirm the UK’s…
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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…
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Falkirk anti-migrant group quits amid rising far-right violence in Scotland
An anti-immigration protest group in Falkirk has announced it is disbanding after members of fascist and neo-Nazi groups repeatedly attended…
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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 comrades have now claimed that he was planning to start riots in northern France. He, in turn, has accused them…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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 months of anti-migrant actions along the Channel coast. The French Interior Ministry said the individuals, tied to the far-right ‘Raise…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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‘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 meeting at Swale in Kent was disrupted before Xmas. Scott, who has apparently realised it’s pointless trying to hide behind…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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 Sabotage Brigade, better known by its original name, Espanyola. His unit issued a brief acknowledgement but offered nothing on how,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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. The council meeting was to include a discussion of a motion, proposed by Liberal Democrat councillor Hannah Perkin, to make…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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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 the vote in a decisive runoff against left-wing candidate Jeannette Jara. This election is not just as a change in…
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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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Anti-migrant organiser who looted football club is jailed
One of the main organisers of anti-migrant marches in Kent has been jailed after being convicted of harassing Labour Party…
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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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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…
Today's top ten most read articles
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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…
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Council offices smashed up during ‘sanctuary’ debate
Council offices were vandalised and seriously damaged when anti-immigration protestors disrupted a meeting of Swale Borough Council yesterday as it…
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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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UKIP anti-migrant demo to kick off at Dover’s ‘red hand’ pub
UKIP leader Nick Tenconi, never knowingly undersold in the department of grandiose promises, is planning another “mass deportations” demonstration in…