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Kent Reform’s Head of Economic Development who can’t pay his bills
David Wimble sits on Kent County Council’s Cabinet, holds seats on Folkestone and Hythe District Council and New Romney Town Council, and has declared his ambition to stand as Reform UK’s parliamentary candidate for Folkestone and Hythe. He presents himself…
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Britain First organiser guilty of assault at hotel protest
Nick Hubble, one of the most prominent figures in Devon’s anti-migrant street protests, has been convicted of racially-aggravated assault after…
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Far-right ‘auditor’ sends rape threats to anti-racist’s family
Right-wing auditor Paul Dunbar, aka DP Audits, has sent rape threats to a pro-refugee campaigner, aimed at his wife and…
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The strongman falls: what Orbán’s rout means for Europe’s far right
Viktor Orbán’s crushing defeat in Hungary’s parliamentary election, with Peter Magyar’s Tisza party taking over 53 per cent of the…
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Wolverhampton far-right drowned out by vuvuzelas
Far-right demonstrators were met with noise and numbers in Wolverhampton yesterday when anti-fascists turned out to confront a protest at…
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Honks, chants and sound system greet ‘Lotus Eaters’ in Swindon
The Lotus Eaters brought their live show to Swindon’s MECA venue yesterday evening, and Swindon anti-rascists made sure they did…
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Elections 2026: the far-right’s runners and riders
Nominations have now closed for local council and mayoral elections in England, as well as the Scottish Parliament and Welsh…
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‘Auditors’ charged after Manchester police raids
Six so-called ‘auditors’ have been arrested and charged following police raids in Manchester earlier this week. Those charged are: Chris…
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Hungary’s general election – is Viktor Orban running out of road?
Tomorrow’s Hungarian parliamentary election is being described, with some justification, as the most consequential vote anywhere in the European Union this year. Viktor Orbán, who has held political power for sixteen years since the 2010 parliamentary election, is seeking a…
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British far-right connections to the men who killed Chris Hani
On this day in 1993, Chris Hani, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party and the most popular ANC…
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Veteran nazi thug jailed for role in Epping riots
When Phil Curson turned up outside the Bell Hotel in Epping last July, he did not come as an outraged…
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‘Gender-change’ neo-nazi fugitive arrested in Czech Republic
Marla-Svenja Liebich, the German neo-Nazi whose cynical exploitation of Germany’s gender recognition law Searchlight reported on in January, has been…
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Crypto billionaire quits Hong Kong to bankroll Reform UK
A billionaire cryptocurrency entrepreneur is relocating from Hong Kong to Britain with the explicit aim of funnelling millions of pounds…
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Nazi teenager tried to buy gun for terror attack
A neo-Nazi teenager, on trial at the Old Bailey, was caught after he attempted to acquire a firearm for a…
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When US Black nationalists joined hands with British nazis
The controversy over Kanye West’s cancelled appearance at Wireless Festival calls to mind the cases of other Black American extremists…
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The fraudster who is Farage’s right-hand man
George Cottrell is unusual, to say the least, in British political life: a man with a serious American felony conviction…
International news
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Hungary’s general election – is Viktor Orban running out of road?
Tomorrow’s Hungarian parliamentary election is being described, with some justification, as the most consequential vote anywhere in the European Union…
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British far-right connections to the men who killed Chris Hani
On this day in 1993, Chris Hani, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party and the most popular ANC…
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‘Gender-change’ neo-nazi fugitive arrested in Czech Republic
Marla-Svenja Liebich, the German neo-Nazi whose cynical exploitation of Germany’s gender recognition law Searchlight reported on in January, has been…
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Far-right ‘culture warriors’ plan Vienna summit
A network of European far-right extremists is set to converge on Vienna on 11 April for a conference billed as…
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Far-right ‘culture warriors’ plan Vienna summit
A network of European far-right extremists is set to converge on Vienna on 11 April for a conference billed as a defence of traditional Western values but which is, in reality, a gathering of far-right culture warriors, Holocaust deniers and…
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Tate brothers claim Romania victory but face mounting legal charges on three fronts
A Romanian court has lifted the remaining “judicial control” measures on Andrew and Tristan Tate, removing supervisory conditions in one…
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Kanye’s ban is right: he needs to do more than just say sorry
The Home Office decision to ban Kanye West from entering the UK to perform at Wireless Festival is the correct…
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Georgia police arrest thirteen more neo-nazis as crackdown continues
Georgian police have made a second round of arrests in their investigation into neo-Nazi violence in Tbilisi, detaining a further…
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UK-linked Holocaust denier defies french court
One of the world’s most notorious Holocaust deniers – well known to UK nazis and revisionists – was last week…
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Roberto Fiore’s pro-Putin roadshow rolls across Europe
Vladimir Putin’s intelligence service continues to use the European far right for both propaganda and terrorism. Some of the most…
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‘Fash Harry’ in the cells – and blames ‘antifa scumbags’
The arrest warrant didn’t take long to bite. Kent anti-migrant activist ‘Fash’ Harry Hilden, who as we reported, failed to…
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Aussie nazi leader released from jail
Australian neo-nazi activist Joel Davis has been released on bail after more than four months in what supporters branded “solitary…
Research and analysis
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French elections – far right gains in small town France but blocked in cities
France’s two-round municipal elections, held on 15 and 22 March 2026, have produced a verdict on the far right that…
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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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Trump’s war on ‘antifa’ goes global
The Trump administration is planning an international summit this summer aimed at what it calls the threat posed by “antifa” and allied left-wing movements. According to Reuters, senior State Department figures are organising the gathering with the intention of building…
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Decision time for Rupert Lowe as nazis rally behind Restore Britain
Some of the most active British nazis of the past twenty years (including convicted criminals) are rallying behind Rupert Lowe’s…
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Australia’s far-right One Nation surges again
Pauline Hanson delivered her maiden parliamentary speech in 1996, claiming that Australia was “being swamped by Asians.” Nearly thirty years…
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Ryan Ferguson and Harry Jackson in court over Liverpool hotel incident
Ryan Ferguson and his YouTube buddy Harry Jackson appeared before LIverpool magistrates today, denying a string of charges linked to…
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Pipebombs, skull mask and far-right links, but convicted terrorist walks free
A 21-year-old right-winger from Bangor who downloaded terrorist documents, built improvised devices and boasted about constructing a pipebomb has been…
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Arrest warrant issued as Kent far-right agitator goes missing
Harry Hilden, the self-styled “Warrior of Christ” and principal organiser of Kent’s anti-migrant protest scene, was due before Maidstone Magistrates’…
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The nazi network that groomed a 13-year-old for terrorism
Last Friday the latest in a string of recent extreme-right terrorism cases concluded. A teenager aged 16 from a village…
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Empty seats, absent leaders – but never fear, Liz Truss is here…
Liz Truss has found her people. The former Prime Minister, whose 45-day tenure in Downing Street remains a monument to…
Culture
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Fascist boss tries to rescue beleaguered rockabilly singer
The anti-migrant march in Faversham last November led to some unfortunate consequences for up-and-coming local musician Dylan Kirk after he…
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Fascist singer’s London gig axed after protests
The Underworld in Camden, London, has cancelled the scheduled gig by Michale Graves, the far-right aligned American rock singer. We…
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London venue to host US fascist singer
Next week The Underworld in Camden is scheduled to host a solo performance by Michale Graves, a musician whose early…
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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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Do not feed the animals: confronting the rise of the far-right ‘auditors’
A coalition of anti-racist and anti-fascist groups is mobilising against a new wave of far-right provocateurs hiding behind the guise of “citizen journalism.” They cloak themselves in various labels – patriots, activists, journalists or, more often, “auditors” – but the…
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Patriotic Alternative host nazi get-together in Nuneaton
While tens of thousands of anti-racists marched in London last weekend, Mark Collett and Patriotic Alternative managed to muster a…
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French elections – far right gains in small town France but blocked in cities
France’s two-round municipal elections, held on 15 and 22 March 2026, have produced a verdict on the far right that…
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Crossbows, swords, and ‘Zyklon B’ canister – but no charges against BM members
Nine members of the neo-Nazi British Movement have escaped prosecution following a ten-month police investigation sparked by a gathering at…
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Together Alliance brings thousands to London to rally against the far right
If the organisers’ estimates of half a million attending are accurate, yesterday’s Together Alliance demonstration in London against the far…
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Britain First’s ‘battle bus’ – the grift that keeps on giving
The Britain First ‘battle bus’ saga has taken yet another predictable turn, with Paul Golding now launching an online appeal…
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“Homosexuals are not cowards” – The man who bombed the nazi files
On this day in 1943, a small group of Dutch resistance fighters carried out one of the most audacious acts…
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Danish Election – DPP comeback as far right vote is reshuffled
Denmark’s snap general election earlier this week produced a clutch of headlines about far-right gains, but they were not as…
Anti-fascism
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Together Alliance brings thousands to London to rally against the far right
If the organisers’ estimates of half a million attending are accurate, yesterday’s Together Alliance demonstration in London against the far…
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“Homosexuals are not cowards” – The man who bombed the nazi files
On this day in 1943, a small group of Dutch resistance fighters carried out one of the most audacious acts…
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Obituary: Leon Greenman
Auschwitz survivor and lifelong anti-fascist campaigner Leon Greenman died on this day in 2008. This obituary, in Searchlight, was written…
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The 22 martyrs of Plötzensee: remembering the anti-nazi Baum Group
In the heart of Hitler’s Berlin, a small group of young Jewish men and women chose to fight back. On…
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Man who was ‘front and centre’ of far-right Hull riots jailed for six years
One of the leaders of the racist mob violence that engulfed Hull city centre during the riots of August 2024 was jailed for six years at Hull Crown Court earlier this week. Billy Bragger was, in the words of Judge…
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Australian nazi leader faces trial over attack on sacred Aboriginal site
Thomas Sewell, the leader of the now-disbanded National Socialist Network (NSN), has been committed to stand trial over a violent…
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‘Shut down’ Bristol Patriots re-emerge with new name and hospital flag stunt
Well, that didn’t last long. The far-right gang formerly known as Bristol Patriots which announced only last week it was…
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UKIP’s only local councillor quits party after 6 months
Amid all the excitement around the walkout at County Hall in Maidstone last Thursday,it was barely noticed that among those…
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From Searchlight 40 years ago: Blueprint for genocide
In March 1986, Searchlight magazine exposed how the National Front was peddling a blueprint for extermination written by the leader…
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The gamechanger that wasn’t: how the Kremlin planned to rescue Orbán
Russian intelligence does not do subtlety. It does, however, do audacity, and an internal document obtained by the Washington Post…
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Ambulance fire bombing ignites far-right antisemitism
The arson attack on four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organization in north London, set ablaze outside a synagogue…
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Patriotic Alternative nazi tried to kill man with axe
A member of the neo-nazi Patriotic Alternative has been convicted of attempted murder after admitting trying to cut a man’s…
Holocaust
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UK-linked Holocaust denier defies french court
One of the world’s most notorious Holocaust deniers – well known to UK nazis and revisionists – was last week…
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Nazi publisher hit by raids across Europe
One of Europe’s most active nazi publishers has been hit by coordinated police raids in Germany, Poland, and Spain. Der…
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Obituary: Leon Greenman
Auschwitz survivor and lifelong anti-fascist campaigner Leon Greenman died on this day in 2008. This obituary, in Searchlight, was written…
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War criminal exposed by Searchlight will face trial posthumously
The Supreme Court of Belarus has announced that it will begin criminal proceedings against Antanas Gecevičius, better known in Scotland…
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Joe Louis and the battle for civil rights
Joe Louis, who held the world heavyweight boxing title from 1937 to 1949, is remembered today chiefly as a sporting legend. His life as a racial justice pioneer has been all but forgotten. And on this day in 1944, he…
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Liverpool inflicts another crushing defeat on UKIP
The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and hoping for different results. Somebody needs to tell…
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Neo-nazi leader and Capitol rioter held on gun charges
The FBI has arrested Mathew David Bair, a leading member of the neo-Nazi accelerationist network Injekt Division, and convicted of…
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Tommy Robinson’s grand tour of America’s anti-democratic right
Tommy Robinson has spent much of late February and March touring the United States, and it has revealed much about…
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Danny Tommo says ‘F*** Israel’ as Tommy Robinson woos Zionist right in America
One of the latest stops on Tommy Robinson’s U.S. tour was a swanky gala hosted by the right-wing Zionist Organization…
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Kent’s Reform council defies election law with migrant emergency motion
Reform UK’s Kent County councillors have declared an “illegal migration emergency” in the county despite warnings that to do so…
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How the American far right divides over Iran war
On 28 February the U.S. and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran, an ongoing bombing campaign that has already…
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Pirate ship rebel hosts far-right fight club
Growing up in the noughties and 2010s, I remember being told about the dangers of violent video games. Everybody from…
Today's top ten most read articles
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Kent’s Reform council defies election law with migrant emergency motion
Reform UK’s Kent County councillors have declared an “illegal migration emergency” in the county despite warnings that to do so…
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How the American far right divides over Iran war
On 28 February the U.S. and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran, an ongoing bombing campaign that has already…
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Pirate ship rebel hosts far-right fight club
Growing up in the noughties and 2010s, I remember being told about the dangers of violent video games. Everybody from…
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UKIP’s Liverpool ‘March for Jesus’ condemned by city’s Christians
This Saturday, the streets of Liverpool are set to witness a deeply polarizing spectacle. Nick Tenconi, the leader of UKIP,…
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Restore councillor shares antisemitic, racist post
A local councillor who recently defected from Reform UK to Restore Britain shared a post on X containing the N-word…
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Reform council’s ‘illegal migration emergency’ motion pulled in row over election rules
A Reform UK motion to declare an “Illegal Migration Emergency in Kent” has been pulled from tomorrow’s Kent County Council…
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Restore Britain and Advance UK in ‘full tilt’ feud
The far right’s much-hoped-for populist right realignment, meant to fuse Ben Habib’s Advance UK and Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, has…
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From green campaigner to harassing Green MP – the radicalisation of ‘Steve James’
The radicalisation of the man known as “Steve James” – one of the men centrally involved in harassing and distressing…