UKIP leader Nick Tenconi, never knowingly undersold in the department of grandiose promises, is planning another “mass deportations” demonstration in Dover next Saturday.
The rally point? The Golden Lion pub in Priory Street, where the Ulster-born “No surrender” loyalist landlady keeps a specially warm welcome for far-right customers. Even so, one suspects the pub’s regulars may outnumber the protesters.
Struggled
The event has been promoted online by UKIP’s sole Kent County Council member, Amelia Randall, whose video was dutifully reposted by “Fash Harry” Hilden.
Others, however, were quick to remind Randall that UKIP in Kent has recently struggled to muster more than a dozen bodies at a protest.
Randall insists this time will be different, since party leader Nick Tenconi is scheduled to attend. Whether he actually turns up is another matter.
His reputation for ducking out of engagements has earned him the nickname “TACO” Tenconi (“Tenconi Always Chickens Out”).
Colourful journey
Randall’s political journey has been colourful, if not exactly successful. Born in 1985, she was elected to Kent County Council in May 2025 as a Reform candidate, only to defect to UKIP four months later.
Her earlier attempts at electoral glory include finishing bottom of the poll in Westbrook ward in 2023, and a third‑place finish in Herne Bay and Sandwich at the 2024 general election.
Her CV is eclectic: failed ventures in catering, counselling, magazine publishing, and event organising, plus a sideline as a “mystic psychic” selling spells on Facebook and offering readings on OnlyFans.
She has also published poems and short stories online. Reconciling her occult leanings with Tenconi’s militant Christian nationalism has proved, unsurprisingly, a stretch.
Troubled past
Randall has written candidly about her troubled past, including experiences of abuse, bullying, financial hardship, and struggles with anxiety.
Her self‑published Amelia‑Mai Magazine in 2021 mixed self‑help with counselling sessions for subscribers, though it folded quickly.
The Dover demo has also been plugged by Brian Stovell, better known as “Brexit Brian,” a former BNP supporter from Croydon who turns up at far-right events all over the country.
Stovell’s promotional video features the Golden Lion’s landlady, Olwyn Newby (alias Brackenridge), whom he describes in glowing terms.
Newby, originally from Portrush, County Antrim, is a staunch Ulster Unionist. Her pub has long been a welcoming venue for far‑right activists on day trips to Dover.
Each July she proudly displays the red‑hand flag of Ulster to mark the Battle of the Boyne and has posted UVF badges on her Facebook page.
During the 2024 general election, Reform posters for local candidate Howard Cox adorned her pub windows.
She has run the Golden Lion since 2015, having previously lived in Gosport, Hampshire. Her son lives in Portsmouth, and she regularly travels there to visit him – and to attend Orange Order events.
So, on Saturday, Dover may once again play host to a handful of far‑right stalwarts, gathered under the watchful eye of the Golden Lion’s ‘red hand’ landlady.
Whether Tenconi materialises or remains true to his “TACO” nickname, and whether UKIP manages to break its local record attendance of twelve, remains to be seen.
One suspects that, as aways with TACO, the only thing “mass” about this demonstration will be the exaggeration.
