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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 and nationalist flags. But beneath the glow of the fairy lights that bedecked his stage, this was just Robinson’s latest…
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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 Dover next Saturday. The rally point? The Golden Lion pub in Priory Street, where the Ulster-born “No surrender” loyalist landlady…
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Christ in the crossfire: Tommy Robinson and the battle for Christmas
In the fading light of a December afternoon in 2025, central London prepares for two very different visions of Christmas.…
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Kent’s latest ‘Fash Harry’ demo outnumbered by anti-fascist bake sale
Another embarrassing flop for Kent’s “Fash Harry” Hilden. His march on the Napier Barracks asylum centre in Folkestone on Saturday was…
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Xmas woes as fascist YouTubers feel the pinch
Families nationwide are struggling to budget for Christmas, but spare a thought for some of Britain’s racist and fascist grifters…
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Fascist no-show at Immigration HQ
So the Horley Patriots, calling a rally in Croydon today, announced the venue as Lunar House, the old Home Office…
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Anger over possible release of German nazi terrorist
This week, the German courts were again having to confront the case of the terrorist National Socialist Underground, which went…
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GB News pays substantial damages for ‘categorically false’ allegations
GB News has been forced to apologise and pay substantial damages to a Muslim charity, after broadcasting false terrorism allegations.…
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The bells ring out as Reform’s Xmas party is cancelled
’Tis the season to be jolly – unless you’re Reform UK’s Deputy leader Richard Tice, who recently discovered that Croydon’s…
International news
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Anger over possible release of German nazi terrorist
This week, the German courts were again having to confront the case of the terrorist National Socialist Underground, which went…
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Veteran Euro-nazi makes comeback at terrorist-run conference
On the same weekend that Nick Griffin was trying to return to the limelight in Madrid, an even older nazi,…
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Croatian anti-fascists push back against resurgent far right
On Sunday, tens of thousands of Croatians poured into the streets in cities from Zagreb to Rijeka, Pula, Zadar and…
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Gone-to-seed Griffin is past his sell-by date
Nick Griffin’s big comeback in Madrid on 23 November only proved that he is yesterday’s man. Perhaps that’s putting it…
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Kent’s ‘fash Harry’ goes into overdrive as support falters
Kent-based far-right agitator Harry Hilden has embarked on a frenetic schedule of protests, self-promotion and online broadcasting in the wake of his 23 November arrest in Faversham, an incident previously reported by Searchlight. At the same time, support for anti-migrant…
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Veteran Euro-nazi makes comeback at terrorist-run conference
On the same weekend that Nick Griffin was trying to return to the limelight in Madrid, an even older nazi,…
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Scottish anti-migrant leader denounced by family as violent abuser
The daughter and ex-partner of a prominent Scottish anti-immigration campaigner and far-right podcaster have publicly denounced him as a violent…
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Sick nazi posts lead to jail sentence
David Morgan of Aberdare, south Wales, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to publishing nine…
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Jonathan Gullis and the art of the idiot provocateur
So, the loud mouthed blow-torch of Britain’s culture wars, former Tory MP Jonathan Gullis, is back, announcing that he has…
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Croatian anti-fascists push back against resurgent far right
On Sunday, tens of thousands of Croatians poured into the streets in cities from Zagreb to Rijeka, Pula, Zadar and…
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Gone-to-seed Griffin is past his sell-by date
Nick Griffin’s big comeback in Madrid on 23 November only proved that he is yesterday’s man. Perhaps that’s putting it…
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‘Men of England’ Danny Tommo and Ryan Bridge do a terrified runner in France
A couple of days ago it was all hard talk about how their Operation Overlord II was going to wage…
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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Key organiser of Kent far-right protests arrested
Harry Hilden, a prominent far-right activist in Kent and one of the principal organisers of recent anti-migrant demonstrations, has been charged with assault and abusive behaviour following a disturbance in Faversham linked to the removal of England flags. Disturbance Hilden…
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Hate music peddler jailed for three years
A Hungarian living in Hereford has been jailed for more than three years for distributing and possessing extreme right-wing music…
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Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking Russian bribes
A former Brexit Party MEP, whose name features in messages between the convicted former Welsh Reform Party leader Nathan Gill…
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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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What are Danny Tommo and his mates planning in France next weekend?
British vigilantes travelled to northern France last week and posted footage of themselves digging up, slashing and disabling a small…
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Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner boosts far-right anti-migrant campaign
The announcement that 540 asylum seekers would be housed for twelve months at the disused Crowborough Army Training Camp in…
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Day of reckoning for Reform UK’s Russian agent
Disgraced former Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill was today sentenced at the Old Bailey to ten and a half…
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Missus Kent’s chat group talks weapons and killing
MissusKent alias Jodie Scott / Goodban – the Poundshop Lily Allen of Whitstable – has been seriously embarrassed by the…
Culture
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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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‘Lili Marlene’: the song that haunted the Nazis
One song and two singers came to represent opposition and resistance to Hitler in the Second World War. The most beautiful…
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The blood and folly of Alek Yerbury
In a bland hotel room in Birmingham, brightened only by the flags of his National Rebirth Party, leader Alek Yerbury last week addressed a gathering of no more than twenty midlands followers at an NRP multi-branch meeting. The setting is…
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Advance UK’s big day out at the races…
Only last month Ben Habib’s Advance UK had plans for a launch event in Wales rather spoiled when the venue…
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Far-right ‘strategist’ calls for murder of migrants at sea
One of Britain’s most prominent far-right ‘thinkers’, connected with the Homeland Party, is openly advocating the murder of migrants at…
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Matthew Goodwin and Reform UK’s push into British campuses
Reform UK’s decision to appoint political scientist Matthew Goodwin as Honorary President of its newly launched student organisation, Students4Reform, marks…
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A knockout of facts over prejudice
For months, Paul Golding, the leader of the far-right group Britain First, has orchestrated a campaign for a mixed martial…
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Flaggers’ mask slips as fascists and nazis take centre stage
“Don’t you dare call us fascists. We’re just ordinary folk worried about our women and kids.” It’s the familiar refrain…
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US bans Patriotic Alternative boss Mark Collett
As reported recently by Searchlight, America’s best known racist Jared Taylor now seems free to travel around Europe spreading his…
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Christian nationalism: a far-right religious ideology drifting across the Atlantic
Christian nationalism is not just a theological position. It is a political weapon – a reactionary ideology that fuses religious…
Anti-fascism
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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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Desecration – how my dad’s war is being stolen by the far right
My father was a World War II veteran. Decorated. Medalled. He fought across continents against a monstrous ideology that threatened…
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Obituary: Sir Geoffrey Bindman (1933-2025), an extraordinary lawyer and a friend of Searchlight
Everyone at Searchlight was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sir Geoffrey Bindman, who passed away on 4…
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Mike Cohen: The anti-fascist whose camera was his gun
Mike Cohen was one of Britain’s great Jewish anti-fascists, whose significant contribution to the movement came through his camera lens.…
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Manchester far right’s symphony of hypocrisy
Tucked away today in a corner of St. Peter’s Square, Manchester, a small and unrepresentative gathering of fascists, racists, and assorted bigots once again attempted to bring hatred and shame to the city. Under the banner “Patriots Against Grooming,” the…
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National Rebirth Party rolls out latest retro-nazi fashion statement…
Shoppers in Havant were treated to an unexpected catwalk show last week, as the National Rebirth Party rolled out yet…
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PA nazis panic over Searchlight report about their jailed comrade
Patriotic Alternative comrades of jailed race hate nazi James Costello are in a panic over our recent article which may…
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Once-banned US racist now travels freely in Europe
One of America’s most notorious racists, Jared Taylor, is being allowed to travel freely around Europe and the UK, even…
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How Reform’s ‘shop window’ council brought chaos to Kent
When Reform UK swept to power at Kent County Council last May, the victory was heralded as a populist revolution.…
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Has neo-nazi posted racist propaganda from jail?
The convicted nazi James Costello is due to be released on license from prison this month. And already his comrades…
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Nick Griffin to be star speaker at fascist pro-Putin fest
Some of Europe’s most extreme fascists – including the UK’s Nick Griffin – are heading to Madrid later this month…
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From Searchlight 25 years ago – The company they keep
At the Conservative Party conference in 2000, attendees were greeted by the sight of a Tory shadow minister sharing a…
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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Desecration – how my dad’s war is being stolen by the far right
My father was a World War II veteran. Decorated. Medalled. He fought across continents against a monstrous ideology that threatened to engulf the world in darkness. For him, and for his generation, Remembrance Day was a sacred contract: a promise…
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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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Kent ‘Pink Ladies’ left red-faced at shrinking numbers
In September, local activists had only a few days to organise a counter demonstration to an event planned by racists…
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How the Steel City humiliated the UKIP clown show
In the hours before the UKIP rally in Sheffield, a young man of far-right persuasions named Thomas Moffitt, known online…
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The Canadian far-right agitator targeting Ireland
That extremists on the other side of the Atlantic have always had an eye on Ireland is nothing remotely new…
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Obituary: Sir Geoffrey Bindman (1933-2025), an extraordinary lawyer and a friend of Searchlight
Everyone at Searchlight was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sir Geoffrey Bindman, who passed away on 4…
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Twice as many far-right referrals to Prevent as Islamist cases
Searchlight has argued before that the threat from far-right extremism in the UK now outstrips that coming from radical Islamists.…
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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…
Today's top ten most read articles
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Obituary: Sir Geoffrey Bindman (1933-2025), an extraordinary lawyer and a friend of Searchlight
Everyone at Searchlight was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sir Geoffrey Bindman, who passed away on 4…
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Twice as many far-right referrals to Prevent as Islamist cases
Searchlight has argued before that the threat from far-right extremism in the UK now outstrips that coming from radical Islamists.…
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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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‘They’re eating the dogs!’ – Tenconi migrant rant sparks ridicule
UKIP leader Nick Tenconi has plumbed the depths of idiocy, even by his own cretinous standards, posting online a video…
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Murderous arson attack on Irish refugee centre
A potentially deadly blaze at at an Irish refugee centre on Friday evening was deliberately started by masked men who…
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College dumps Vice-Chair who marched with fascists
The Vice Chair of Exeter College of Further Education has been dumped from its board after being seen marching with…
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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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Mike Cohen: The anti-fascist whose camera was his gun
Mike Cohen was one of Britain’s great Jewish anti-fascists, whose significant contribution to the movement came through his camera lens.…