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Fighting against racism and fascism
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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 saving Britain: a hastily arranged invasion of northern France, organised via evening livestreams once his children are in bed. In…
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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…
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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 party he previously described as “geriatric”. Kai Stephens, also known online as Barkley Walsh, joined the BDs just before Xmas…
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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…
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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…
International news
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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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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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‘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 their local community were jailed at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday. Shirley Craughwell was sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment and…
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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…
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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,…
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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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 modernity, spent the latter half of her life not in the spotlight of film but in the trenches of France’s…
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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…
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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…
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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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 arrived here to avoid the crackdown which followed the bombing of Bologna railway station in 1980 and stayed here, making…
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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…
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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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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…
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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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 out in Dover were positively embarrassing. Only around three dozen bothered to respond to his call to ‘take back Dover’…
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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…
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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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 debated joining the District of Sanctuary scheme. Around 50 demonstrators packed into the East Street chamber in Sittingbourne for the…
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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…
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Local council chaos and scandal threaten Reform’s national ambitions
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK stormed into local government in May 2025, winning hundreds of seats across England and seizing control…
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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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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…
Today's top ten most read articles
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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…
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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…
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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…