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Tommy Robinson on his sunbed again – in £10k a week Portuguese resort
Tommy Robinson’s supporters need to get their wallets out. There’s almost certainly another appeal for funds on its way for the lad’s ‘legal fund’. Because Tommy’s on his sunbed again, and this time he’s at a £10k a week Portuguese…
Get a copy of the last Searchlight in print
The last ever printed edition of Searchlight magazine is out now and selling fast. It is a 72-page bumper edition charting the 50-year life of Searchlight and it won't be available for long...
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Labin 1921: miners lead Europe’s first anti-fascist revolt
The Labin Uprising of 1921, often heralded as the first anti-fascist revolt and workers’ republic in Europe, is a landmark…
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Reform UK election candidate attends neo-nazi Summer camp
Searchlight can reveal that a Reform UK election candidate is actively involved with a neo-Nazi organisation. One of their most…
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White Vanguard nazi is prominent Reform activist
Meet Kai Cunningham. He’s a law student whose LinkedIn profile says he wants to develop his public speaking skills. So…
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Gloves off, balaclavas on in nazi ‘informants’ feud
Well, you can’t deny that when nazis fall out, it really can be quite entertaining. The latest online spat is…
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Outrage in Northern Ireland as loyalists plan bonfire of migrant effigies
Outrage in Northern Ireland. When the Democratic Unionist Party says something is extreme, you know it’s really extreme. Not known…
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‘Tommy Robinson’ hints at link up with Habib’s Advance UK
Well, that didn’t take long. Only a few days ago we suggested that Tommy Robinson had given up the idea…
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UK bans far-right Russian terror group
The controversy surrounding the UK government’s recent ban on Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 has tended to obscure the act that a far-right Russian organisation, the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), was banned at the same time. Once considered…
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Mark Collett – Putin’s nazi propagandist
Last weekend, Patriotic Alternative’s führer Mark Collett again took on the role of Moscow propagandist, hosting Evgeniy (Eugene), a spokesman…
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Top ‘Tommy Robinson’ organiser joins Ben Habib’s Advance UK
One of Tommy Robinson’s main organisers, Richard Inman, has publicly joined up with Ben Habib’s new Advance UK party, abandoning…
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Homeland Party – are the wheels coming off?
It’s becoming a summer of discontent for all three contenders for the führership of British nazism. Alek Yerbury is well…
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Tommy Robinson on holiday with Southport riot instigator
Ever since we reported on Tommy Robinson’s various post-prison vacations, people have been asking who he is actually enjoying his…
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Apology and correction
Last Sunday (22 June) we ran an article about right-wing photographers who were taking pictures of people attending left-wing or…
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‘Searchlight is 99% right’ nazi leader tells British fascists
In a post that will infuriate many on the far right – not least of all Searchlight’s legion of online…
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Threats and hate at Dublin anti-migrant rally
A sea of Make Ireland Great Again hats could be seen at a far-right rally in Dublin yesterday, where threats…
International news
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Labin 1921: miners lead Europe’s first anti-fascist revolt
The Labin Uprising of 1921, often heralded as the first anti-fascist revolt and workers’ republic in Europe, is a landmark…
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UK bans far-right Russian terror group
The controversy surrounding the UK government’s recent ban on Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 has tended to obscure…
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Mark Collett – Putin’s nazi propagandist
Last weekend, Patriotic Alternative’s führer Mark Collett again took on the role of Moscow propagandist, hosting Evgeniy (Eugene), a spokesman…
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Threats and hate at Dublin anti-migrant rally
A sea of Make Ireland Great Again hats could be seen at a far-right rally in Dublin yesterday, where threats…
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‘Wrecked’ Tommy Robinson sunning himself in Tenerife
“I came out of prison all guns blazing after 7 months in solitary and in all honesty it’s hit me & I feel wrecked”. So says Tommy ‘Ten Names’ Robinson, aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. Oh dear. So that recent trip to…
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Nott wanted – Tenconi’s UKIP outed and routed in Nottingham
The ghost of Robin Hood, who stole from the rich, gave to the poor and would assuredly have had little…
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A real ‘Day of the Jackal’ – how a Searchlight mole helped catch a French fascist assassin
The recent death of author Frederick Forsyth has led to much discussion of his best-known work, The Day of the…
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Correction:
Yesterday, in an article entitled ‘Reform suspends branch chairman – for reporting concerns to police’, we wrote that the election…
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Reform suspends branch chairman – for reporting concerns to police
Controversy and chaos reign within Reform UK’s Exeter branch, where the party chairman has been suspended for “bringing the party…
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Reform UK – where the money comes from
Reform UK had stunning successes in last month’s council elections, out-polling the established parties, winning 10 councils outright and being…
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Red Lion Square, June 1974 – the killing of an anti-fascist
There is much on the internet about this demonstration, and the death of Kevin Gately. I was there, and this…
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Big names of Irish far right come together in Cork anti-migrant demo
Around 1,600 anti-immigration and far-right agitators came together to hold a rally in Cork a week ago. Billed as “Ireland…
Research and analysis
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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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Local elections 2025 – Farage surges and far right turn on Homeland
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has won control of at least seven councils in this week’s local elections. A party that…
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Book Review: The Little Black Book of the Populist Right, Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar
This short, highly readable book explores the growing influence of what Bloomfield and Edgar describe as the ‘populist right’. This…
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Charlie Veitch and friends attack Palestine march
At a large Palestine march in Manchester city centre today, YouTube clickbait merchant Charlie Veitch and a handful of his hangers-on tried to attack the front of the procession despite being told by police and stewards not to. Deliberately seeking…
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UKIP Chairman crashes out to humiliating vote in council by-election
UKIP Chairman Ben Walker’s social media accounts are unusually quiet today – perhaps that’s because he has just led the…
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UKIP, the ‘rogue builder’ and a matter of trust
Tomorrow is polling day in Severn Ward of Stroud District Council where one of the candidates is UKIP Chairman Ben…
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Tommy Robinson’s latest luxury hideaway – in the Bahamas
‘Tommy Robinson’, aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is once again on holiday abroad and stretched out on his sun lounger, this time…
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Far-right ‘National Protest’ to defy demo ban on Dover beach
The far-right Great British National Protest is planning to defy a ban by the local council and hold a protest…
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UKIP chief launches goon squad fundraiser
If you thought the ‘Batshit Preacher’ Calvin Robinson took the prize for most brazen fundraising grifts, you’d be wrong. He’s…
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Mystery behatted nazi revealed
So, our friends over at HOPE not Hate have put a name to the mystery behatted lady in the Patriotic…
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Victory for far right in Poland’s Presidential elections
Right-wing historian Karol Nawrocki defied the pollsters by winning the Polish presidential election on Sunday. Nawrocki polled 50.89% of the…
Culture
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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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Berlin and the red triangle
The red triangle was in the news recently when the city of Berlin senate banned its use on activities related…
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Theatre Review: The Accidental Death of an Anarchist, by Dario Fo and Franca Rame
The Accidental Death of an Anarchist is a play that arose from events in December 1969, when Italian fascists bombed…
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Who’s the mystery lady with the nazis?
In the wake of Britain First’s embarrassing showing in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago, Patriotic Alternative posted a picture to show that they had been helping to make up the numbers for Paul Golding and his sorry BF band.…
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The Muslim heroine whose memory shames Paul Golding
I am working undercover for Searchlight magazine. Despite being a Muslim, I blend in rather well so, two weeks ago,…
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UKIP to march in Whitechapel – they will regret it
The latest list of UKIP demonstrations demanding ‘mass deportations now’ contains few surprises. Most are city centre events which will…
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The lies behind a Cornish councillor’s antisemitic tirade
Searchlight magazine and anti-fascist groups warned that last weekend’s ‘British National Strike’ would enable the most extreme forces to spread…
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‘Great British Strike’ gets piss poor support
“The Great British National Strike, taking place this weekend, is set to see more than 500,000 people across the country…
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Portuguese elections: chronicle of a vote foretold
Across Europe, election coverage increasingly follows a familiar script: journalists must already have the template and it’s simply a matter…
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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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Birmingham day out with a nazi troublemaker
Meet Ryan Ferguson. He’s the piece of work who turned up at the Britain First march in Birmingham on Saturday…
Anti-fascism
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Labin 1921: miners lead Europe’s first anti-fascist revolt
The Labin Uprising of 1921, often heralded as the first anti-fascist revolt and workers’ republic in Europe, is a landmark…
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The Muslim heroine whose memory shames Paul Golding
I am working undercover for Searchlight magazine. Despite being a Muslim, I blend in rather well so, two weeks ago,…
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Remembering Maurice Ludmer, giant of the post war anti-fascist movement
On 14 May,1981, at the age of only 54, Searchlight’s editor Maurice Ludmer died suddenly, depriving the post war anti-fascist…
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Peter Marriner: undercover hero of the anti-fascist movement
Peter Marriner, who has died at the age of 77, was an undercover informant in the extreme right for many…
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Tenconi humiliated in Bristol – again
UKIP Leader Nick Tenconi can’t have long left as a street fascist. You could see it in his eyes and his body language as he and his heavily intoxicated gang of thugs were placed in police vans and rescued from…
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Britain First breakdown in Birmingham
They were outnumbered by anti-fascists, corralled by the police and ignored by the public. Britain’s First’s latest attempt to whip…
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Sinister links of groups targeted by German authorities
Large scale police raids and prosecutions in Germany targeting the extremist ‘Reichsbürger’ movement are linked to international networks of nazis…
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Pass the collection plate for the batshit preacher
So, doubtless after an appropriate period of prayer and reflection, and with a firm purpose of amendment, the batshit preacher…
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‘Tommy Robinson’ ally Rikki Doolan quits UKIP
‘Pastor’ Rikki Doolan, UKIP’s spokesman on Culture and Arts, has announced this morning that he is quitting the party. He…
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‘Batshit preacher’ sacked by his new church – after just one day
Britain’s ‘batshit preacher’, Calvin Robinson, who fled to the US last year ‘in fear of his life’ has been sacked…
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Fascists target Reform for infiltration
In a move predicted by Searchlight last year, UK neo-nazis led by Patriotic Alternative boss Mark Collett are planning to…
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Germany bans far-right ‘Kingdom of Germany’ group
The German government has officially banned the far-right group ‘Kingdom of Germany’ (Königreich Deutschland, KRD), some of whose members were…
Holocaust
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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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Kristallnacht remembered
To mark the anniversary of the 1938 November Pogrom, otherwise known as Kristallnacht, we reprint a special article published by…
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Birmingham Council spikes Britain First rally with bollards ban
Birmingham City Council have put a spoke into the wheel of the rickettty old bike that is Paul Golding’s Britain First. They have decided that Britain First does not match up to its declared principles of equality, community cohesion and…
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Remembering Maurice Ludmer, giant of the post war anti-fascist movement
On 14 May,1981, at the age of only 54, Searchlight’s editor Maurice Ludmer died suddenly, depriving the post war anti-fascist…
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Britain First in Birmingham – the final shakedown?
Paul Golding has promised thousands of “patriots” will attend his Britain First rally in Birmingham this coming weekend. There will…
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Homeland candidate echoes nazis with ‘untermensch’ slur
We said only recently that the problem with nazis trying to be respectable is that they just can’t keep their…
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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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VE Day – celebrating victory in the people’s war against fascism
The build up to the 80th anniversary of VE Day has been blighted by US President Donald Trump’s public disregard…
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UKIP licks its wounds and ponders an uncertain future
One of the happy consequences of the recent local council elections – and there weren’t many – is that it…
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‘Treachery’ to stop terrorism say nazi ‘intellectuals’
Those self-styled ‘nazi intellectuals’ at Heritage and Destiny magazine are very unhappy that we have paid tribute to Peter Marriner,…
Today's top ten most read articles
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Farage, Reform UK, and the Shadow of the Kremlin
As Reform UK rides a surprising wave of electoral support across parts of England, the party’s populist rhetoric and its…
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Peter Marriner: undercover hero of the anti-fascist movement
Peter Marriner, who has died at the age of 77, was an undercover informant in the extreme right for many…
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A Searchlight mole and a nazi weapons hoard
When this article was first published in 2024, we were not able to identify Peter Marriner as the Searchlight informant…
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So why was Charlie Veitch trying to photograph everyone on May Day march?
Last week, YouTube ‘film maker’ and blogger Charlie Veitch was seen in Manchester joking and cosying up to some the…
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Local elections 2025 – Farage surges and far right turn on Homeland
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has won control of at least seven councils in this week’s local elections. A party that…
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Anti-fascist action in 2025
Some personal thoughts on two successful anti-fascist actions last weekend, and what they can teach us. The past weekend was…
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Remembering the Admiral Duncan attack
Today, on the anniversary of nazi David Copeland’s third and most deadly nail bomb attack on London in 1999, we…
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Behind the Leeds crossbow attack: Lone-actor extremism and online radicalization
The recent crossbow attack in Leeds has attracted national attention not only because of its shocking nature but also because…
