Sadly, we have to report that the Woodlander Initiative, the neo-Nazi land buying scheme which looked like it might be shut down, seems to have earned a reprieve. We reported two days ago that the scheme to purchase land around the UK to establish ‘white enclaves’ was being threatened with closure by the Registrar of […]
Homeland Party blow as star speaker is banned
It’s going to be a long Good Friday for Kenny Smith, leader of what he calls the “sensible nationalist” Homeland Party, after he suffered two serious setbacks in the past 24 hours. First, the star speaker at Homeland’s remigration conference, one of Europe’s most infamous Islamophobes, was barred from the country on the Home Secretary’s […]
When We Started Working Together
Yesterday, Searchlight heard the dreadful news that Lenny Zeskind had died. Lenny was one of our closest and dearest friends, comrades and collaborators. He was a giant of the anti-fascist and anti-racist movement in the United States over many decades, and his loss is inestimable. For many years Lenny was Searchlight’s US correspondent. He also […]
Neo-nazi ‘white homelands’ money and land may be confiscated
A neo-nazi scheme which raised thousands of pounds to buy land all over the UK to establish white enclaves seems to have hit serious problems. The Woodlander Initiative (TWI), run by Simon Birkett (aka Woodlander), has so far raised over £150,000 from extremists in the UK, some of which has already been used to buy […]
The cheek of Old Nick…
“Every metric at UKIP is being smashed. New members are joining in healthy amounts, our candidates list is steadily growing, investment is being sought at every opportunity, and our support base is not only growing but pro-actively asking how they can help develop and campaign for the party’s purple wave now sweeping the United Kingdom”. […]
UKIP Chairman in denial about his criminal convictions
UKIP Chairman Ben ‘Rogue Builder’ Walker appears to be in a strange and inexplicable state of denial about his criminal convictions. A UKIP admirer (and boy does she admire him!) who appears on X (Twitter) as @Tammy8762535565, posted recently her passionate belief that Ben is some kind on patriotic superhero: There was a lot of […]
Is ‘Tommy Robinson’ having second thoughts about UKIP link-up?
One man who will be hoping desperately that Tommy Robinson wins his appeal against sentence and gets out of jail soon, is UKIP’s so-called ‘leader’ Nick Tenconi. We say ‘so-called’ because at the moment he is performing not so much as a leader as a complete clown. This matters because, before he was banged up, […]
Spanish darling of UK nazis locked up for race hate
A Spanish neo-nazi who caused a public row three years ago when she was allowed into the UK to address a nazi rally, has been jailed by a court in Spain. Isabel Peralta, leader of the Sección de Asalto (Assault Section) group, was charged following an unauthorised anti-immigration demonstration outside the Moroccan Embassy in 2021. […]
The strange tale of the fascist terrorist, a banned British charity and a hoard of gold bullion
Earlier this week, the media reported that the Charity Commission had shut down an ostensibly Roman Catholic-supporting charity, sacked its trustees and confiscated £30,000 in gold bullion. The charity was accused of cheating HMRC out of tens of thousands of pounds and being linked to far-right politics. That much was widely reported. But not much […]
Britain First leader Paul Golding in ‘You’re nazis’ attack on Homeland Party
Hostilities between groups on Britain’s extreme right have taken a bizarre turn with Paul Golding, leader of Britain First, launching into a furious attack on Homeland Party boss Kenny Smith, accusing him of being a nazi with a swastika tattoo on his chest and challenging him to show his chest and prove it’s not true. […]
Far-right crook Marine Le Pen banned from running for French presidency in 2027
The leader of the French far-right party National Rally (RN), Marine Le Pen, has been sentenced to four years in prison (two of them suspended, two under house arrest) and a €100,000 fine, and barred from standing for political office for five years after having been found guilty of being part of a conspiracy to […]
Fascist candidate announced for Doncaster mayor
The fascist British Democrats have announced they will be contesting Doncaster’s mayoral election in May. Their candidate will be Frank Calladine, who was their Doncaster North candidate in the last general election, and works in the gun trade. The British Democrats, of course, boast a President, Andrew Brons, who belonged to the National Socialist Movement […]
Birmingham rally makes clear the challenge of Nigel Farage and Reform
Nigel Farage arrived on the stage of the Reform UK rally in the Arena Birmingham on a JCB accompanied by a live band, dry ice and to a rapturous standing ovation. A jubilant Farage claimed that 10,000 people were in attendance (Friday 28 March 2025). Sitting in the auditorium that night his claim was not […]
UKIP leader in panic mode as branches collapse and demos flop
UKIP Leader Nick Tenconi is becoming increasingly deranged. The man with the megaphone, making a nuisance of himself in town centres around Britain every weekend, is clearly rattled. Under his new, dynamic leadership, UKIP is falling flat on its face and needs picking up before his political suitor ‘Tommy Robinson’ gets out of jail and […]
George Galloway fields friend of Holocaust deniers in Runcorn by-election
We still don’t know how many (if any) far right candidates will compete with Reform UK at the Runcorn & Helsby by-election, expected to be held within the next few months. Even if Nigel Farage’s rival Rupert Lowe, who presently sits as an independent, decides to form a new and more virulently anti-immigration party, it […]
Right-wing anger as ‘Tommy Robinson’ short changes family of riot ‘martyr’
Or, how a ‘Tommy Robinson’ whip-round divvy-up has fired up a right wing Lynch mob. Can you remember when, before his latest stint in the slammer, ‘Tommy Robinson’ could be seen posing in an ‘I am Peter Lynch’ T-shirt? We all took it at the time as being an example of statements of identification with […]
Patriotic Alternative register political party – under another name
Patriotic Alternative, one of Britain’s most overt nazi organisations, has secretly registered as a political party with the Electoral Commission under another name. EC records show that in November, the Identity Party, with an address in Poole, Dorset, was registered with the Commission. However, the Leader of the party, and its Nominating Officer, is recorded […]
UKIP leader Tenconi to Rupert Lowe MP: Come into my hate-filled parlour
Sitting in a pub with a beer in front of him, UKIP Leader Nick ‘The Kick’ Tenconi makes an offer to Reform UK’s dissident and suspended MP, Rupert Lowe. ‘When you’re ready to get serious and jump on the team for the big win, my line and my door is open, for talks. Call me.’ […]
Searchlight Magazine’s final issue – more of an ‘au revoir’ than a ‘goodbye’
Searchlight the printed magazine is bowing out after half a century in continuous publication. It was launched with a February 1975 cover date, and the 50th anniversary issue is out now. The new magazine was in part the reincarnation of a (very) occasional newspaper of the same name, launched by some of the people who […]
The end of an era for the anti-fascist movement – Searchlight founder Gerry Gable retires
With the publication of the final print edition of Searchlight, the magazine’s founder and often-times editor, Gerry Gable, has announced that he is stepping back from running the magazine. The final issue, a huge 72-page look back over the magazine’s history and achievements, comes shortly after Gerry’s 88th birthday, and in it he writes that: […]