By Huw Davies European Parliament, Brussels (Feb 2024) Photo: Matthias Berg/EPP Group In the past few years, European far-right parties have climbed the polls, shaped the policies of mainstream right-wing parties, and even occupied ministerial roles in coalition governments. The reasons for the rise of far-right and populist politics vary from country to country. In […]
UKIP gets ready for the Bill and Ben Show
By Tony Peters The resignation of UKIP leader Neil “Liar and Cheat” Hamilton, which takes effect in May, was followed in pretty short order by that of deputy chair Rebecca Jane and, between them, these two departures have set off a fascinating chain of events in what was, once, the UK’s principal far-right party. Hamilton […]
Gloves come off as UK nazis slug it out
As Patriotic Alternative limps on, its two breakaways are looking to gain electoral success in the May local elections. Paul Gale charts the latest ups and downs of the three rumps One year on from its catastrophic split, the UK’s leading far right group Patriotic Alternative (PA) is raking in the cash but struggling to […]
Searchlight investigates the right wing Tory factions fighting for control of the party’s future
By Martyn Lester At the end of 2023, when unruly factions of Conservative MPs were demanding that the UK left the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to make it easier to dump asylum-seekers in Rwanda, most normal people will have been mystified to hear the agitators described in the media as “The Five Families”. […]
British far right faces up to election catastrophe
In 2023 rival factions lined up to become the new BNP and the new UKIP, each of those parties being obviously on the way to the knackers’ yard, and only remaining registered in the hope of inheritances from some aged nazi or senile Powellite. At the 2024 local elections the competition is different. Who can […]
Laurence Fox is unwell
Poor Laurence Fox, whom some regard as the Basil Brush of right-wing British politics – fond of posing in front of TV cameras and laughing incessantly at his own 70s-style humour – has clearly been traumatised by his humiliation in the London elections, where he was massively overshadowed by, among others, the Animal Welfare Party. […]
Is Russia using the extreme right to carry out operations in Europe? By Roger Pearce
As Searchlight has previously reported, the British far-right is bitterly divided over whether to support Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. For the past two years this has caused splits among nazis and other extremist groups around the world. Recent events in the UK – including arrests for terror offences allegedly carried out on behalf of […]
Why is Ofcom letting GB News off the hook? By Dorothy Byrne
As former Head of News at Channel Four, Dorothy Byrne hasenormous experience in broadcasting – and she is worried. She thinks Ofcom’s repeated refusal to punish GB News forserious breaches of impartiality poses a threat to UK democracy The UK Government is much exercised by the need to protect us all against extremism. A new […]
Vile UKIP racism on open display
Content warning: this post concerns and shows highly offensive racist propaganda. This particularly nauseous post appeared recently on the Berkshire UKIP Facebook page run by Gary Johnson, Director of UKIP Ltd, NEC member, South East Regional Chair and apparently Chair of any number of fantasy UKIP branches in Berkshire and at least six other counties. […]
Nostalgic right wingers gather on St George’s Day
Alan Harvey While Tommy Robinson’s chums are tramping through London on St George’s Day, there will be an altogether more sedate gathering at the Civil Service Club, in Westminster. The Springbok Club, an outfit dedicated to commemorating all that was wonderful about apartheid South Africa and pre-majority rule Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), will be addressed by […]
Nick Griffin in last ditch attempt to resurrect his political career.
Nick Griffin is attempting one last return to the leadership of British fascism. As Searchlight has expected, he is formalising links with the Independent Nationalist Network, a faction mainly based in the Midlands. The INN was formed as a split from Mark Collett’s Patriotic Alternative, and it includes some of the many PA members who […]
Far right blame game starts over ‘feeble’ election showing
British fascists are blaming each other and sinking further into mutual mudslinging after the far right’s many factions failed to nominate candidates in most areas at the local council elections on May 2nd. Influential neo-nazi umbrella group, Heritage and Destiny, lost no time in going online after nominations closed to describe the right wing showing […]
Far right candidates in forthcoming local council elections
Information from local councils is still coming in, and a complete picture may not emerge till Monday, but as things stand, these are fascist and far right candidates in the upcoming local council elections: The British Democrats are standing Jim Lewthwaite in Wyke ward, Bradford and Chris Bateman in Castledon & Crouch ward, Basildon. And, […]
Review: Nachtland @The Young Vic
Review by Andrew Weir L to R: John Heffernan, Jane Horrocks, Jenna Augen The latest example of Germany’s never-ending self-interrogation about Hitler is the darkly satirical play Nachtland – it translates as ‘night-land’ or ‘night-nation’ – by Marius von Mayenburg which closes at London’s Young Vic on 20 April. The choice of date to end […]
Traditional Britain emerges from the shadows
by Richard Pembroke The Traditional Britain Group has seen some significant changes over the last 18 months, with expanded internet activity, including a strategic refocus on social media – probably overdue considering the increasing use of the internet by other far-right and extremist groups. These moves can, perhaps, in part be attributed to some significant […]
AfD support falls after plans for mass deportations spark demos across Germany
Support for Germany’s far right AfD has dipped below 20% for the first time since mid-2023, after massive demonstrations across the country against plans for mass deportations which the AfD had been secretly discussing with other extreme right wingers. The revelations came from investigative group Correctiv which revealed in November that senior AfD politicians and […]
The Authoritarian Personality 2.0 – The trials and tribulations of Alek Yerbury
Britain’s newest neo-Nazi political party has been launched and is officially registered to fight elections. It is led by a much-ridiculed Hitler-lookalike. So is it a joke or to be taken seriously? Mark Scholl investigates… Though he pretty much fits the bill for the title Modern-day Authoritarian Demagogue (and who are we to deny him […]
Justice catches up with antisemitic ex-barrister
On Thursday justice finally caught up with Ian Millard, a prolific and rancid antisemite. Millard was once a barrister but has been a persistent if fringe presence on the neo-nazi scene since the late 1970s. He once ran his own micro-party and was closely associated with Lucy Roberts (alias Ludmilla Baack), a leading officer in […]
UKIP trounced in Llanelli local elections
Good to see that, despite their efforts at whipping up hatred in Llanelli, south Wales, UKIP failed miserably in the local elections , which, unusually, were held on a Wednesday. Their candidate, an anti-net zero former barrister, Hettie Sheehan, polled a mere 27 votes (4.3%) in the county election for Elli ward, and 43 votes […]
UKIP Chairman in desperate efforts to plug leaks
UKIP’s disgraced Chairman, Ben Walker, recently fired as a JP for misleading the authorities about his criminal record, may be wishing he was a plumber rather than just a ‘rogue builder’, such are the leaks springing from his floundering boat. The party’s UK Activists Forum WhatsApp group, supposedly the ‘top secret’ preserve of trusted leading […]
