Dozens gathered yesterday to bid farewell to Gerry Gable, Searchlight’s founder, whose funeral was held in London. People came from across the country and the anti-fascist world to pay their respects at a service which reflected Gerry in its wonderfully broad, ecumenical, united character. Dylan fan The service opened with the sound of Bob Dylan […]
Trade union tribute to Gerry Gable
The RMT trade union has just published this tribute to Searchlight’s founder, publisher and editor emeritus, Gerry Gable.
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 was the subject of successful libel action by Tory MPs Neil Hamilton, Gerald Howarth and others, and led to a major crisis for the BBC. The Director General, Alasdair Milne, lost his job over it. […]
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 age of 88. He had been in frail health for some time, but a recent hospital admission proved too much and he died peacefully last night. Gerry was one of the most important figures in […]
Mr Christopher Chandler
In an article published on 19 November, entitled ‘Matthew Goodwin and Reform UK’s push into British campuses’, we referred to connections between Matthew Goodwin and the Legatum Institute. The Institute is funded by the Legatum Foundation, itself controlled by Christopher Chandler and his partners at the Legatum Group. In the article we referred to allegations […]
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 “hateful conduct”. The issue, apparently, is the banner and logo at the top of the page, a famous woodcut by anti-racist artist Ken Sprague, depicting the murder of Kelso Cochrane in Notting Hill in 1959. […]