As the dust begins to settle on the right-wing riots that plagued the country at the start of the month, so the begging bowls are being brought out for another round of shameless fascist grifting. First out of the blocks was Britain First leader Paul Golding (above left). In an absurd video posted yesterday and […]
Berlin and the red triangle
By Steve Silver The red triangle was in the news recently when the city of Berlin senate banned its use on activities related to the Middle East after the image was appropriated by Hamas supporters. There is some confusion as to the origins of the use of the red triangle in this context with some […]
100 years ago: a grim anniversary Italy’s far right leaders would prefer to forget
By Alfio Bernabei On 16 August 1924 the body of Italian Socialist MP Giacomo Matteotti was found in woods about 15 miles outside Rome. The five men who had kidnapped and killed him on 10 June, all identified within days and all members of Mussolini’s secret police, had agreed not to disclose the place where […]
Plymouth racist rioters brilliantly taken apart by judge.
Two racist rioters were brilliantly taken apart by their sentencing judge in Plymouth. John Cann (left) and Ryan Bailey (right) both pleaded guilty to violent disorder and appeared at Plymouth Crown Court for sentencing. Judge Robert Linford rounded on Cann telling him that according to his police interview he discussed with them “about the better […]
The curse of Searchlight, pt 2024 – more UKIP resignations
It seems our UKIP-related posts of the last couple of days have prompted yet further desertions from the upper echelons of the party. Dr Chris Ho (pictured left) a Glasgow-based doctor who had been the party’s Health and Social Care Spokesman, was so dismayed at our story that leader Nick Tenconi had a conviction for […]
UKIP opens door to Yaxley-Lennon and anti-Islam, Christian crusade
Back in 2018, UKIP began tearing itself apart when party leader Gerard Batten appointed Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, as the party’s ‘grooming’ adviser. Batten, who had only recently become leader, was passionately anti-Islam and wanted to move the party firmly in that direction. But an association with the likes of Yaxley-Lennon was too much […]
Are Robinson and Farage ‘Russian assets’?
Remember we mentioned a couple of days ago that there was wild talk from the fringe about Tommy Robinson possibly being a Kremlin asset. You thought we were making it up, didn’t you? Well, it just became a bit less wild or fringe – and it’s got Yaxley-Lennon twitching again. Former MI6 agent Christopher Steele […]
The Fugitive’s sweat-free adventures in the great Mediterranean outdoors
’Tommy Robinson’ seems to have calmed down just a little. In his latest video missive, he has at least for a moment lost that eyes-popping-out look that is so reminiscent of Arnold Schwarzenneger in the Martian near-vacuum in Total Recall. It’s all the clean living, apparently. There was a time, he tells us, that he […]
Is it time Katie Hopkins was arrested?
It is reported that a Chester woman has been arrested for an online post containing inaccurate information about the identity of the suspect accused of killing three young girls in Southport. She is alleged to have posted it on the day of the killings. So, let us not forget that one of the very first […]
Putin on the Ritz…
Internet-monitoring police and intelligence agencies have, according to some journalistic sources, uncovered evidence that Russian trolls and bots have infiltrated the British far right on social media in order to foment rioting and anti-Muslim / anti-immigrant sentiment more generally. Reports Bloomberg: ”Along with homegrown posts, UK authorities now suspect foreign state-backed actors are using bots […]
That sinking feeling…
This is where it sinks in. Your brief sits you down and says the prosecution have got loads of cctv and bodycam footage showing you bang at it. The sentencing starting point for violent disorder is 3 years. It goes up for aggravating features – like wearing a mask, or carrying a weapon. But you […]
A historic day for the anti-fascist movement
Searchlight send its heartfelt greetings to all those who worked so hard to pull off Wednesday’s remarkable mobilisations around the country and to those who turned out in response. Sadly, the movement was caught unawares by the events which unfolded so rapidly after the Southport killings, but in the days since anti-racists have rallied and […]
‘Tommy Robinson’ threatens journalists’ families.
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, has openly threatened the families of journalists who tracked him down and exposed the fact he was having a luxury holiday in Cyprus while on the run from the UK courts. In a video posted from Athens on Wenesday, he says that he has the addresses of three Daily Mail […]
‘Tommy Robinson’ is losing it…
“Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it in for me…” Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, is losing it. He’s just posted a wild “plea to the British public” from his 5-star Cyprus hotel. It’s a rant. “You can see they’re coming for me. “I know they’re coming for me. “They want to lock me up…” Eyes […]
‘We held the Square’
A Searchlight reader reports on yesterday’s events in Plymouth At least two hundred fascists faced us last night, and I would estimate three hundred antifascist protestors were present, including a core group prepared to meet the fascists head on, if needed. The Stand Up To Racism counter-demo began at 6pm in Guildhall Square, and there […]
Riot instigator-in-chief runs for cover…
As racist riots disfigure town and cities across the UK, the man who first went online broadcasting to thousands and calling for riots, is desperately backtracking as he tries to avoid prosecution and jail. It was Tommy Robinson’s right hand man and former bodyguard Danny Tommo (real name Daniel Thomas) who, last Monday just after […]
After the Southport killings – who is responsible for the racist riots?
Who is behind the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and, when all said and done, just plain racist riots that have spreading across the UK over the last couple of days? Fascist groups including Patriotic Alternative and Britain First, who have done their damnedest to incite such angry racism for years, are secretly whooping with delight at what […]
Tommy Robinson’s right hand man incites riots then bottles it
One noticeable thing about the Southport riot was the glaring absence of the inciter-in-chief, Tommy Robinson’s right-hand man, Danny Tommo. Real name Daniel Thomas, it was Tommo who went online on Monday night calling for riots, and angrily declaring that “every city has to go up”. “I’m ready. I’m ready to go” he screamed. Except […]
The great ‘Tommy Robinson’ passport mystery
Far-right provocateur’s cross-Channel flit to escape the High Court’s scrutiny revives questions about what identities he is travelling under – and why Canadian border authorities thought he was born in Ireland The absurd but apparently true story of how the far-right activist best known by his alias ‘Tommy Robinson’ (one of many) has fled Britain […]
Tommy Robinson’s right hand man called for riots over Southport stabbings
Tommy Robinson’s right hand man, Danny Tommo, real name Daniel Thomas, posted a hate-filled video on You Tube on Monday night, calling for riots in British cities if the 17-year-old assailant in the Southport stabbings turns out to be a migrant. In a video entitled ‘Get ready. We’re making plans’, Tommo was filmed in a […]