Author Archives: Searchlight Team

Steve Bannon loses years-long battle to set up right-wing political academy in Italy

Dignitatis Humanae Institute, which the former Trump adviser backs, wanted to start the school in an 800-year-old monastery

Read full article on The Guardian website here

Far-Right Extremists Gather in Florida for CPAC Spinoff Alongside Sitting Congressman

Less than two months after calling for insurrectionists to “break down the barriers and disregard the police” outside the U.S. Capitol building, white nationalists and other far-right extremists gathered in Florida for a conference featuring current and former U.S. congressmen.

Read full article on Southern Poverty Law Centre website here

POLICING BILL THREATENS PROTEST RIGHTS

Liberty has warned that the Government’s new criminal justice legislation risks stifling dissent, criminalising Gypsy and Traveller communities, and subjecting marginalised communities to profiling and even more disproportionate policing.

The Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, announced today (9 March), introduces a raft of eye-catching changes to the criminal justice system. These changes include dangerous measures including restrictions on protest, new stop and search powers, a “Prevent-style” duty on knife crime, and a move to criminalise trespass.

Read full article on Liberty website here

Nigel Farage vows to quit politics for good – but he will stay in the public eye to fight ‘woke agenda’

Outrage as racist graffiti is daubed on Huntingdon restaurant

Racist graffiti has been daubed on the windows of a Chinese restaurant in Huntingdon. Guy Makey, who owns a shop nearby said: “I’m absolutely disgusted to discover that some loser has scrawled fascist symbols on this restaurant.”