On the 25 April, the quiet, picturesque town of Predappio in Emilia Romagna, the birthplace and burial place of Benito Mussolini, will become a gathering point for Europe’s radical far-right. Among the better-known attendees will be Nick Griffin, the former leader of Britain’s now-defunct British National Party (BNP). The meeting is rather optimistically titled ‘The […]
Saint George was a middle eastern rebel who belongs to everyone – except the far right
Every April, on this day, England celebrates its patron saint: a dragon-slaying hero on a white horse, his red cross flying from flagpoles across the nation. For many, Saint George is the ultimate symbol of Englishness. There’s just one problem: almost everything about him is foreign. Far from being an English knight, George was a […]
The fraudster who is Farage’s right-hand man
George Cottrell is unusual, to say the least, in British political life: a man with a serious American felony conviction who has nevertheless embedded himself as a trusted figure within Nigel Farage’s inner circle, helping fund his foreign travel and advising Reform UK with apparent impunity. Born into considerable privilege, Cottrell’s background reads like a […]
Paul Golding blames police conspiracy for Manchester humiliation
After Saturday’s Britain First march through Manchester, the one that, as Searchlight reported yesterday, was repeatedly stalled, split, and ultimately overshadowed by a far more organised anti‑fascist mobilisation, Paul Golding has finally emerged from his hotel room to deliver his verdict. And, in a twist that shocked absolutely nobody, he has concluded that the real […]
Anti-fascists frustrate Britain First in Manchester
A day of resistance, a day of solidarity, a difficult day for the rump of Britain First losers who attempted to march through Manchester City centre and were several times disrupted by anti-fascists. At least 2000 anti-fascists came to town, determined this time to actually disrupt Britain First. Paul Golding will claim an attendance in […]
Tommy Robinson’s London ‘white’ lie
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon -the activist who performs as “Tommy Robinson” – is lying again. In a recent post, he presented grainy footage of a 1970s Tube station as supposed proof of a monochrome past. “London was always white,” his narrative implies. But history, the deep and documented truth of our capital city, says something profoundly different. […]