The radicalisation of the man known as “Steve James” – one of the men centrally involved in harassing and distressing Green MP Hannah Spencer in Manchester the weekend before last – is a fascinating study in the political evolution of a far-right activist. James’s real name is Stephen James Jeffries and his early political engagements […]
National Rebirth Party exits stage right as theatre throws them out
The National Rebirth Party had been promising their first national meeting of 2026 for weeks. Venue: somewhere in the West Midlands. Date: yesterday. Further details: none. Apparently the element of surprise was central to the strategy. It was not, as it turned out, quite central enough. By the time NRP members had finished hanging their […]
The promise that never was: Nigel Farage and the art of barefaced denial
It’s a script Nigel Farage knows well. Candidates or causes closely linked to him, perhaps even bearing his name and his photograph, make large, attention-grabbing promises. Votes are won on the strength of them. Then, once the votes are counted the promises are declared – with an air of wounded innocence – to have never […]
Heil and farewell – how Ryan Ferguson shut down the Bristol Patriots
Just days after their humiliating “March for Unity”, in which a paltry 40 far-right activists required the protection of more than 200 police officers, mounted units and repeated baton charges simply to shuffle through a shopping precinct, the Bristol Patriots have announced they are shutting down their Facebook page and suspending operations. And the man […]
Grifters and gobshites – far right’s chaotic failure in Ramsgate
Last Saturday (7 March) the amorphous far-right ecosystem in the south of England pulled off the feat of staging a demonstration in Ramsgate that was so little advertised, so poorly attended and so badly organised that it failed even to qualify as a non-event. Since late January 2026, the usual reception point for migrants crossing the […]
Far-right chaos merchant may cost Reform in Margate
A former British National Party organiser in Kent may be about to throw a spanner in the works of Reform UK’s hopes of recovering a crucial county council seat in a by-election When we last reported on the tangled tale of Graeme Sergeant, the former BNP organiser behind the “Restore UK Kent)” Facebook group, he […]