If the organisers’ estimates of half a million attending are accurate, yesterday’s Together Alliance demonstration in London against the far right in general, but Farage and Reform in particular, is a fantastic achievement. Certainly if you were there it was clear that many tens of thousands had flocked to the capital to march from Park […]
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Britain First’s ‘battle bus’ – the grift that keeps on giving
The Britain First ‘battle bus’ saga has taken yet another predictable turn, with Paul Golding now launching an online appeal claiming he faces a driving ban and needs supporters’ cash to “help”. It is, in effect, the latest attempt to spin a self‑inflicted farce into a persecution narrative, and raise a few quid in the […]
“Homosexuals are not cowards” – The man who bombed the nazi files
On this day in 1943, a small group of Dutch resistance fighters carried out one of the most audacious acts of sabotage of the Nazi occupation, an operation that saved countless Jewish lives and struck a blow against the machinery of fascist persecution. Led by sculptor Gerrit van der Veen and painter and writer Willem […]
Danish Election – DPP comeback as far right vote is reshuffled
Denmark’s snap general election earlier this week produced a clutch of headlines about far-right gains, but they were not as dramatic as they are being portrayed. The biggest winner on the far right was the Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti, DF), which nearly trebled its vote share to 9.1 per cent, winning 16 seats. This […]
Man who was ‘front and centre’ of far-right Hull riots jailed for six years
One of the leaders of the racist mob violence that engulfed Hull city centre during the riots of August 2024 was jailed for six years at Hull Crown Court earlier this week. Billy Bragger was, in the words of Judge John Thackray KC, “front and centre of 12 hours of racist, hate‑fuelled mob violence” that […]
Australian nazi leader faces trial over attack on sacred Aboriginal site
Thomas Sewell, the leader of the now-disbanded National Socialist Network (NSN), has been committed to stand trial over a violent attack on a major First Nations sacred site in Melbourne last August. Sewell appeared via video link at Melbourne Magistrates Court today where he pleaded not guilty to five charges including violent disorder, affray and […]