Nick Griffin is attempting one last return to the leadership of British fascism. As Searchlight has expected, he is formalising links with the Independent Nationalist Network, a faction mainly based in the Midlands. The INN was formed as a split from Mark Collett’s Patriotic Alternative, and it includes some of the many PA members who […]
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25 years on: The hunt for the London nailbomber
On 17 April 1999, a Saturday afternoon, a nail bomb tore through a busy market area in the centre of Brixton, south London. It was to herald the start of a deadly neo-Nazi terror campaign, and a desperate hunt for those responsible in which Searchlight was to play an important part. The bomb was a […]
Far right blame game starts over ‘feeble’ election showing
British fascists are blaming each other and sinking further into mutual mudslinging after the far right’s many factions failed to nominate candidates in most areas at the local council elections on May 2nd. Influential neo-nazi umbrella group, Heritage and Destiny, lost no time in going online after nominations closed to describe the right wing showing […]
Far right candidates in forthcoming local council elections
Information from local councils is still coming in, and a complete picture may not emerge till Monday, but as things stand, these are fascist and far right candidates in the upcoming local council elections: The British Democrats are standing Jim Lewthwaite in Wyke ward, Bradford and Chris Bateman in Castledon & Crouch ward, Basildon. And, […]
Review: Nachtland @The Young Vic
Review by Andrew Weir L to R: John Heffernan, Jane Horrocks, Jenna Augen The latest example of Germany’s never-ending self-interrogation about Hitler is the darkly satirical play Nachtland – it translates as ‘night-land’ or ‘night-nation’ – by Marius von Mayenburg which closes at London’s Young Vic on 20 April. The choice of date to end […]
Traditional Britain emerges from the shadows
by Richard Pembroke The Traditional Britain Group has seen some significant changes over the last 18 months, with expanded internet activity, including a strategic refocus on social media – probably overdue considering the increasing use of the internet by other far-right and extremist groups. These moves can, perhaps, in part be attributed to some significant […]