A North Northamptonshire local councillor has quit Restore Britain just two days day after defecting to it from Reform, describing Rupert Lowe’s new party “far more sinister than I first thought”. Cllr Darren Rance, who represents Brickhill and Queensway, announced on Wednesday that he and fellow councillor Jack Goncalvez were leaving Reform to join Restore […]
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Eulogy to Gerry Gable
Delivered by Andy Bell at Gerry’s funeral, 19 February 2026 Today, we gather to celebrate the life of an extraordinary man whose courage, tenacity and unwavering commitment to justice shaped the fight against fascism, racism and hatred in Britain and far beyond. I first met Gerry Gable in 1980, shortly after moving to London. I […]
Saying farewell to the anti-fascist legend Gerry Gable
Dozens gathered yesterday to bid farewell to Gerry Gable, Searchlight’s founder, whose funeral was held in London. People came from across the country and the anti-fascist world to pay their respects at a service which reflected Gerry in its wonderfully broad, ecumenical, united character. Dylan fan The service opened with the sound of Bob Dylan […]
How Britain’s undercover police targeted the anti‑fascist movement
As the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) moves through its later phases, a picture is emerging of the scale and intent of police infiltration of anti‑fascist organisations from the late 1980s through the 2000s. The recent testimony of three veteran activists – Dan Gillman, Frank Smith and Joe Batty – has added shocking detail to what […]
From Searchlight 40 years ago – Bologna accused linked to London terror cell
In February 1986, five years after the event, Italian investigating magistrates believed their enquiries had revealed who had been behind the bomb attack on Bologna railway station in August 1980, when 85 people died and over 200 were injured. They presented a picture of a galaxy of actors, from the wealthy powerful men who planned […]
Will Rupert Lowe ‘Unite the Right’?
The British far right has spent the past decade talking about “Uniting the Right” while doing almost everything possible to avoid it. From the wreckage of the BNP through the serial reinventions of UKIP and the endless splintering of various fascist micro‑parties, the movement has been defined less by ideological coherence than by personal fiefdoms, […]