A former British National Party organiser is at the centre of an increasingly chaotic far‑right muddle in Kent, lurching from one newly-launched party to another and back again, leaving a trail of confusion and recriminations in his wake. Graeme William Sergeant, a retired plumber and Millwall supporter from Herne Bay, is a onetime BNP activist […]
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Another far-right extremist jailed for terrorist offences
A 23‑year‑old from Buckinghamshire has become the latest right-wing extremist to be jailed for terrorism offences, Nicholas Gilpin, from Farnham Common, was found guilty on charges including possessing terrorist information, encouraging terrorism, and stirring up racial hatred. He was sentenced to three years and four months at Woolwich Crown Court earlier this week. How to […]
Fascists attack Manchester Stop The War meeting
After Britain First’s distastrous day out in Manchester last weekend, local fascists have tried to up the ante with a cowardly attack on a Stop the War meeting in the city centre on Thursday evening. One of the speakers was MP Zarah Sultana, herself the target for constant threats and harassment. The meeting had been […]
Son’s jet set photos expose the Tommy Robinson poverty scam
Tommy Robinson’s insistence that he is a destitute family man living hand‑to‑mouth becomes rather harder to swallow when his son pops up bragging that he is living the lifestyle of a minor oligarch. Spencer Yaxley‑Lennon’s recent Instagram posts – featuring private jets, luxury interiors, designer wardrobes and the seedier sort of “entrepreneur” branding – has […]
Gorton & Denton: tactical voting stalls Reform’s momentum
The Gorton and Denton by‑election will be remembered less for the identity of the victor than for the method of victory. What unfolded in this corner of Greater Manchester was a decisive demonstration of something many on the progressive side have long wished for: anti‑Reform tactical voting, on a scale capable of stopping the far […]
When a European democracy faced a fascist coup
Yesterday we were all reminded – as if we needed reminding in the age of Trump, Farage and Lowe – that even in Western Europe democracy can’t be taken for granted. On the same day as the death of a man who opened fire in the Spanish parliament leading an attempted military coup, documents were […]