What made UKIP leader Nick Tenconi think that somehow the Metropolitan Police would change their mind about UKIP being allowed to march provocatively through Whitechapel last weekend? After UKIP was banned and forced to move to a central London location in October everyone (including Tenconi, surely) assumed the march called for 31st January would face a […]
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Reform backs extremists causing chaos at Swale council meetings
When far-right activists once again halted a Swale council meeting last week, the most striking development did not come from the public gallery but from Reform councillors who later appeared determined to excuse, and even endorse, the disruption. And Reform’s rhetoric is earning them the backing of the extremists who have now twice caused meetings […]
Plug pulled on Holocaust denial ‘summit’
On Tuesday this week a group of nazis and conspiracy theorists tried to insult the memory of Adolf Hitler’s victims by staging a Holocaust denial conference coinciding with Holocaust Memorial Day. They failed, because for once an internet service provider refused to do business with nazis and cancelled their account. Thankfully not every online business […]
Kent ‘flagger’ convicted of violent disorder
A prominent Kent ‘flagger’, anti-migrant activist and boxer has been convicted of violent disorder but spared a prison sentence despite multiple previous convictions for violence. Fred Ketteringham, resident in Herne Bay, was convicted at Canterbury Crown Court following a vicious New Year’s Eve brawl at the Herne Bay Angling Club in 2022. Permanent damage During […]
Minneapolis stands firm against Trump’s brownshirts
Minnesota is an upper Midwestern state with a history of welcoming immigrants and refugees. In the 1890s, 40% of the state’s population was foreign-born. Today, it’s just over 6%, well below the national average. It has, however, become the epicenter of the Trump Administration’s war for racial purity. In recent weeks, as thousands on the […]
Swale council meeting again stopped by far-right disruption
Swale Borough Council was targeted for organised far-right disruption again last night as a Reform UK-backed motion on a supposed “border emergency” triggered chaos at a full council meeting. The scenes were an ugly sequel to December’s notorious meeting, when anti-migrant protesters barracked councillors, hurled abuse, and caused around £10,000 worth of damage to Swale […]