A judge has sent a Covid ‘sceptic’ to prison in the second pandemic ‘encouragement of terrorism’ case heard at the Old Bailey in just over a year. Each man called for violence – potentially involving explosions – multiple times on Instagram channels followed by thousands of conspiracy theorists, many of whom believed that Covid 19 […]
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Football club condemns nazi salutes and SS banner
Masked football ‘ultras’ in Kirkcaldy sparked outrage after posing with nazi salutes and an SS flag. Around 40 masked men, styling themselves as “Raith Rovers Ultras,” were photographed outside Kirkcaldy Townhouse on Saturday, giving Nazi salutes and brandishing a flag emblazoned with the SS insignia. No connection The image, widely circulated on social media, was […]
Reform welcomes endorsement from thousand-men-a-day sex worker
The Guardian’s John Crace described it as a “black swan event”. Keir Starmer launched a joke at Prime Minister’s Questions and, improbable though this sounds, it actually landed. MPs from every party except Reform UK were, if not quite rolling in the aisles, audibly gleeful. The cause of the chortles (and even a few guffaws) […]
The far-right candidate for London mayor – based in Dubai
Ant Middleton has spent recent months presenting himself as the man to “fix London” as he pitches voters to elect him as its next mayor. Which is odd, because the former soldier and television personality does not live in the capital – or anywhere in the United Kingdom, come to that. In fact, Middleton is […]
Chile’s far-right president: heir to the dictator
In a stunning political shift, far-right candidate José Antonio Kast has been elected as Chile’s next president with 58% of the vote in a decisive runoff against left-wing candidate Jeannette Jara. This election is not just as a change in leadership, but a pivotal choice between two distinct visions for Chile’s future. Kast’s personal and […]
Mother and daughter face jail for torrent of online neo-nazi hate
A Scottish mother and daughter are facing prison after waging a campaign of neo-nazi propaganda, racist abuse and conspiracy theories online. Shirley Craughwell, 51, and her daughter Hannah – who adopted the chilling online persona “Hannah Hitler” – posted hundreds of extremist comments, images and videos across social media platforms, prompting a police investigation and […]