One of the very few seriously active British members of the Ku Klux Klan died on 10 January aged 88. Ian Christie was originally from Dundee, but migrated south to Leeds after serving a short prison sentence and recovering from alcoholism. Christie’s drink problems were probably related to his political odyssey from the Communist Party […]
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Danny Tommo quits anti-migrant campaign- but did he jump or was he pushed?
Just hours after the French government announced that ten unnamed British far-right extremists had been banned from France, Tommy Robinson’s best mate Danny Tommo, by a distance the number one favourite for inclusion on the list, has announced that he is quitting the anti-migrant scene. Raise The Colours has just posted an announcement saying: “Danny […]
Far-right anti-migrant boat slashers banned from France
French authorities have issued territorial bans on ten British far-right activists, barring them from entering or remaining in France after months of anti-migrant actions along the Channel coast. The French Interior Ministry said the individuals, tied to the far-right ‘Raise the Colours’, had been involved in activities on French soil that risked serious disturbance to […]
Searchlight, Gerry Gable and ‘Maggie’s Militant Tendency’ – setting the record straight
In 1984 BBC Panorama made a programme called Maggie’s Militant Tendency, which investigated far-right extremism in the Conservative Party. It was the subject of successful libel action by Tory MPs Neil Hamilton, Gerald Howarth and others, and led to a major crisis for the BBC. The Director General, Alasdair Milne, lost his job over it. […]
Homeland splitter joins ‘geriatric’ British Democrats
One of the central figures in the most recent split in the Homeland Party has joined the British Democrats, a party he previously described as “geriatric”. Kai Stephens, also known online as Barkley Walsh, joined the BDs just before Xmas and has since been appointed the party’s Norfolk organiser. In the last few days he […]
The far-right past of a fallen flagger
The recent death of “Operation Raise the Colours” activist and “ex-football hooligan” Paul Lumber in Bristol, falling to his death while fixing a St George’s flag to a lamp post, received nationwide coverage, some of which painted him as a patriotic family man who had undergone a profound redemption. The truth is rather different: Lumber […]