In September, local activists had only a few days to organise a counter demonstration to an event planned by racists and fascists trying to sow division in Dartford. On that occasion 200 far right congregated in Dartford Town Centre and the counter demonstration mustered 30. Two months later on a sunny November day last weekend, […]
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How the Steel City humiliated the UKIP clown show
In the hours before the UKIP rally in Sheffield, a young man of far-right persuasions named Thomas Moffitt, known online as “Young Bob,” voiced his anxieties to a smartphone camera. Arrested recently in Birmingham and now a fixture of this fringe fascist outfit, Moffitt complained to his followers of being “kettled by antifa.” No public […]
The Canadian far-right agitator targeting Ireland
That extremists on the other side of the Atlantic have always had an eye on Ireland is nothing remotely new to those who have been paying attention. The anti-abortion lobby in Ireland has found great support from various groups in the US over the years for example. But with the proliferation of the Internet and […]
Britain First declares ‘massive victory’ after buying back their ‘battle bus’ at auction
Britain First have got their ‘battle bus’ back and are hailing it a “massive, massive victory” over Manchester police. It really isn’t: in fact, they had to fork out thousands at a police auction to retrieve it from the consequences of their own stupidity. Playground insults The saga began when party leader Paul Golding decided […]
Obituary: Sir Geoffrey Bindman (1933-2025), an extraordinary lawyer and a friend of Searchlight
Everyone at Searchlight was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sir Geoffrey Bindman, who passed away on 4 November. Geoffrey was a towering figure in British legal and human rights circles. Over a career spanning more than six decades, he championed civil liberties, racial equality, and justice for the marginalised, leaving an indelible […]
Twice as many far-right referrals to Prevent as Islamist cases
Searchlight has argued before that the threat from far-right extremism in the UK now outstrips that coming from radical Islamists. Latest Home Office figures from the Prevent programme support that view. They reveal that the number of individuals referred to the programme for concerns over far-right extremism is more than double those flagged for Islamist […]