My father was a World War II veteran. Decorated. Medalled. He fought across continents against a monstrous ideology that threatened to engulf the world in darkness. For him, and for his generation, Remembrance Day was a sacred contract: a promise to honour the fallen by ensuring such a war would never happen again. He would […]
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Respectability, ideology and networks – why Farage’s new adviser matters
Dr James Orr, a theologian and philosopher of religion at the University of Cambridge was last month appointed senior adviser to Nigel Farage and the Reform Party. Why does this matter? James Orr first came to prominence as a cultural conservative defending traditionalist values in debates over identity, nationalism, and religion, and later became one […]
Kent ‘Pink Ladies’ left red-faced at shrinking numbers
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, […]
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 […]