Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) may not have joined UKIP himself but his right hand-man, and the main organiser of tomorrow’s ‘Uniting The Kingdom’ rally in London, has just been appointed to the UKIP National Executive Committee. The tie-up bteween UKIP and his ‘cultural movement’ which Yaxley-Lennon suggested last week might happen, seems to be […]
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Another criminal recruited to UKIP leadership
Never let it be said that UKIP doesn’t offer unique opportunities for speedy advancement. After the election in May of Leader Lois Perry, who had only recently joined the party, and her replacement by Nick Tenconi, a similarly novice recruit, recently announced appointments to the National Executive Committee also boast a sprinkling of brand spanking […]
So why wasn’t Yaxley-Lennon arrested when he returned to UK?
Lots of speculation on Monday about the non-arrest of Tommy Robinson aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon at Luton Airport when he arrived back in the UK on Sunday night. One press report suggested that the delayed arrest warrant issued against him in August had been triggered. If so, it’s inexplicable that he would not have been detained. […]
Veteran hardline German nazi allowed into the UK for fascist rally
Hiding at a village hall in Staffordshire, Mark Collett’s Patriotic Alternative today confirmed that they intend to abandon any attempt at “mainstreaming” racism. Collett has given up electoral politics and intends instead to follow the extra-parliamentary road previously travelled by Colin Jordan’s British Movement, even though similar strategies have already led to the jailing of […]
Open war breaks out in battle for leadership of British fascism
It’s now a brutal bare-knuckle fight for leadership of British fascism. During the past 48 hours open hostilities have broken out between leading figures from the Homeland Party and Patriotic Alternative, with Homeland’s leader Kenny Smith describing his ex-comrades in PA as “a corrupt and disingenuous fringe cult”. In one corner is Smith (above, left), […]
Violent Australian nazi allowed into UK to speak at rally
A year ago, then Home Secretary Suella Braverman came in for heavy criticism when notorious Spanish neo-nazi Isabel Peralta was allowed in to the UK to address a nazi rally. Now, Labour Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has equally serious questions to answer, as a violent Australian nazi with multiple criminal convictions is allowed into the […]
Sacked Farage spin doctor weaves tangled tale of anti-fascists vetting UKIP members
There’s been a whole lot of outrage on far-right online feeds about a claim made recently by former Reform UK (and Farage) PR man Gawain Towler. He claimed that back in 2010, UKIP, then led by Nigel Farage, asked Hope Not Hate to vet prospective members and candidates who might have extreme far right backgrounds. […]
Yaxley-Lennon floats tie up with UKIP
The clearest sign yet that Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, and UKIP are planning to link up was given in an online interview with Yaxley-Lennon posted yesterday. Speaking on Tousi TV, the online channel of right-wing commentator Mahyar Tousi, he was asked what he thought of UKIP and its leader Nick Tenconi. He said: “UKIP […]
Traditional Britain Group’s low rent conference in posh hotel
The Traditional Britain Group conference held yesterday in a posh London hotel has turned out to be a rather low rent affair. Not in terms of the venue – hiring the St Ermin’s Hotel in Victoria will have set them back a few bob to say the least. No, it’s the speakers we’re referring to. […]
UKIP conference fiasco sparks another high level resignation
By Tony Peters Hard on the heels of its catastrophic annual conference last weekend, UKIP has suffered another high-level resignation. And, as Searchlight predicted back in July, it’s Paul Campbell (above), the party’s Wales Regional Officer who is the latest to decide enough is enough. Campbell’s resignation – both as Regional Officer and as a […]
Traditional Britain Group to welcome speaker who tried to hire hitman
The Traditional Britain Group holds its annual get together next weekend, and its panel of speakers includes one or two interesting characters, given how TBG likes to present itself as an upmarket far-right offering which has had government ministers address it in the past. Most notable this year is Rhodri Philipps (above), aka 4th Viscount […]
‘Lock up the Chairman’ call at UKIP conference
Where to start reporting the farcical UKIP/English Democrats joint conference which took place in Nottingham on Friday night and through yesterday? Well, at the beginning we suppose. Events kicked off, so to speak, with UKIP’s unelected leader Nick ‘Threesome’ Tenconi (above) steaming across the hotel car park towards an anti-racist demonstration gathered there, barking into […]
Homeland Party conference report: oddballs, conspiracy theorists, Tory boys, nazis, racists, libertarians, pro-Russians, pro-Ukrainians, Brexiteers, one man and his dog….
Last weekend in the unlikely setting of a Derbyshire parish hall, the Homeland Party made its big pitch to be the future of the British far right. This is a party that by its own records had only 251 members before this conference, but it’s already overtaking its rivals Patriotic Alternative (from which Homeland split […]
Nothing funny about this Tony Hancock
A nostalgic post on Facebook yesterday, from Mark Cottrell (above, right), editor-in-chief of the self-styled nazi ‘intellectual’ rag, Heritage and Destiny: “I was in Uckfield in East Sussex yesterday” he writes, “so it would have been rude not to pop by and have a look at the old Tony Hancock Print Shop, which was used […]
UKIP Conference: is the rogue builder running out of mugs?
Meanwhile, in Nottingham… At the UKIP/English Democrats conference some UKIP members (at least) are wondering why they never received their eballots for the election of NEC members. After the attrition of the last several months, seat after seat has fallen vacant and by our calculations only 2 out of 12 may actually be currently occupied. […]
UKIP gathers in Nottingham: welcome to the ‘program’
So, UKIP and the English Democrats gathered in Nottingham today for the first day of their first joint conference. And, as well as having to face demonstrators outside the hotel where they met (above), it was not all smooth running. Apart from anything else, the ‘confidential’ Conference ‘Program’ was so confidential that half the attendees […]
Grave concerns met with roaring silence on the far right
Radical changes in the laws governing graveyards may be on the cards if recommendations published on 3 October by the Law Commission are adopted by Parliament. This may even open the door to new constructions over old cemeteries, though such speculation may be jumping the gun a little. England and Wales are fast running out […]
Austrian far right scores election success – and British fascists suck up to them
BY ROGER PEARCE The Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) has become the latest far-right success story, finishing in first place in Sunday’s election with 28.9%, though a very long way short of a parliamentary majority. Unlike most other insurgent anti-immigration parties, it’s a party with deep historical roots. Searchlight readers will remember two earlier periods of […]
Homeland Conference – a parade of racists and anti-semites, and the occasional oddball
This weekend’s Homeland Party annual conference offers pretty thin pickings when it comes to speakers. We mentioned earlier about two foreign fascists – from Germany and Poland – who will decorate their platform. But, apart from party functionaries and the odd local councillor, the only speaker of interest is Garreth Falls. Who? you might reasonably […]
AfD and allies pitch up at Homeland conference
Attendees at this weekend’s Homeland Party conference will be addressed by speakers from the German AfD and a Polish party which is closely allied to it. Homeland is meeting in Derbyshire, at the Town Hall in Wirksworth which seems to have been booked under a pretext, and domestic speakers include Pete North and Steve Laws. […]
