UKIP leader Nick Tenconi, never knowingly undersold in the department of grandiose promises, is planning another “mass deportations” demonstration in Dover next Saturday. The rally point? The Golden Lion pub in Priory Street, where the Ulster-born “No surrender” loyalist landlady keeps a specially warm welcome for far-right customers. Even so, one suspects the pub’s regulars […]
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Local council chaos and scandal threaten Reform’s national ambitions
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK stormed into local government in May 2025, winning hundreds of seats across England and seizing control of county councils once thought impregnable. It was hailed as a political earthquake, a populist breakthrough that would reshape local democracy. We have already taken a close look at what happened in Kent where, as […]
Christ in the crossfire: Tommy Robinson and the battle for Christmas
In the fading light of a December afternoon in 2025, central London prepares for two very different visions of Christmas. On one side, far-right activist Tommy Robinson (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) was finalising plans for a “United for Christ this Christmas” open-air carol concert – a seasonal event under his “Unite the Kingdom” (UTK merchandise made in […]
Kent’s latest ‘Fash Harry’ demo outnumbered by anti-fascist bake sale
Another embarrassing flop for Kent’s “Fash Harry” Hilden. His march on the Napier Barracks asylum centre in Folkestone on Saturday was very poorly attended, with only around thirty five present. Cake not Hate They were outnumbered three-to-one by counter-protesters from Folkestone Action Network, who staged a “Cake not Hate” event (to raise money for the Napier […]
Xmas woes as fascist YouTubers feel the pinch
Families nationwide are struggling to budget for Christmas, but spare a thought for some of Britain’s racist and fascist grifters who are feeling the pinch and whining more loudly than ever. Two of the loudest complainers are Sam Wilkes (known since 2021 as Zoomer Historian) and Colin Robertson (known since 2013 as Millennial Woes). Robertson […]
Fascist no-show at Immigration HQ
So the Horley Patriots, calling a rally in Croydon today, announced the venue as Lunar House, the old Home Office Immigration HQ in Croydon, but gave the postcode for the spanking new headquarters in Ruskin Square. Skulked away Whether they got lost on their way from the abandoned Lunar House to Ruskin Square or they […]
Anger over possible release of German nazi terrorist
This week, the German courts were again having to confront the case of the terrorist National Socialist Underground, which went on a rampage of racist murders a quarter of a century ago. At a hearing to consider the process of releasing Beate Zschäpe, a founder of the group, the daughter of one of its murdered […]
GB News pays substantial damages for ‘categorically false’ allegations
GB News has been forced to apologise and pay substantial damages to a Muslim charity, after broadcasting false terrorism allegations. The High Court settlement vindicated the charity, which said the claims endangered staff and beneficiaries and perpetuated damaging disinformation. The case arose from a February 2025 edition of ‘The Camilla Tominey Show’, in which guest […]
The bells ring out as Reform’s Xmas party is cancelled
’Tis the season to be jolly – unless you’re Reform UK’s Deputy leader Richard Tice, who recently discovered that Croydon’s Grand Sapphire Hotel has more spine than his party’s vetting committee. The venue cancelled Reform’s Christmas knees‑up after locals pointed out that “festive cheer” doesn’t usually involve Lee Anderson shouting about migrants over turkey and […]
Kent’s ‘fash Harry’ goes into overdrive as support falters
Kent-based far-right agitator Harry Hilden has embarked on a frenetic schedule of protests, self-promotion and online broadcasting in the wake of his 23 November arrest in Faversham, an incident previously reported by Searchlight. At the same time, support for anti-migrant actions in the area is faltering, with diminishing numbers turning out. Struggling Hilden’s hyperactive public […]
Veteran Euro-nazi makes comeback at terrorist-run conference
On the same weekend that Nick Griffin was trying to return to the limelight in Madrid, an even older nazi, who’s just as disliked by the rest of the jackboot tendency, made his own comeback at a conference run by the terrorist Nordic Resistance Movement near Gothenburg, Sweden. Povl Riis-Knudsen first became politically active aged […]
Scottish anti-migrant leader denounced by family as violent abuser
The daughter and ex-partner of a prominent Scottish anti-immigration campaigner and far-right podcaster have publicly denounced him as a violent domestic abuser. The man at the centre of the allegations is John Watt, who came to prominence earlier this year during a series of demonstrations in Scotland against hotels housing asylum seekers. Defender of women […]
Sick nazi posts lead to jail sentence
David Morgan of Aberdare, south Wales, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to publishing nine racist posts intended to stir up racial hatred. 24-year-old Morgan amassed a significant following on X (formerly Twitter) where his main account attracted more than 127,000 followers. A secondary account, New Right Rising, drew nearly […]
Jonathan Gullis and the art of the idiot provocateur
So, the loud mouthed blow-torch of Britain’s culture wars, former Tory MP Jonathan Gullis, is back, announcing that he has joined Nigel Farage’s merry band of bigots. Joined online Along with Lia Nici, who served as Grimsby MP, and former Bolton West Tory MP Chris Green, Gullis announced yesterday that he was linking up with […]
Croatian anti-fascists push back against resurgent far right
On Sunday, tens of thousands of Croatians poured into the streets in cities from Zagreb to Rijeka, Pula, Zadar and Split in a striking show of anti-fascist solidarity. Marches organized under the banner “United Against Fascism” drew people chanting “We are all anti-fascists!” and carrying banners that warned against the return of a politics that […]
Gone-to-seed Griffin is past his sell-by date
Nick Griffin’s big comeback in Madrid on 23 November only proved that he is yesterday’s man. Perhaps that’s putting it too kindly. Griffin is ten or fifteen years past his sell-by date. He’s now 66, a year older than John Tyndall was at the time of the 1999 leadership contest when Griffin was describing the […]
‘Men of England’ Danny Tommo and Ryan Bridge do a terrified runner in France
A couple of days ago it was all hard talk about how their Operation Overlord II was going to wage war on refugees and migrants in France and stop the ‘small boat invasion’. These were the ‘Men of England’ who were going to stand firm where governments and others failed. Yesterday Danny Tommo and his […]
Key organiser of Kent far-right protests arrested
Harry Hilden, a prominent far-right activist in Kent and one of the principal organisers of recent anti-migrant demonstrations, has been charged with assault and abusive behaviour following a disturbance in Faversham linked to the removal of England flags. Disturbance Hilden was arrested on the evening of 23 November when police were called to Love Lane, […]
Hate music peddler jailed for three years
A Hungarian living in Hereford has been jailed for more than three years for distributing and possessing extreme right-wing music intended to incite racial hatred. Norbert Gyurcsik, age 48, was sentenced yesterday at Worcester Crown Court to 40 months’ imprisonment for one count of distributing recordings and two counts of possessing recordings. The terms will […]
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking Russian bribes
A former Brexit Party MEP, whose name features in messages between the convicted former Welsh Reform Party leader Nathan Gill and his Russian handler, has denied taking bribes David Coburn, the former UKIP Party leader in Scotland and later a Brexit Party MEP, was approached at his French chateau by the BBC and asked about […]