Controversy and chaos reign within Reform UK’s Exeter branch, where the party chairman has been suspended for “bringing the party into disrepute”, after reporting allegations of election overspending by his own party to the police. The story centres on Cllr Neil Stevens who is in trouble for overspending to the tune of £170 during his […]
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Reform UK – where the money comes from
Reform UK had stunning successes in last month’s council elections, out-polling the established parties, winning 10 councils outright and being in minority control of three more, confirming that its opinion poll lead over the major parties is no fluke. It has established itself as a serious electoral entity, and it is clear it can pose […]
Red Lion Square, June 1974 – the killing of an anti-fascist
There is much on the internet about this demonstration, and the death of Kevin Gately. I was there, and this note just adds some personal recollections of my own. On this day, in 1974, at an anti-fascist demonstration in London, Kevin Gately, a student from Warwick University, was killed, almost certainly by a blow with […]
Big names of Irish far right come together in Cork anti-migrant demo
Around 1,600 anti-immigration and far-right agitators came together to hold a rally in Cork a week ago. Billed as “Ireland Says No”, the event was a follow-up to a similar rally in Dublin in April with many of the attendees of the Cork rally also coming from Dublin. Rapist and former UFC fighter Conor McGregor […]
Charlie Veitch and friends attack Palestine march
At a large Palestine march in Manchester city centre today, YouTube clickbait merchant Charlie Veitch and a handful of his hangers-on tried to attack the front of the procession despite being told by police and stewards not to. Deliberately seeking to cause trouble, and obviously great offence, he walked right to the front of the […]
UKIP Chairman crashes out to humiliating vote in council by-election
UKIP Chairman Ben Walker’s social media accounts are unusually quiet today – perhaps that’s because he has just led the party into possibly the most embarrassing and humiliating election performance in its history. Standing as a candidate for a seat on Stroud District Council, yesterday, Ben polled a total of just FIVE votes. Yes, FIVE. […]