In the wake of Britain First’s embarrassing showing in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago, Patriotic Alternative posted a picture to show that they had been helping to make up the numbers for Paul Golding and his sorry BF band. It posted what it said was a group of PA supporters, one of whom has […]
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The Muslim heroine whose memory shames Paul Golding
I am working undercover for Searchlight magazine. Despite being a Muslim, I blend in rather well so, two weeks ago, I was in Birmingham listening to fascist idiot Paul Golding. It could have been Tommy Robinson or Nick Tenconi, or even Nigel Farage. The mouth matters not, but the words do. “Did our war heroes […]
UKIP to march in Whitechapel – they will regret it
The latest list of UKIP demonstrations demanding ‘mass deportations now’ contains few surprises. Most are city centre events which will be healthily outnumbered by anti-fascists in town and cities with proud anti-fascist traditions. Except one. Deliberate provocation In London on 25 October UKIP plans to rally in Whitechapel, in East London. UKIP leader Nick Tenconi […]
The lies behind a Cornish councillor’s antisemitic tirade
Searchlight magazine and anti-fascist groups warned that last weekend’s ‘British National Strike’ would enable the most extreme forces to spread their bile in public. But even we were astonished at the video that emerged of Peter Lawrence, a British Democrat Parish Councillor in Cornwall, unashamedly holding forth with a torrent of neo-nazi lies. Questioned publicly […]
‘Great British Strike’ gets piss poor support
“The Great British National Strike, taking place this weekend, is set to see more than 500,000 people across the country walking out in protest of the state of the UK.” That’s how right-wing TV channel GB News previewed Saturday’s outbreak of al fresco grumbles, few of them more than a couple of dozen strong. It […]
Portuguese elections: chronicle of a vote foretold
Across Europe, election coverage increasingly follows a familiar script: journalists must already have the template and it’s simply a matter of filling in the blanks with the names of the local parties. Portugal’s vote on 18th May was no exception. As the final results came in on Monday morning, the conservative Democratic Alliance (AD) increased […]