Liverpool’s iconic Cavern Club has cancelled a performance this weekend by rockabilly singer and pianist Dylan Kirk and his band after anti-fascist campaigners raised concerns over Kirk’s recent appearance in a photograph alongside Paul Golding, the leader of Britain First. Laughing together The picture was taken at the rally which concluded an anti-migrant march earlier […]
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What are Danny Tommo and his mates planning in France next weekend?
British vigilantes travelled to northern France last week and posted footage of themselves digging up, slashing and disabling a small inflatable boat and outboard engines hidden in sand dunes. They called this “direct action”, part of Operation Stop The Boats, aimed at disrupting Channel crossings by migrants. The videos, circulated on YouTube and other social […]
Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner boosts far-right anti-migrant campaign
The announcement that 540 asylum seekers would be housed for twelve months at the disused Crowborough Army Training Camp in East Sussex has triggered a wave of protests. What began as a statutory Home Office duty to provide accommodation for those fleeing war has been transformed into a stage for far‑right mobilisation, with Sussex Police […]
Day of reckoning for Reform UK’s Russian agent
Disgraced former Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill was today sentenced at the Old Bailey to ten and a half years years in prison, after admitting eight counts of bribery linked to a covert Russian influence operation inside the European Parliament. Once viewed as a rising figure on the British populist right, Gill pleaded guilty […]
Missus Kent’s chat group talks weapons and killing
MissusKent alias Jodie Scott / Goodban – the Poundshop Lily Allen of Whitstable – has been seriously embarrassed by the leaking of content from her private WhatsApp group, “MissusKent’s Patriotic Community”. So too has Reform, which has had to suspend one of its councillors, Tom Pickup of Lancashire County Council, over his contributions to the […]
The blood and folly of Alek Yerbury
In a bland hotel room in Birmingham, brightened only by the flags of his National Rebirth Party, leader Alek Yerbury last week addressed a gathering of no more than twenty midlands followers at an NRP multi-branch meeting. The setting is telling: not a vibrant public square, but a sterile, functional space tolerant of political extremists. […]
Advance UK’s big day out at the races…
Only last month Ben Habib’s Advance UK had plans for a launch event in Wales rather spoiled when the venue cancelled the booking. So they’re trying again. They are advertising a launch meeting in South Wales 0n 29 November. But the venue is not yet being disclosed. So perhaps we can help. It’s being held […]
Far-right ‘strategist’ calls for murder of migrants at sea
One of Britain’s most prominent far-right ‘thinkers’, connected with the Homeland Party, is openly advocating the murder of migrants at sea. Pete North, who writes under the pseudonym Northern Variant, has used his latest newsletter to supporters to argue that “death is ultimately the most effective deterrent” against those attempting to cross the Channel. Chilling […]
Matthew Goodwin and Reform UK’s push into British campuses
Reform UK’s decision to appoint political scientist Matthew Goodwin as Honorary President of its newly launched student organisation, Students4Reform, marks a significant moment in the party’s evolution. Announced last week on Goodwin’s own social media and in subsequent press coverage, the move is more than symbolic. It signals Reform’s intent to anchor its youth wing […]
A knockout of facts over prejudice
For months, Paul Golding, the leader of the far-right group Britain First, has orchestrated a campaign for a mixed martial arts fight against Muslim thinker and MMA fighter Mohammed Hijab. It’s a desperate bid for relevance, but the most decisive knockout has already occurred – not in a physical ring, but in the arena of […]
Flaggers’ mask slips as fascists and nazis take centre stage
“Don’t you dare call us fascists. We’re just ordinary folk worried about our women and kids.” It’s the familiar refrain from the groups of self-styled “patriots,” “anti-groomers,” and flag-wavers who have sprung up in towns across the country. Yet this weekend revealed just how hollow that claim has become, as open fascists and neo-Nazis moved […]
US bans Patriotic Alternative boss Mark Collett
As reported recently by Searchlight, America’s best known racist Jared Taylor now seems free to travel around Europe spreading his message of hate, even though he was banned from the entire Schengen area for several years. In particular, he was allowed into the UK to speak at last month’s conference of Mark Collett’s neo-nazi outfit, […]
Christian nationalism: a far-right religious ideology drifting across the Atlantic
Christian nationalism is not just a theological position. It is a political weapon – a reactionary ideology that fuses religious fundamentalism with racial exclusion, patriarchal control, and authoritarian ambition. Born in the United States and steeped in white supremacist theology, it has begun to seep into British political discourse, often under the guise of “defending […]
Manchester far right’s symphony of hypocrisy
Tucked away today in a corner of St. Peter’s Square, Manchester, a small and unrepresentative gathering of fascists, racists, and assorted bigots once again attempted to bring hatred and shame to the city. Under the banner “Patriots Against Grooming,” the rally featured so-called “auditors” and far-right figures, including English Ned, Kelsea Rouge, Ben Mills, Brexit […]
National Rebirth Party rolls out latest retro-nazi fashion statement…
Shoppers in Havant were treated to an unexpected catwalk show last week, as the National Rebirth Party rolled out yet another impeccably ill-advised fashion statement. Because apparently, the far-right’s real rebirth is happening in the menswear department. Aesthetic drift After the ridicule, from both left and right, that greeted party leader Alek Yerbury’s aesthetic drift […]
PA nazis panic over Searchlight report about their jailed comrade
Patriotic Alternative comrades of jailed race hate nazi James Costello are in a panic over our recent article which may delay his early release from prison. Only hours after we published our piece, the name of Costello’s Telegram Channel, where a link to a hardline nazi site had been posted while Costello was in prison, […]
Once-banned US racist now travels freely in Europe
One of America’s most notorious racists, Jared Taylor, is being allowed to travel freely around Europe and the UK, even though he was banned from the entire Schengen area a few years ago. Taylor turns up on both the relatively mainstream wing of the racist movement (with ties to far-right conservative parties and the fringe […]
How Reform’s ‘shop window’ council brought chaos to Kent
When Reform UK swept to power at Kent County Council last May, the victory was heralded as a populist revolution. After decades of Conservative dominance, Reform’s 57-seat majority promised a new era of straight-talking efficiency and common-sense governance. Six months later, that promise has curdled into farce. Leaked recordings, mass expulsions, and paralysed committees have […]
Has neo-nazi posted racist propaganda from jail?
The convicted nazi James Costello is due to be released on license from prison this month. And already his comrades in Patriotic Alternative are crowing about it. But his Telegram feed has promoted material which ought to give the prison service and the probation service second thoughts about his suitability to be let out early. […]
From Searchlight 25 years ago – The company they keep
At the Conservative Party conference in 2000, attendees were greeted by the sight of a Tory shadow minister sharing a platform with a leading far-right antisemite who claimed to speak for for Britain’s small businesses. In the November 2000 issue of Searchlight, Steve Silver and Nick Lowles revealed what was going on The Federation of […]