A local councillor who recently defected from Reform UK to Restore Britain shared a post on X containing the N-word twice and a reference to politicians on the ‘Jew right’ within days of switching parties. Kieran Mishchuk, who sits on Swale Borough Council in Kent, said he had not read the post fully before sharing […]
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Reform council’s ‘illegal migration emergency’ motion pulled in row over election rules
A Reform UK motion to declare an “Illegal Migration Emergency in Kent” has been pulled from tomorrow’s Kent County Council full council agenda after a senior officer ruled it risked breaching electoral rules, though the council’s Reform leadership is reported to be challenging that decision. KCC’s democratic services manager Joel Cook advised members that the […]
Restore Britain and Advance UK in ‘full tilt’ feud
The far right’s much-hoped-for populist right realignment, meant to fuse Ben Habib’s Advance UK and Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, has turned into the car crash we predicted. Lowe had already failed conspicuously to respond to Habib’s offer of a merger when, on 5 March in a leaked voice note, Habib fired off both barrels. . […]
From green campaigner to harassing Green MP – the radicalisation of ‘Steve James’
The radicalisation of the man known as “Steve James” – one of the men centrally involved in harassing and distressing Green MP Hannah Spencer in Manchester the weekend before last – is a fascinating study in the political evolution of a far-right activist. James’s real name is Stephen James Jeffries and his early political engagements […]
National Rebirth Party exits stage right as theatre throws them out
The National Rebirth Party had been promising their first national meeting of 2026 for weeks. Venue: somewhere in the West Midlands. Date: yesterday. Further details: none. Apparently the element of surprise was central to the strategy. It was not, as it turned out, quite central enough. By the time NRP members had finished hanging their […]
The French far right and the martyrdom of a nazi street thug
When Quentin Deranque died on 14 February, two days after suffering catastrophic head injuries in a street fight in Lyon, something else died alongside him: any honest account of who he actually was, or how he came to die. Within hours, the European far right had a martyr. Within days, it had constructed a myth. […]