Britain’s fascists are tearing into each other with accusations of selling out and betrayal, and big problems are looming ahead of a high-profile conference next month. Searchlight is never surprised when far right leaders place personal ambitions and financial greed above their supposed principles. But the most recent name-calling between Mark Collett of Patriotic Alternative and […]
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Britain First’s Nuneaton humiliation
A thousand flags. £10,000 on PA system, staging and a dozen portaloos. Much boasting. Claims that hundreds would be attending. Six coachloads… which turned out to be minibuses. Everyone was emailed multiple times pleading for members and supporters to chip in a tenner for what turned out to be a humiliation. Few did, and now […]
Uniformed nazis parade in Wetherspoon’s pub
Members of the North-West branch of British Movement must have thought they were being rather clever. Just before Xmas they met up in a pub for their regular branch meeting, paraded in their new BM phoenix emblazoned-shirts, then went out stickering streets in the centre of Manchester. They posted all this online, but hid their […]
Tenconi’s fascists flop in Manchester
Reports of planned march and rally organised by the fascists of UKIP were doing the rounds for several weeks. Those of us in the know understood that the new UKIP, under Nick Tenconi, is desperate for publicity and wants to encourage its membership to take to the streets. Saturday 22 February, 1pm, Manchester City Centre. Be […]
Tice sliced and diced as Farage and Yusuf tighten grip on Reform UK
Stung by repeated accusations – not least from former deputy leader Ben Habib, and indeed Searchlight – that Reform UK was not in any normal sense a political party, despotic leader Nigel Farage eventually issued a promise to democratise the organisation and put power in the hands of its claimed 200,000 ‘members’ (not that it […]
No meringue for Lennon – or, how the state is NOT trying to kill ‘Tommy Robinson’
It’s official! The state is deliberately starving Stephen Lennon (alias Tommy Robinson) in his prison cell. Well, almost official. In fact, it’s the current messaging on the rabble-rouser’s Twitter / X account, so you may well be assuming that its status is testicular in nature. And you’d be right, “URGENT UPDATE ON TOMMY’S SITUATION” begins […]