A former British National Party organiser in Kent may be about to throw a spanner in the works of Reform UK’s hopes of recovering a crucial county council seat in a by-election When we last reported on the tangled tale of Graeme Sergeant, the former BNP organiser behind the “Restore UK Kent)” Facebook group, he […]
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Bristol – forty fascists, 200 cops, and a city that wasn’t having it
An embarrassing collection of around 40 far-right activists called out by the Bristol ‘Patriots’ attempted to march through Bristol city centre yesterday but were heavily outnumbered by anti-racist counter-demonstrators and had to be protected all the way by a large police operation. The fascist march, laughingly styled a “March for Unity”, assembled at the Cenotaph […]
Germany’s ‘anti-elite’ AfD rocked by nepotism scandal
The far-right Alternative für Deutschland positions itself as anti-elite; an alternative to Germany’s establishment parties. However, a strong culture of nepotism and cronyism has recently been exposed, potentially jeopardising the party’s chances of success as Germany enters a critical election period. Under German law, politicians may not employ their own family members or partners at […]
Obituary: Leon Greenman
Auschwitz survivor and lifelong anti-fascist campaigner Leon Greenman died on this day in 2008. This obituary, in Searchlight, was written by Julie Waterson, National Organiser of the Anti-Nazi League from 1992-2005, who herself sadly died in 2012.
UKIP candidate hits historic low – two votes and counting
Pop the champagne corks at UKIP HQ, or at least crack open whatever discount lager remains after Nick Tenconi’s close protection goons have been at the drinks cupboard. The party that once shook up British politics has achieved a remarkable new milestone. In Thursday’s Stroud District Council by-election in Thrupp Ward, UKIP’s Lucian Aeris polled […]
War criminal exposed by Searchlight will face trial posthumously
The Supreme Court of Belarus has announced that it will begin criminal proceedings against Antanas Gecevičius, better known in Scotland as Antanas Gecas, for genocide. The case is scheduled to open on 18 March. The defendant has been dead for 25 years. For anyone who followed Searchlight’s investigations in the late1980s into Nazi war criminals […]