By Paul Gale Searchlight readers won’t be the least surprised that the first reaction of Britain’s far right groups after the dreadful murders of three young girls in Southport was to try to make political or financial capital from the atrocity. But in 2024 this also meant several rival factions pursued radically different analyses, whether […]
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So, farewell then, Rev’d Calvin Robinson.
The far right’s favourite batshit preacher – big mates with Laurence Fox, Katie Hopkins and Tommy Robinson (no relation) – has decided to up sticks and quit the UK for pastures new. Or, rather, a parish new, though he won’t yet tell us where it is. He is of course, a ‘reverend’ in the sense […]
Top US nazi sneaks into UK for strategy talks
Adrian Davies, the far right’s favourite barrister, recently hosted his fellow lawyer, the leading American nazi Sam Dickson, on a private tour of the UK. When riots broke out in Manchester city centre, Davies and Dickson were in the thick of it. Being in their 60s and 70s respectively, they weren’t scuffling with police, merely […]
The two-tier policing that is letting the riot ‘influencers’ get away with it…
Well, there you go then! That seems to be the conclusion of at least some on the far right regarding arrests and charges arising from the Notting Hill Carnival. Which ‘there’ this data is meant to lead us to is far from clear. There you go then… assemble a huge, predominantly black crowd and there […]
CAR26: the puzzle that is former UKIP Leader Lois Perry’s company
When Lois Perry video-thanked UKIP members for somewhat unexpectedly electing her as their new leader, she revealed that her focus would be on “future, family, food”. In fact, a fourth “F” would dominate her immediate plans – fleeing for the hills. What spooked her into quitting after mere days at the helm remains unclear. It can’t […]
Down in the UKIP snake pit …
If chopping and changing leaders were a competition, UKIP would be running the Tories a close second, though the calibre of its candidates is even less savoury. Tony Peters charily inspects the vipers slithering in and out of the pit. This article first appeared in the Summer 2024 issue of Searchlight When the previous issue of […]