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 […]
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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 […]
Settle back and enjoy the sideshow
This article first appeared in the Summer 2024 issue of Searchlight The 2024 UK election saw far-right candidates bomb spectacularly but, warns PAUL GALE, even as we delight at the squabbling and scrapping among the factions, we must not get too comfortable and must stay alert to the gains made by Reform UK The British […]
National Rebirth Party attacks ‘nazi nonces’
National Rebirth Party leader Alek Yerbury and his partner Katie Fanning have ramped up their bitter public dispute with rival nazi outfit Patriotic Alternative, of which Yerbury was once himself a member. Yerbury has already seriously cheesed off Patriotic Alternative leader Mark Collett by ridiculing PA’s strategy of building white homeland communities, and then successfully […]
Anti-fascists roll back most dangerous far-right upsurge in decades
This article appears in the Summer issue of Searchlight On Monday 29 July, a teenage boy armed with a knife entered a Taylor Swift-themed holiday dance class in Southport and attacked children and adults. Three young girls were killed, others seriously wounded. It was a terrible crime and a dreadful tragedy. A time for grief […]
Britain First’s Grift Too Far
MARK SCHOLL investigates Britain First’s campaign to whip up a race hate storm in Stoke, which culminated in a planned mosque being attacked in the recent riots. “The entire area where the cemetery used to be, where our ancestors are still buried, has been turned into a car park for Mosque goers.” So screams a […]