Newcastle had more than its fair share of far-right wingers turning up at the weekend, with Ben Habib’s Advance UK holding its launch conference in the city, and Nick Tenconi holding a demonstration with his UKIP goon squad. Ben Habib had planned a glitzy event to launch his Advance UK party, which has been endorsed […]
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Historic fascist turnout heralds dangerous times
There is just one major takeaway from yesterday’s Tommy Robinson-organised ‘Free Speech’ festival in London – 110,000 supporters of a far-right, racist agitator marched through London in the biggest public demonstration of fascism ever seen in this country. Just think how often we refer back proudly to over 100,000 people coming out to support the […]
Tommy Robinson joins Ben Habib’s Advance UK
Tommy Robinson has announced that he is joining Ben Habib’s Advance UK party, and is calling on his followers to do the same. The move was announced in a video which Robinson posted yesterday. It was filmed in central London but shows signs of having been recorded before Robinson fled the country after an assault […]
‘Tommy Robinson’ hints at link up with Habib’s Advance UK
Well, that didn’t take long. Only a few days ago we suggested that Tommy Robinson had given up the idea of a hook up with UKIP and might be seeking to link up with Ben Habib’s Advance UK instead. And today Robinson – real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – has signalled that this might indeed be […]
Top ‘Tommy Robinson’ organiser joins Ben Habib’s Advance UK
One of Tommy Robinson’s main organisers, Richard Inman, has publicly joined up with Ben Habib’s new Advance UK party, abandoning UKIP where he was a member of the NEC. Inman has been at Robinson’s side since the days of the Football Lads Alliance, which hoovered up the remnants of Robinson’s English Defence League. Thrown out […]
UKIP licks its wounds and ponders an uncertain future
One of the happy consequences of the recent local council elections – and there weren’t many – is that it seems to have persuaded UKIP Leader Nick Tenconi to keep his mouth shut for a while. In fact, there has been pretty much radio silence from UKIP HQ since the results came rolling in. Utter […]