When far-right activists once again halted a Swale council meeting last week, the most striking development did not come from the public gallery but from Reform councillors who later appeared determined to excuse, and even endorse, the disruption. And Reform’s rhetoric is earning them the backing of the extremists who have now twice caused meetings […]
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Swale council meeting again stopped by far-right disruption
Swale Borough Council was targeted for organised far-right disruption again last night as a Reform UK-backed motion on a supposed “border emergency” triggered chaos at a full council meeting. The scenes were an ugly sequel to December’s notorious meeting, when anti-migrant protesters barracked councillors, hurled abuse, and caused around £10,000 worth of damage to Swale […]
Reform councillors aim to fire up anti-migrant tension in Kent
Reform UK councillors are trying to stir unrest in north Kent, making common cause with far-right street activists ahead of a critical debate tonight at Swale Borough Council. They have put forward a motion, framed as a response to a so-called “Border Emergency,” which claims migration is overwhelming local public services. This is a lie, […]
Tommo’s French invasion – all whimper, no bang
The long-trumpeted “Operation Overlord” invasion of France finally landed on the beaches of Normandy yesterday. Or rather, it washed up gently, in the form of about a dozen blokes standing on the sand near Calais, waving flags at the sea while Danny Tommo yelled into the wind. No mass mobilisation. No flotilla-stopping heroics. Just a […]
Kent ‘flaggers’ look to turn up the heat on county council
Barely a month after Searchlight reported on the jailing of Sam Turner, the prominent Medway flagger and serial offender is back on the streets, and back among familiar company. Turner, notorious locally for a long catalogue of offences that includes the farcical burglary of Gillingham Football Club, has been released from prison after serving just […]
Margate mayhem: Kent far right ends year in chaos and delusion
Monday 22 December marked the final far-right outing of the year in Kent: a forlorn “festive” parade along Margate seafront, billed by organisers as a celebration of the “true” meaning of Christmas. In reality, it was another demonstration of how isolated and dysfunctional the local far right has become. The event was fronted by the […]
Arrests follow far-right attack on council meeting
Two people have now been arrested arising out of the disruption of a Swale Borough Council meeting two weeks ago. The council meeting was to include a discussion of a motion, proposed by Liberal Democrat councillor Hannah Perkin, to make Swale a “district of sanctuary” for asylum seekers. Balaclavas More than 50 protesters – including […]
Tesla tantrum – Fash Harry’s mate rages against reality
Following our reports on ‘Fash’ Harry Hilden’s inauspicious anti-migrant demo in Folkestone recently, followed by last Saturday’s UKIP march in Dover, Searchlight supporters have been in touch to add delicious detail to the colourful tapestry that is the saga of Shaun Chaney, driver of the wraparound racist Tesla which headed up both demonstrations. Chaney’s Facebook […]
Anti-migrant organiser who looted football club is jailed
One of the main organisers of anti-migrant marches in Kent has been jailed after being convicted of harassing Labour Party canvassers and a series of motoring offences. Sam Turner, along with Faversham-based Harry Hilden, has been one of the key players in the anti-immigration demonstrations which have plagued Kent towns in the last year. Threatening […]
UKIP in Dover – big banner hides Tenconi’s blushes
If the turnout for yesterday’s London event organised by Tommy Robinson was modest, the numbers for Nick ‘Taco’ Tenconi’s day out in Dover were positively embarrassing. Only around three dozen bothered to respond to his call to ‘take back Dover’ and a good number of those were shipped in from elsewhere. The result was another […]
Kent’s latest ‘Fash Harry’ demo outnumbered by anti-fascist bake sale
Another embarrassing flop for Kent’s “Fash Harry” Hilden. His march on the Napier Barracks asylum centre in Folkestone on Saturday was very poorly attended, with only around thirty five present. Cake not Hate They were outnumbered three-to-one by counter-protesters from Folkestone Action Network, who staged a “Cake not Hate” event (to raise money for the Napier […]
Kent’s ‘fash Harry’ goes into overdrive as support falters
Kent-based far-right agitator Harry Hilden has embarked on a frenetic schedule of protests, self-promotion and online broadcasting in the wake of his 23 November arrest in Faversham, an incident previously reported by Searchlight. At the same time, support for anti-migrant actions in the area is faltering, with diminishing numbers turning out. Struggling Hilden’s hyperactive public […]
Key organiser of Kent far-right protests arrested
Harry Hilden, a prominent far-right activist in Kent and one of the principal organisers of recent anti-migrant demonstrations, has been charged with assault and abusive behaviour following a disturbance in Faversham linked to the removal of England flags. Disturbance Hilden was arrested on the evening of 23 November when police were called to Love Lane, […]
Kent ‘Pink Ladies’ left red-faced at shrinking numbers
In September, local activists had only a few days to organise a counter demonstration to an event planned by racists and fascists trying to sow division in Dartford. On that occasion 200 far right congregated in Dartford Town Centre and the counter demonstration mustered 30. Two months later on a sunny November day last weekend, […]
Spotify platforms pound shop Lily Allen’s gross libel on Keir Starmer
Jodie Scott – better known online by her moniker ‘Missus Kent’ and dubbed the ‘pound shop Lily Allen – is being platformed by Spotify which is hosting her anti-migrant songs, and one which contains grossly defamatory allegations against Keir Starmer. Scott boasted recently in an online interview that she could be found on Spotify. In […]