An anti-immigration protest group in Falkirk has announced it is disbanding after members of fascist and neo-Nazi groups repeatedly attended demonstrations it organised, amid wider concerns about an escalation in far-right activity across Scotland. The campaign group Save Our Future and Our Kids Future (SOF) had staged regular protests for more than a year outside […]
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From BNP to Brexit: the far right’s ongoing identity crisis
As we approach Brexit’s tenth anniversary, the British far right is still trying to work out how to escape from two long shadows, Nigel Farage and Nick Griffin. Is the future course of British racism to be Farage’s populist imitation of Enoch Powell, or a Griffin-style tribute act based on mid-century fascist dictatorships? We can […]
Far-right ‘strategist’ calls for murder of migrants at sea
One of Britain’s most prominent far-right ‘thinkers’, connected with the Homeland Party, is openly advocating the murder of migrants at sea. Pete North, who writes under the pseudonym Northern Variant, has used his latest newsletter to supporters to argue that “death is ultimately the most effective deterrent” against those attempting to cross the Channel. Chilling […]
Homeland – the party that can’t organise a piss-up in a Beefeater
Homeland – the party of ‘sensible nationalism’ led by a bloke with a swastika tattoo on his chest – assembled for their annual conference at the weekend. And it descended into a shambles, with party security brawling with hotel management, and unhappy members slinking out the back door and wandering the streets looking for somewhere […]
Epping activist arrest sparks new Homeland spat
Former Homeland Party activist Callum Barker, one of the leading figures in the far-right protests at the Bell Hotel in Epping, was arrested in Epping at the weekend. He was later bailed without charge. For the usual legal reasons we cannot comment on the circumstances or potential charges, but we can report that his arrest […]
Homeland Party leader filmed in drunken street brawl
Opponents of Homeland leader Kenny Smith have released a video of him involved in a drunken street brawl only two months ago. The video is only several seconds long but clearly shows Smith, apparently drunk and out of control, fighting in the street and being restrained by others present. Searchlight understands the incident occured in […]