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 […]
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 […]
‘MissusKent’ calls for copycat attacks on council meetings
Jodie Scott, aka MissusKent, is calling on her followers across the country to disrupt council meetings in the way a meeting at Swale in Kent was disrupted before Xmas. Scott, who has apparently realised it’s pointless trying to hide behind her “MissusKent” moniker now that everyone knows her real name, has posted online exhorting anti-migrant […]
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 […]
Council offices smashed up during ‘sanctuary’ debate
Council offices were vandalised and seriously damaged when anti-immigration protestors disrupted a meeting of Swale Borough Council yesterday as it debated joining the District of Sanctuary scheme. Around 50 demonstrators packed into the East Street chamber in Sittingbourne for the debate, led by prominent local activists Harry Hilden and Jodie Scott, aka MissusKent. Many remained […]
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 […]
Missus Kent’s chat group talks weapons and killing
MissusKent alias Jodie Scott / Goodban – the Poundshop Lily Allen of Whitstable – has been seriously embarrassed by the leaking of content from her private WhatsApp group, “MissusKent’s Patriotic Community”. So too has Reform, which has had to suspend one of its councillors, Tom Pickup of Lancashire County Council, over his contributions to the […]