Harry Hilden, the self-styled “Warrior of Christ” and principal organiser of Kent’s anti-migrant protest scene, was due before Maidstone Magistrates’ Court last week, but didn’t show up. Now a warrant is out for his arrest. The hearing concerned the charge against him of assaulting a 67-year-old man in Faversham during a disturbance on Love Lane […]
Swale
New Lowe for defecting teenage Reform councillor
Kieran Mishchuk, the 19‑year‑old Reform UK Swale councillor, has announced his defection to Rupert Lowe’s new outfit, Restore Britain, by way of a social‑media video apparently filmed in his nan’s back garden in Sittingbourne. Mishchuck has featured centrally in events around the disruption of two meetings of Swale Borough Council in recent months. In the […]
Reform backs extremists causing chaos at Swale council meetings
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 […]
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, […]