Rebecca Jane Sutton (aka simply ‘Rebecca Jane’) was Deputy Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party from October 2022 to January 2024. Rebecca has decided that Searchlight would be an appropriate vehicle to carry an open letter from her to UKIP members. After reading that letter, we feel that she is right. We are, of […]
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Perry resignation leads to new allegations against UKIP chairman
Happier days…. UKIP’s former Deputy Leader, Rebecca Jane, who resigned in January with a furious attack on party Chairman Ben Walker, has returned to the fray with another barrage of allegations following the sudden resignation of recently elected UKIP leader Lois Perry. In comments on right-wing Twitter accounts, including GB News, Rebecca Jane claims that […]
Newly elected UKIP Leader quits
Only a few weeks after being elected as Leader of UKIP, Lois Perry suddenly resigned yesterday, citing health issues. However, whilst her departure in the middle of the election campaign was remarkable, it is not itself altogether surprising. It was never clear when she ran successfully for the party leadership election only two months ago, […]
More high level departures from UKIP
Recent weeks have witnessed a couple more high-level departures from the sinking ship that is UKIP, in apparent disgust at what has been happening at the heart of the party. Lois Parry’s recent election as Leader meant she automatically joined the Board of Directors of UKIP Ltd., the company which owns the party, and is […]
UKIP: desperate move to refill the ranks
UKIP has moved significantly to the right in recent months with the lifting of a long-standing ban on former members of fascist and nazi groups joining the party. The move appears to have set off something of a crisis in the party, with several high-level resignations ensuing. UKIP’s rule book for many years contained a […]
Tommy Robinson vs the media – and the ‘great replacement’ theory that links him to Christchurch
This article, by Tash Shifrin, first appeared on Dream Deferred on 21 March 2019. As “Tommy Robinson” released his Panodrama video in front of up to 4,000 supporters in Salford on Saturday 23 February, he was already expecting the ban from Facebook that followed two days later and urging his supporters to subscribe to his […]