Labour’s heartlands aren’t racist. They need listening to | Lynsey Hanley
My ‘white working-class’ area rejected its traditional party. But it hasn’t lurched right – all it wanted was politicians who meet local needsChelmsley Wood is a large peripheral West Midlands estate,...
View ArticleUkip leadership hopeful gets help with campaign from ex-BNP member
Jack Buckby is barred from joining Ukip but has been assisting anti-Islam candidate Anne Marie WatersOne of the frontrunners for the Ukip leadership is being assisted in her campaign by a far-right...
View ArticleInside Britain First: ex-member tells of petty rivalries, racism and violent...
The deputy leader’s former boyfriend speaks of intimidation and why he leftBritain First may have been thrust into the centre of global politics by Donald Trump, but those familiar with the inner...
View ArticleUniversities legally bound to protect free speech | Letters
Instead of protecting free speech, universities have negated it, says Jonathan Rosenhead; we are entering dangerous waters if we allow the no-platform policy to silence debate, writes Jill Rooney; Bob...
View ArticleThe collapse of the BNP and EDL has made the far right deadlier | Matthew...
The Metropolitan police is right to warn of the dangers posed by far-right terrorists• Matthew Collins is head of research for Hope not HateLast August Hope not Hate revealed that the proscribed...
View ArticleAs the BNP vanishes, do the forces that built it remain?
With the far-right party’s last councillor retiring in Lancashire, its fall from grace is complete - but local voters do not appear to have changed their mindsUnder normal circumstances, the retirement...
View ArticleThe far right is organised and growing. Those Nazi salutes are serious |...
Tommy Robinson supporters are drawing strength from racist movements in Europe and the persistent popularity of Donald TrumpAbout 15,000 supporters of Tommy Robinson, the former leader of the English...
View ArticleSleeping With the Far Right review – could you move in with a man too racist...
This visceral, venomous show let an outspoken racist speak freely – and it’s unlike anything you’ve ever seenWe have seen the format a million times before: X goes to live with Y, with whom he/she has...
View ArticleFacebook bans far-right groups including BNP, EDL and Britain First
Number of organisations and individuals permanently banned for being ‘dangerous’Years after the company first dismissed fears it was empowering extremists, Facebook has permanently banned a number of...
View ArticleTommy Robinson wants to be an MEP. But we in the north-west can stop him |...
The far-right thug is standing in the European elections. The voters he claims to stand up for must reject his brand of hatredTommy Robinson, or Stephen Yaxley-Lennon if we want to refer to him by his...
View ArticleTactical voting in European elections can have unintended consequences | Letters
Bob Gledhill on how voting strategies in PR polls can backfire, Alan Beale on the lack of options for left-leaning pro-Brexit voters, and Les Summers on overcoming tribal loyaltiesIn a proportional...
View ArticleCounteract racism and turn the tide on rightwing populists | Letters
John Green says when a society faces a critical breakdown, as Germany did in the 1930s, marginalised views are given a blood transfusion. Keith Flett thinks free market capitalism is the problemGary...
View ArticleBritain was complacent about the far right. Now it’s out in force
Oswald Mosley was banned from the BBC. His modern successors have no such problems finding a platformOnce upon a time, the BBC banned fascists from its broadcasts. In 1935, when Oswald Mosley’s British...
View ArticleThreat from far right may be receding since Tory election victory
Ex-MI5 chief says win may have made extremists feel their voices are being heardThe threat from the rise of far-right terrorism in Britain could be diminishing after Boris Johnson’s election victory...
View ArticleMigrants housed in Essex hotel find themselves at mercy of local hostility
Far-right For Britain party leading the charge against asylum-seekers with false claims of ‘crime surge’ in EppingJabbing a finger in the direction of the Bell hotel, Paula Clarke was in no doubt as to...
View ArticleUK furlough scheme pays out millions to foreign states and tax exiles
Qatari owners of Harrods and the Ritz claimed £3m alongside payouts to Saudi royals and British National party from Covid job support schemeThe foreign royals and billionaire tax exiles collecting UK’s...
View ArticleThe foreign royals and billionaire tax exiles collecting UK's furlough millions
Read the list of super-rich claimants, from Saudi princes to Dubai monarchs, tax exiles to the UK’s richestUK furlough scheme pays out millions to foreign states and tax exilesGlympton Park is a...
View ArticleFar-right candidates perform dismally across UK elections
Anti-fascist group says Johnson’s messaging leaves little political space for anti-immigration parties• Elections 2021 live - latest news and reactionAnti-fascist campaigners have been celebrating a...
View ArticleFar-right attack inevitable, warns informant who identified London nail bomber
Undercover agent who identified 1999 attacker says police are failing to keep pace with online spread of extreme ideologyAn undercover informant who identified the man behind Britain’s deadliest...
View ArticleBalwinder Singh Rana: the fearless anti-fascist who fought racism at work –...
When Rana came to Britain from India, aged 16, he encountered racism for the very first time. Soon he was dedicating his life to the fight to end itBalwinder Rana was 16 when he first spoke to a white...
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