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Fighting against racism and fascism
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Spotify platforms pound shop Lily Allen’s gross libel on Keir Starmer
Jodie Scott – better known online by her moniker ‘Missus Kent’ and dubbed the ‘pound shop Lily Allen – is being platformed by Spotify which is hosting her anti-migrant songs, and one which contains grossly defamatory allegations against Keir Starmer.…
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A knife at the heart of Manchester
Yesterday came news of a horrendous and violent attack here in Manchester. The Heaton Park Synagogue, the target for a…
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Anti-migrant campaigners planned to ‘petrol bomb lefties’
Great British National Protest organiser Richard Donaldson has ramped up his allegations against other anti-migrant campaigners whom he previously accused…
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Notorious US racist allowed into UK for nazi conference
One of America’s most notorious racists has been allowed into Britain to speak at a conference staged by unrepentant nazis,…
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Did prodigal son ‘Tommy’ leave Rikki waiting at the altar?
It was something we awaited with considerable anticipation. Ten days ago, ‘Tommy Robinson’ announced online that the following Sunday (ie…
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Golding ignores police warning and Britain First ‘battle bus’ is seized at Labour conference
“Well, he’s been warned” That’s what we wrote in our article only two days ago about Paul Golding and his…
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Hull anti-migrant protestors silence grooming victim
Anti-migrant campaigners in Hull physically threw a rape survivor off the platform when she tried to tell the crowd she…
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The UKIP candidate who is, well, a bit of an arse…
Roger Quilliam, a member of the UKIP NEC (representing playground-age children) has been declared the official party candidate for Caerphilly…
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Police put brakes on Britain First’s battered battle bus
In what is becoming a tediously regular occurrence, Britain First managed once again to prise their so-called “battle bus” out of the mechanic’s clutches and into a bad-tempered stand-off with the police. The emerald-green minibus – surely the least intimidating…
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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…
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Face-tattooed nazi and ‘pound shop Lily Allen’ prominent in Kent migrant protests
Faversham in Kent has recently been the scene of some tense confrontations between anti-asylum protesters and anti-racist counter-demonstrators. And prominent…
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‘Help’ – Italian fascist leader Roberto Fiore begs Pope to keep him out of jail
Roberto Fiore, the leader of Italy’s far-right party Forza Nuova, has written an open letter to Pope Leo XIV urging…
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Two leading fascist activists arrested
Two leading far-right agitators have been arrested by police. The Dover-based online activist Steve Laws has been arrested by police…
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Mark Collett gives platform to unapologetic ‘The Order’ terrorist
Patriotic Alternative führer Mark Collett’s latest desperate bid for attention again puts his followers at risk of prosecution, all for…
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Tommy’s back on his sunbed – Panama City mayor lets him in
Tommy Robinson can now settle down to his SEVENTH spell on a foreign sun lounger this year after all. While…
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Tommy Robinson’s latest sunshine holiday ends in deportation
Well, it was all too predictable that after his rally in London last week, ‘Tommy Robinson’ would use another lump…
International news
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‘Help’ – Italian fascist leader Roberto Fiore begs Pope to keep him out of jail
Roberto Fiore, the leader of Italy’s far-right party Forza Nuova, has written an open letter to Pope Leo XIV urging…
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Mark Collett gives platform to unapologetic ‘The Order’ terrorist
Patriotic Alternative führer Mark Collett’s latest desperate bid for attention again puts his followers at risk of prosecution, all for…
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Tommy’s back on his sunbed – Panama City mayor lets him in
Tommy Robinson can now settle down to his SEVENTH spell on a foreign sun lounger this year after all. While…
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Shock neo-nazi council victory in German elections
Election successes for AfD including their significant advances in last weekend’s local elections at various levels in North Rhein-Westphalia (NRW)…
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Shock neo-nazi council victory in German elections
Election successes for AfD including their significant advances in last weekend’s local elections at various levels in North Rhein-Westphalia (NRW) have pushed Germany’s other far-right parties into the shadows. But in one small NRW town a neo-nazi party last weekend…
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Hello, Jodie: far-right rapper, ‘Missus Kent’, unmasked
“She’s outed herself” proclaimed the Daily Star, about “Missus Kent” the far-right songstress dubbed the “Pound shop Lily Allen”. She’s…
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Trump-loving ‘auditors’ try to stir things up in Manchester
Manchester Central Library on St Peter’s Square was recently witness to the horror of 600 racists marching behind a Britain…
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Far-right AfD triples vote in German local elections
Last weekend, citizens of North Rhein-Westphalia headed to the polls for the first local election since 2020. As Germany’s immigration…
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The curious case of Joseph Moulton and Flag Force UK
When a 22-year-old presents himself as a seasoned business consultant with international defence sector links, eyebrows are bound to rise.…
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Britain’s racist upsurge – the view from the mosque
An elderly man sits beside me in the mosque. It’s Friday, our special prayer day, and although there’s another 20…
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Historic fascist turnout heralds dangerous times
There is just one major takeaway from yesterday’s Tommy Robinson-organised ‘Free Speech’ festival in London – 110,000 supporters of a…
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Correction
On Saturday we published an article which said that Tommy Robinson’s close collaborator, Danny Tommo, was seen inciting violence earlier…
Research and analysis
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The Resistible Rise of Reform UK
The May election results were a warning, if one was needed, of the danger of an insurgent Reform UK. Sarah…
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Traditional Britain Group – secrecy, elitism, and the far right’s academic mask
On Saturday May 10, 2025, the Traditional Britain Group will host a luncheon in London to replace its annual black-tie…
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Local elections 2025 – Farage surges and far right turn on Homeland
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has won control of at least seven councils in this week’s local elections. A party that…
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Book Review: The Little Black Book of the Populist Right, Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar
This short, highly readable book explores the growing influence of what Bloomfield and Edgar describe as the ‘populist right’. This…
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UKIP rolls out red carpet for Reform defector – and psychic readings for £14.99
Cue the celebrations at UKIP HQ – they have a local councillor. The first for some time. Well, kind of. They haven’t actually won an election. Nor have they managed to slip a candidate into a uncontested election so they…
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Thugs and nazi ‘intellectuals’ get together in Preston
On Sunday afternoon Preston in the north of England, witnessed the latest get together organised by the self-styled ‘intellectual’ journal…
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‘Independent’ county councillor speaks at nazi conference
A supposedly “independent” county councillor broke cover last weekend to speak at a conference in memory of the UK’s leading…
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Home Office bans foreign nazis from UK conference
Two prominent foreign nazis were banned from attending a high-profile far-right gathering in the UK at the weekend. The event…
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The bishop who is the new link between Catholic radicals and far right
Although his name is not well known outside traditionalist Catholic circles, Bishop Paul Morgan has come to occupy a pivotal…
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Size isn’t everything as fuhrer Yerbury’s micro-party meets in Leeds
The men of the National Rebirth Party will know that size isn’t everything. And that’s good because today’s so-called National…
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Sacking signals split in far right intellectual wing
Today the racist movement’s self-styled intellectual wing is again at war with itself, after the world’s leading far-right publisher sacked…
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Far-right leader says fellow anti-migrant campaigners are planning ‘domestic terrorism’
The leader of the far-right Great British National Protest has reported two prominent fellow anti-migrant campaigners to the police for…
Culture
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Review: Celebrating Billie Holiday, jazz great and civil rights activist
A great night at the Jazz Café, Camden, on 7 April when we were transported back to the Jim Crow…
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‘Lili Marlene’: the song that haunted the Nazis
One song and two singers came to represent opposition and resistance to Hitler in the Second World War. The most beautiful…
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Berlin and the red triangle
The red triangle was in the news recently when the city of Berlin senate banned its use on activities related…
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Theatre Review: The Accidental Death of an Anarchist, by Dario Fo and Franca Rame
The Accidental Death of an Anarchist is a play that arose from events in December 1969, when Italian fascists bombed…
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UK-linked nazi group tries to start race war in Spain
The new Spanish nazi group Núcleo Nacional, whose masked leader was exposed in a recent Searchlight article, has wasted no time before trying to start a race war on Madrid’s streets. They have close ties to British nazis via Isabel…
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Mark Collett fundraising for Aussie nazi who led attack on Indigenous Peoples’ camp
Patriotic Alternative führer Mark Collett is today raising funds for a violent Australian nazi. On his social media accounts, Collett…
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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…
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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…
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Thousands raised by far right in Dundee ‘migrant attack’ case police say didn’t happen
From the moment UK fascists started to focus on a disturbing incident that happened in Dundee, Scotland, we knew something…
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Homeland Party chief warned ‘shut your mouth or we finish your political career’
Homeland Party duce Kenny Smith declared war on his enemies at a recent ‘Remigration conference’ and his enemies have now…
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Tenconi’s UKIP besieged and humiliated in Liverpool
Saturday was a very bad day indeed for the fascists of UKIP. Leader Nick ‘Lonely’ Tenconi waited an hour to…
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Revealed: mystery man behind launch of new Spanish nazi party
An investigation by Searchlight’s contacts in Spain has uncovered the identity of a masked man behind the launch of a…
Anti-fascism
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Epping sets anti-racists a challenge we cannot shirk
In Epping, organised fascists and their racist supporters have scored a notable victory over the last couple of weeks. The…
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Epping this Sunday – anti-racists must nip far-right violence in the bud
On 7 August last year, in response to direct fascist threats of violence against organisations helping migrants and asylum seekers,…
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Fanning the flames – far right aims to whip up summer of race riots
Let’s be under no illusions about the significance of this week’s events in Epping – this is simply the first…
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Labin 1921: miners lead Europe’s first anti-fascist revolt
The Labin Uprising of 1921, often heralded as the first anti-fascist revolt and workers’ republic in Europe, is a landmark…
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After Epping – what next for the far right?
Many factions on Britain’s far right are scrambling to claim credit after the temporary High Court injunction ordered the removal of asylum seekers from The Bell Hotel in Epping. The Refugee Council and many others agree that use of hotels…
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How John Tyndall helped cover up a racist murder
It is a very long time since I was a Searchlight mole inside the British fascist movement. Over 30 years…
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‘Tommy Robinson’ enjoys sixth luxury holiday in a year…and guess who’s with him
Tommy Robinson is on another expensive Mediterranean holiday, this time in Northern Cyprus, in a villa in Kyrenia. It’s the…
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Patriotic Alternative treasurer’s mystery links to spooks and fraudsters
Within hours of Searchlight reporting yesterday on the death of Patriotic Alternative treasurer Steve Blake, some of the many online…
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Top nazi’s death is blow to Patriotic Alternative
One of Britain’s most secretive nazis and a key player in Patriotic Alternative, died this week aged 61. Steve Blake…
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Liverpool anti-fascists go toe to toe with far-right thugs and see them off
Today, in Liverpool, reporting for Searchlight, I found myself in the forefront as anti-fascists fought off a violent mob of…
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Homeland Party in crisis as hardliners demand leader Kenny Smith quits
Last weekend the Homeland Party’s obese duce Kenny Smith was posing in Vienna (above) as leader of “sensible nationalism”. His…
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All time Lowe…
Ex-Reform now independent MP Rupert Lowe reacts hysterically to the sight of a rowing boat off the Norfolk coast, sparking…
Holocaust
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An anniversary David Irving would rather forget
Last Monday was David Irving’s birthday. He celebrated it from his sickbed to which he has been confined for over…
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Fascists and antisemites mourn death of rogue bishop
Last week’s funeral of the far-right, schismatic Bishop Richard Williamson brought into sharp focus the longstanding connections between some ultra-conservative…
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Heritage Party leader bemoans ‘injustice’ for holocaust-denying nazi
Searchlight has been reporting for several months on the increasing radicalisation of right-wing parties. Not just the obviously racist and…
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Kristallnacht remembered
To mark the anniversary of the 1938 November Pogrom, otherwise known as Kristallnacht, we reprint a special article published by…
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‘Open letter’ sparks open revolt in Homeland
The Homeland Party is facing an imminent and damaging split, as dissidents supporting Steve Laws have submitted an open letter to the party’s ruling council calling on Kenny Smith to resign. Supporters of party chief Smith are known to be…
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Has Tommy Robinson thrown UKIP under the bus?
Tommy Robinson’s decision to join up with Ben Habib’s Advance UK is a moment of crisis for UKIP, which has…
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‘Threats, bullying, lies, harassment’ – former supporter accuses ‘Team Tommy Robinson’
Clare Walsh and James Hodges, aka The Viking, are highly-capable organisers and for some time have been front and centre…
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Tommy Robinson joins Ben Habib’s Advance UK
Tommy Robinson has announced that he is joining Ben Habib’s Advance UK party, and is calling on his followers to…
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Reform UK selects UKIP branch officer as election candidate
The Reform UK vetting system appears to have suffered another glitch, but not the usual type where nutjob extremists are…
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The ‘stay behind’ NATO operation behind the Bologna bombing
The massacre on 2 August 1980 at Bologna railway station when a bomb planted by fascists killed 85 people, including…
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Sweden ‘remigrates’ PA leader Mark Collett
Patriotic Alternative leader Mark Collett is a very unhappy chap tonight. Travelling to Sweden to address a ‘Free Sweden’ event…
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‘National Protest’ organiser suggests funds pay for his mortgage and ‘washing machine repairs’
Great British National Protest organiser Richard Donaldson has infuriated his far-right supporters by appearing to suggest online that their contributions…
Today's top ten most read articles
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The ‘stay behind’ NATO operation behind the Bologna bombing
The massacre on 2 August 1980 at Bologna railway station when a bomb planted by fascists killed 85 people, including…
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Sweden ‘remigrates’ PA leader Mark Collett
Patriotic Alternative leader Mark Collett is a very unhappy chap tonight. Travelling to Sweden to address a ‘Free Sweden’ event…
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‘National Protest’ organiser suggests funds pay for his mortgage and ‘washing machine repairs’
Great British National Protest organiser Richard Donaldson has infuriated his far-right supporters by appearing to suggest online that their contributions…
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Tommy Robinson – what we know about the St Pancras incident
After an altercation at St Pancras station in London on Monday evening, which ended with an elderly man unconscious on…
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Obituary: Horst Mahler (1936-2025), from left-wing terrorist to leading nazi and holocaust denier
German security forces are on alert after the death of Horst Mahler, the Baader-Meinhof terrorist who became one of Europe’s…
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Epping sets anti-racists a challenge we cannot shirk
In Epping, organised fascists and their racist supporters have scored a notable victory over the last couple of weeks. The…
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Homeland bigots burn children’s ‘no place for hate’ banner in Epping
This was a simple message of welcome and harmony posted in Epping by a group of parents and their children.…
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Norwich anti-migrant protest organiser arrested
Anti-fascists are busy all over the country today as local far right groups try to capitalise on events in Epping,…
