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• Extreme right / Fascism (Britain)

  Covid-19 & conspiracy theorists (Britain): The Face of Creeping Fascism

  3 September 2020, by HEARSE Phil

  Last Saturday’s demonstration by conspiracy theorists is a serious warning, argues Phil Hearse.
  It looked comical: a Trafalgar Square rally involving a mix of conspiracy theorists, anti-vax campaigners, and a sprinkling of organised fascists to protest Covid-19 lockdown measures. It would be (...)

• Extreme right / Fascism (Britain)

  Britain: Right-wing England – the social and political basis of UKIP

  1 July 2019, by HEARSE Phil

  The quite astonishing vote for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in June’s Euro-election crystallised deep-seated political, social and demographic changes in England and Wales. These, argues Phil Hearse, will progressively re-cast politics and pose major problems for existing political forces, (...)

• Extreme right / Fascism (Britain)

  Britain’s far right is on the rise – thanks in large part to the media

  28 September 2018, by JONES Owen

  By failing to challenge his views, Sky News acts as a recruiting sergeant for Tommy Robinson
  When the history of the far-right revival is written, the judgment cast on the British media will be deservedly brutal. Last night, it was the turn of Sky News to play what could be called the game of (...)

• Extreme right / Fascism (Britain)

  June 9^th demonstration: Tommy Robinson, English nationalism and Brexit

  10 July 2018, by STOWE Andy

  Three things strike you when looking at videos and photos of the neo-fascist demonstration on June 9^th calling for the release from prison of the Islamophobic criminal Tommy Robinson writes Andy Stowe.
  The first is the numbers who turned out. 10 000 is the most frequent shared estimate. This (...)