The BNP is having another facelift. But its new poster boy Jack Buckby is just an old-school nationalist
British nationalism has got itself a brand new face. Jack Buckby isn’t exactly the boy next door, but he could be the hipster sitting at his laptop next to you in Starbucks (“working on a novel” – yeah, right). Young, educated, articulate, John Lennon glasses, excessive facial hair, ironic satchel: the only unusual things about … Read more
Bloody Nasty People, By Daniel Trilling. Media support for racist extremism has helped to make legitimate the new politics of hatred
Tide of rage: members of the English Defence League demonstrate. Daniel Trilling has written an instructive account of white extremism in Britain. For this immigrant Muslim, reading it felt like a trek through a lightless jungle with fierce beasts and unseen, stalking, implacable tribes. The intimations of savagery produced a psychic shakiness … Read more
The far right is fragmenting. The BNP is in freefall but there is potential for one of its many rivals to move into the space it vacates.
Last week, a new report on the English Defence League was released. Detailing the key personalities within the movement and their links to the global “counter-jihad” movement, the document sought to set out what “really lies behind” the group that attracts considerable attention but remains little understood. The author, however, was not a researcher, campaigner … Read more
We must respond to the far right’s web threat. Extremists have used the internet to build membership, advance their credibility and to mobilise for direct action
BNP leader Nick Griffin. His party has developed one of the most popular political websites in the UK. The far right has long provided us with a window through which we can view the changing nature of racism, and racist politics. While this traditionally played itself out in the humdrum of election campaigns, it … Read more
Fascist Clown to sue Merseyside police for flying the rainbow flag
A FAR-RIGHT politician is to sue Merseyside police for flying a gay rights flag above a police station. English Democrat Paul Rimmer, who recently failed in his bid to become mayor of Liverpool, was arrested in May after an argument in Toxteth’s Admiral Street police station over the flying of the iconic rainbow flag. He answers police … Read more
The truth about John “Snowy” Shaw
News broke yesterday how a Llama farmer in Yorkshire pleaded guilty to causing ‘unnecessary suffering leading to death’ and two counts of ‘not providing a suitable diet’ and failing to protect his llamas from pain, suffering and disease.’ The farmer in question pleaded poverty; he told the court that he just could not afford to … Read more
Liverpool Students Statement on the National Culturists
The following statement was sent to us from Students in Liverpool and their supporters. No to ‘National Culturalists’ on our campus or in our city! - No to racism, sexism and homophobia on our campus and in our city! - No to the ‘National Culturalists‘ or similar groups at Freshers Fayre - The ‘National Culturalists‘ … Read more
Fascist Students Plan to Organise on University of Liverpool Campus
We recently came across the website of a group called the “National Culturists”. It is generally a well presented and professional looking site, full of reasonable, liberal sounding language about nationalism and the like. My initial thoughts on the group were they are plotting a similar path to the English Democrats, or the British Freedom … Read more
Darkness at Dawn
The degeneration of the situation in Greece has led to a rise in fascist and racist ideals within cells of the Greek populace. As the economic crisis continues to torture the Greek public many have turned to narrow minded, bigoted attitudes towards innocent migrants. Rather than blame the Greek government, the EU fat cats and … Read more
The Death Of The BNP
Far right movements have existed since the early days of democracy, with political and non-political groups alike, based on two overarching, and vaguely fascist, beliefs. These are, of course, that national identity and national pride were defining features of an advanced race. With every perceived ‘growth’ in immigration and, all too often, each time society … Read more
