Former BNP candidate for mayor of Liverpool guilty of racially abusing traffic warden in Wirral
A FORMER British National Party candidate for mayor of Liverpool was found guilty of racially abusing a traffic warden in Wirral. Michael Whitby, 60, refused to take part in the hearing at Wirral Magistrates’ Court but was tried in his absence. He was accused of verbally abusing civil enforcement officer Henry Ibe in November last … Read more
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
Five Infidels arrested for attack on musician in July
Five members of the North West Infidels have today been arrested by the North West Counter Terrorism Unit. This follows an attack on a young musician and his family ahead of a Liverpool Antifascists benefit gig in July. Four men aged 21, 24, 30 and 52, and a 17-year-old boy, were arrested on suspicion of … Read more
Antifascists Escort National Culturists Off University of Liverpool Campus
Liverpool Antifascists forced the fascist-aligned National Culturists group off the University of Liverpool campus yesterday afternoon, as they attempted to leaflet students attending the freshers’ fair. This was in line with our ‘no platform for fascism’ policy. The Culturists first reared their heads in the spring, when founding member Jack Buckby (a personal favourite of … Read more
Failed National Front Liverpool mayoral candidate Peter Tierney will not be prosecuted over an alleged public order offence, the BBC have reported
FAILED National Front Liverpool mayoral candidate Peter Tierney will not be prosecuted over an alleged public order offence, the BBC have reported. The 55-year-old, of High Street, Hale village, was one of four people arrested outside a sex grooming trial on May 1. They were accused of refusing to remain within a legally-designated protest zone … Read more
Hotel `tricked’ into hosting BNP party
A TOP Wirral hotel says it was “tricked” into hosting an event for far-right activists.Thornton Hall Hotel and Spa said bosses did not know leading members of the BNP and the French National Front party were among those attending a conference there on Tuesday.They said that by the time they found out it was too … Read more
Toxteth Meeting Discusses How To Build Liverpool Antifascism
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Hope Not Hate Reports; Fisticuffs in the Garden of England
Here’s a couple of stories from Hope Not Hate. We are reminded of the old aphorism about what happens when thieves fall out…. ———————————————————————————————————- Kent meeting starts with a fight . posted by: Matthew Collins | on: Monday, 30 July 2012, 17:29 Taylor: None too popular. Nick Griffin rounded off his weekend humiliation yesterday by apparently having … Read more
Cops candidate fielded by EDL
IN THE RUNNING: Kevin Carroll wants to be Bedfordshire’s police and crime commissioner AN English Defence League leader has been announced as a candidate in the race to become police and crime commissioner for Bedfordshire. Kevin Carroll, who lives in Farley Hill, says he will end “political correctness” and “two-tier policing” in Bedfordshire … Read more
Far-right groups hurl racist abuse at parade to commemorate life and role of James Larkin
Some 25 were arrested on Saturday in Liverpool as protesters taunted marchers celebrating at the birthplace of the Irish trade union leader JAMES LARKIN, who later founded the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union, was born into grinding poverty in Combermere Street in Toxteth, one of Liverpool’s poorest quarters, in the 1870s. Today, nearly 150 years … Read more
