Patrik Hermansson
@patrikhermansson.bsky.social
Senior researcher at @hopenothate.org.uk
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
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In June, Tory leader hopeful Robert Jenrick, who recently complained about not seeing white faces in a Birmingham suburb, declared he is an Anglofuturist.
We got inside a secret Anglofuturist Discord server to find out what that really means 👇
🔗 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...
We got inside a secret Anglofuturist Discord server to find out what that really means 👇
🔗 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...
Robert Jenrick says he’s an Anglofuturist. What does that mean? – HOPE not hate
In late June, the shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick took the stand at a conference. Addressing the crowd of Tories and radical-right political figures, he made an unusual statement. “I am what c...
hopenothate.org.uk
October 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In June, Tory leader hopeful Robert Jenrick, who recently complained about not seeing white faces in a Birmingham suburb, declared he is an Anglofuturist.
We got inside a secret Anglofuturist Discord server to find out what that really means 👇
🔗 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...
We got inside a secret Anglofuturist Discord server to find out what that really means 👇
🔗 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...
Robert Jenrick calls himself an “Anglofuturist.” We got inside one of the movement's key Discord groups. Behind the AI-generated images of Union Jack-emblazoned moon bases, we found a community steeped in far-right ideas of mass deportation and anti-muslim hatred.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...
Robert Jenrick says he’s an Anglofuturist. What does that mean? – HOPE not hate
In late June, the shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick took the stand at a conference. Addressing the crowd of Tories and radical-right political figures, he made an unusual statement. “I am what c...
hopenothate.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Robert Jenrick calls himself an “Anglofuturist.” We got inside one of the movement's key Discord groups. Behind the AI-generated images of Union Jack-emblazoned moon bases, we found a community steeped in far-right ideas of mass deportation and anti-muslim hatred.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...
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Farage advisor said U.K. would be better off if it had not fought in WW2
Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2
Exclusive: Jack Anderton says UK may ‘regain’ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Farage advisor said U.K. would be better off if it had not fought in WW2
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‘If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza
‘If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza
Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night. This is the message he had prepared for his family, and his call for the world not to forget Gaza
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‘If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza
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"Hey what would be the least helpful op-ed? Something by the weird race science dude? Got it."
Here comes uncle Sully in the New York Times to tell us uppity queers to settle down.
June 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Hey what would be the least helpful op-ed? Something by the weird race science dude? Got it."
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🚨 NEW from me: Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's immigration crackdown, has a financial stake of up to a quarter million dollars in Palantir, a key ICE contractor. Experts cite conflict of interest concerns
Read it @pogo.org:
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Read it @pogo.org:
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Stephen Miller’s Financial Stake in ICE Contractor Palantir
Over a dozen Trump appointees in the White House and Department of Homeland Security have owned stock in the controversial company raising privacy concerns across the political spectrum.
www.pogo.org
June 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🚨 NEW from me: Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's immigration crackdown, has a financial stake of up to a quarter million dollars in Palantir, a key ICE contractor. Experts cite conflict of interest concerns
Read it @pogo.org:
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Read it @pogo.org:
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Read our latest report on the Basketweavers. A large far-right network that’s flown under the radar for years. Until @harryshukman.bsky.social went inside.
hopenothate.org.uk/the-basketwe...
hopenothate.org.uk/the-basketwe...
The Basketweavers: Inside the biggest far-right group you've never heard of
With over a thousand members across the UK, US, and beyond, the Basketweavers presents themselves as a harmless social club, but behind closed doors, they push antisemitic conspiracies, violent fantas...
hopenothate.org.uk
June 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Read our latest report on the Basketweavers. A large far-right network that’s flown under the radar for years. Until @harryshukman.bsky.social went inside.
hopenothate.org.uk/the-basketwe...
hopenothate.org.uk/the-basketwe...
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Who are the Basketweavers? Behind the purposefully inconspicuous name is a shadowy far right network with plans to form a new elite, and connections to a swathe of far-right extremists.
hopenothate.org.uk/the-basketwe...
hopenothate.org.uk/the-basketwe...
The Basketweavers: Inside the biggest far-right group you've never heard of
With over a thousand members across the UK, US, and beyond, the Basketweavers presents themselves as a harmless social club, but behind closed doors, they push antisemitic conspiracies, violent fantas...
hopenothate.org.uk
June 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Who are the Basketweavers? Behind the purposefully inconspicuous name is a shadowy far right network with plans to form a new elite, and connections to a swathe of far-right extremists.
hopenothate.org.uk/the-basketwe...
hopenothate.org.uk/the-basketwe...
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We've updated our story on the alleged Minnesota shooter to include details from anti-abortion and anti-trans sermons he gave in 2023.
The alleged Minnesota shooter runs a security company and has links to an evangelical mission; the website of his ministry says he once "sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel." www.wired.com/story/shooti...
Suspect in Minnesota Shooting Linked to Security Company, Evangelical Ministry
The alleged shooter is a 57-year-old white male; according to his ministry's website, he “sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn't the answer.”
www.wired.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We've updated our story on the alleged Minnesota shooter to include details from anti-abortion and anti-trans sermons he gave in 2023.
Aporia's status as a race science outlets is well established by now. By lending his Harvard credentials to it, Pinker contributes to widening its audience.
New from me today: Steven Pinker appeared on the podcast published by race science Substack Aporia. I emailed him to ask why and got radio silence. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Harvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism
Psychologist and writer’s appearance on Aporia condemned for helping to normalise ‘dangerous, discredited ideas’
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Aporia's status as a race science outlets is well established by now. By lending his Harvard credentials to it, Pinker contributes to widening its audience.
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“By lending his Harvard credentials to Aporia, Pinker contributes to the normalisation and spread of dangerous, discredited ideas.”
New from me today: Steven Pinker appeared on the podcast published by race science Substack Aporia. I emailed him to ask why and got radio silence. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Harvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism
Psychologist and writer’s appearance on Aporia condemned for helping to normalise ‘dangerous, discredited ideas’
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“By lending his Harvard credentials to Aporia, Pinker contributes to the normalisation and spread of dangerous, discredited ideas.”
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He plotted terror attacks on mosques and synagogues.
He and his accomplices stockpiled 200+ weapons.
Now we can reveal Brogan Stewart, jailed last month, was trying to join the British Movement, one of the most extreme neo-Nazi groups in the UK.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/06/t...
He and his accomplices stockpiled 200+ weapons.
Now we can reveal Brogan Stewart, jailed last month, was trying to join the British Movement, one of the most extreme neo-Nazi groups in the UK.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/06/t...
The British Movement: Dawn Raids, Terror Plots and Nazi Youth Groups
HOPE not hate covers recent developments in the neo-Nazi British Movement and exposes the group’s links to Brogan Stewart, convicted of a terror plot last month. We also take a look at White Vanguard,...
hopenothate.org.uk
June 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
He plotted terror attacks on mosques and synagogues.
He and his accomplices stockpiled 200+ weapons.
Now we can reveal Brogan Stewart, jailed last month, was trying to join the British Movement, one of the most extreme neo-Nazi groups in the UK.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/06/t...
He and his accomplices stockpiled 200+ weapons.
Now we can reveal Brogan Stewart, jailed last month, was trying to join the British Movement, one of the most extreme neo-Nazi groups in the UK.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/06/t...
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NEW: "Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department.
And it may already be happening in the US.
And it may already be happening in the US.
The Trump Administration Wants to Create an 'Office of Remigration' to Kick Immigrants Out of the Country
"Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department...
www.wired.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
NEW: "Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department.
And it may already be happening in the US.
And it may already be happening in the US.
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amazingly fucked up that the NYT is uncritically publishing the claim, “Race has some biological reality.”
that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.
that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.
May 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
amazingly fucked up that the NYT is uncritically publishing the claim, “Race has some biological reality.”
that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.
that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.
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Former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe recorded making antisemitic remark at parliament
Rupert Lowe recorded making antisemitic remark at parliament
Exclusive: Former Reform UK MP made comment during a meeting with staff earlier this year, leaked video shows
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe recorded making antisemitic remark at parliament
We can finally unmask Morgoth, one of Britain's most extreme far-right influencers who inspired nazi terrorist Dylan Roof. This was a lengthy investigation together with @harryshukman.bsky.social, @gregorydavishnh.bsky.social and @dlhnh.bsky.social.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
Unmasking Morgoth, the British influencer who inspired a terrorist
Morgoth, the writer of the far-right blog Morgoth's Review, is today unmasked by HOPE not hate as the Geordie man Michael Wright.
hopenothate.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We can finally unmask Morgoth, one of Britain's most extreme far-right influencers who inspired nazi terrorist Dylan Roof. This was a lengthy investigation together with @harryshukman.bsky.social, @gregorydavishnh.bsky.social and @dlhnh.bsky.social.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
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NEW investigation unmasking Morgoth, one of the most extreme far-right influencers in Britain. His essay was cited by the US terrorist Dylann Roof.
With @patrikhermansson.bsky.social, @gregorydavishnh.bsky.social and @dlhnh.bsky.social
On @hopenothate.org.uk
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
With @patrikhermansson.bsky.social, @gregorydavishnh.bsky.social and @dlhnh.bsky.social
On @hopenothate.org.uk
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
Unmasking Morgoth, the British influencer who inspired a terrorist
Morgoth, the writer of the far-right blog Morgoth's Review, is today unmasked by HOPE not hate as the Geordie man Michael Wright.
hopenothate.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
NEW investigation unmasking Morgoth, one of the most extreme far-right influencers in Britain. His essay was cited by the US terrorist Dylann Roof.
With @patrikhermansson.bsky.social, @gregorydavishnh.bsky.social and @dlhnh.bsky.social
On @hopenothate.org.uk
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
With @patrikhermansson.bsky.social, @gregorydavishnh.bsky.social and @dlhnh.bsky.social
On @hopenothate.org.uk
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
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Proud to have worked on this lengthy investigation with @harryshukman.bsky.social @patrikhermansson.bsky.social & @dlhnh.bsky.social.
We can finally name the elusive Nazi influencer 'Morgoth', and reveal his ideological contribution to the manifesto of the Charleston mass-killer Dylann Roof.
We can finally name the elusive Nazi influencer 'Morgoth', and reveal his ideological contribution to the manifesto of the Charleston mass-killer Dylann Roof.
🕵️ 🚨 We’ve unmasked Morgoth, one of Britain’s most extreme far-right influencers.
• His real name is Michael Wright.
• He’s 49.
• He’s from Seaton Delaval, but now lives in Northern Ireland.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
• His real name is Michael Wright.
• He’s 49.
• He’s from Seaton Delaval, but now lives in Northern Ireland.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
Unmasking Morgoth, the British influencer who inspired a terrorist
Morgoth, the writer of the far-right blog Morgoth's Review, is today unmasked by HOPE not hate as the Geordie man Michael Wright.
hopenothate.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Proud to have worked on this lengthy investigation with @harryshukman.bsky.social @patrikhermansson.bsky.social & @dlhnh.bsky.social.
We can finally name the elusive Nazi influencer 'Morgoth', and reveal his ideological contribution to the manifesto of the Charleston mass-killer Dylann Roof.
We can finally name the elusive Nazi influencer 'Morgoth', and reveal his ideological contribution to the manifesto of the Charleston mass-killer Dylann Roof.
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🕵️ 🚨 We’ve unmasked Morgoth, one of Britain’s most extreme far-right influencers.
• His real name is Michael Wright.
• He’s 49.
• He’s from Seaton Delaval, but now lives in Northern Ireland.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
• His real name is Michael Wright.
• He’s 49.
• He’s from Seaton Delaval, but now lives in Northern Ireland.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
Unmasking Morgoth, the British influencer who inspired a terrorist
Morgoth, the writer of the far-right blog Morgoth's Review, is today unmasked by HOPE not hate as the Geordie man Michael Wright.
hopenothate.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🕵️ 🚨 We’ve unmasked Morgoth, one of Britain’s most extreme far-right influencers.
• His real name is Michael Wright.
• He’s 49.
• He’s from Seaton Delaval, but now lives in Northern Ireland.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
• His real name is Michael Wright.
• He’s 49.
• He’s from Seaton Delaval, but now lives in Northern Ireland.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
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Late Tuesday, Hungary's ruling Fidesz party introduced a bill titled "On transparency in the public sphere," aiming to restrict NGOs and media outlets receiving foreign funding. telex.hu/english/2025...
Russian-style law targeting independent press and NGOs tabled in Hungarian parliament
Fidesz has submitted a proposal that would completely incapacitate organizations they have labeled as foreign agents threatening the country's sovereignty.
telex.hu
May 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Late Tuesday, Hungary's ruling Fidesz party introduced a bill titled "On transparency in the public sphere," aiming to restrict NGOs and media outlets receiving foreign funding. telex.hu/english/2025...
This is a must read about my colleague @harryshukman.bsky.social's many months inside the far right in Britain and Europe.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
A year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far right
The long read: Working for Hope Not Hate, I infiltrated an extremist organisation, befriended its members and got to work investigating their political connections
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is a must read about my colleague @harryshukman.bsky.social's many months inside the far right in Britain and Europe.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
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These @hopenothate.org.uk undercover investigations never fail to fill me with admiration and gratitude. Bravo @harryshukman.bsky.social @joemulhall.bsky.social @patrikhermansson.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
A year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far right
The long read: Working for Hope Not Hate, I infiltrated an extremist organisation, befriended its members and got to work investigating their political connections
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
These @hopenothate.org.uk undercover investigations never fail to fill me with admiration and gratitude. Bravo @harryshukman.bsky.social @joemulhall.bsky.social @patrikhermansson.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
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Coming next week! YEAR OF THE RAT, my book about going undercover in the British far right for @hopenothate.org.uk. Available for pre-order now www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1...
Year of the Rat: Undercover in the British Far Right: Amazon.co.uk: Shukman, Harry: 9781784746049: Books
Buy Year of the Rat: Undercover in the British Far Right by Shukman, Harry (ISBN: 9781784746049) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Coming next week! YEAR OF THE RAT, my book about going undercover in the British far right for @hopenothate.org.uk. Available for pre-order now www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1...
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I am begging anyone with the ability to commission articles in my industry: let trans people write about what is happening to us right now.
April 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I am begging anyone with the ability to commission articles in my industry: let trans people write about what is happening to us right now.