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How Reform’s ‘shop window’ council brought chaos to Kent

When Reform UK swept to power at Kent County Council last May, the victory was heralded as a populist revolution. After decades of Conservative dominance, Reform’s party’s 57-seat majority promised a new era...
How Reform's 'shop window' council brought chaos to Kent | Searchlight
Nigel Farage joins Kent Reform councillors in their moment of victory When Reform UK swept to power at Kent County Council last May, the victory was heralde ...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A key organiser of the anti-migrant protests in Kent was arrested earlier his week, apparently after a confrontation over flagging.

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Key organiser of Kent far-right protests arrested | Searchlight
Harry Hilden arrested in Faversham Harry Hilden, a prominent far-right activist in Kent and one of the principal organisers of recent anti-migrant demonstra ...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A Hungarian national living in Hereford has been jailed for more than three years for distributing and possessing extreme right-wing music intended to incite racial hatred.

The judge described him as “an ardent racist” who ran a “hub of hate”.

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Hate music peddler jailed for three years | Searchlight
Norbert Gyurcsik - peddler of hate music A Hereford man has been jailed for more than three years after admitting to distributing and possessing extreme rig ...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A selfie with Paul Golding has led to a rockabilly singer being banned from Liverpool's iconic Cavern Club.

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Golding selfie gets rockabilly singer banned from Cavern Club | Searchlight
Dylan Kirk's Cavern Club gig - now cancelled Liverpool’s iconic Cavern Club has cancelled a performance this weekend by rockabilly singer and pianist D ...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
David Coburn, the former Scottish UKIP leader and Brexit Party MEP, has denied taking bribes from Nathan Gill's Russian paymaster.

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Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking Russian bribes | Searchlight
Former UKIP Scotland leader and Brexit Party MEP David Coburn A former Brexit Party MEP, whose name features in messages between the convicted former Welsh ...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Well, it seems that as a result of us helpfully publicising the venue of Advance UK's Welsh launch event things have taken a bit of a turn and they have had to cancel it.

What on earth is the world coming to?
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Last week, Danny Tommo and his mates were filmed slashing a refugee boat in France. Later, at a pub in the West Midlands, they were discussing another, bigger action next weekend.

So what are they up to?

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What are Danny Tommo and his mates planning in France next weekend? | Searchlight
Danny Tommo making a point at the Bromsgrove meeting British vigilantes travelled to northern France last week and posted footage of themselves digging up, ...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Katy Bourne, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex (and, as it happens, Tory candidate for county mayor) is publicly boosting a far-right anti-migrant campaign.

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Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner boosts far-right anti-migrant campaign | Searchlight
Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne supporting anti-migrant campaign The announcement that 540 asylum seekers would be housed for twelve months ...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Disgraced former Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill was today sentenced at the Old Bailey to ten and a half years years in prison, for taking bribes linked to a covert Russian influence operation inside the European Parliament.

What does it mean for Reform and Nigel Farage?

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Day of reckoning for Reform UK's Russian agent | Searchlight
Nathan Gill arrives in court for sentencing Disgraced former Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill was today sentenced at the Old Bailey to ten and a half year ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
l room in Birmingham, brightened only by the flags of his National Rebirth Party, leader Alek Yerbury last week addressed a 20-strong gathering of his midlands followers.

The setting is telling: not a vibrant public square, but a sterile, functional space tolerant of political extremists...
The blood and folly of Alek Yerbury | Searchlight
In a bland hotel room in Birmingham, brightened only by the flags of his National Rebirth Party, leader Alek Yerbury last week addressed a gathering of no m ...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
'MissusKent' alias Jodie Scott / Goodban – the Poundshop Lily Allen of Whitstable – has been seriously embarrassed by the leaking of content from her private WhatsApp group, “MissusKent’s Patriotic Community”...
MissusKent's chat group talks weapons and killing | Searchlight
Jodi Scott aka Goodban aka MissusKent MissusKent alias Jodie Scott / Goodban - the Poundshop Lily Allen of Whitstable - has been seriously embarrassed by th ...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Only last month Ben Habib's Advance UK had a Welsh launch event rather spoiled when the venue cancelled the booking.

So they're trying again. They are advertising a meeting in South Wales 0n 29 November. But the venue is not yet being disclosed.

So perhaps we can help...
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Far-right ‘strategist’ calls for the murder of migrants at sea.

One of Britain’s most prominent far-right ‘thinkers’, connected with the Homeland Party, is openly advocating the murder of migrants at sea.

Pete North, who writes under the pseudonym Northern Variant, is openly arguing that “death...
Far-right 'strategist' calls for murder of migrants at sea | Searchlight
Pete North - far-right 'strategist' One of Britain’s most prominent far-right ‘thinkers’, connected with the Homeland Party, is openly advocating ...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
For months, Paul Golding, leader of the far-right Britain First, has orchestrated a campaign for a mixed martial arts fight against Muslim thinker and MMA fighter Mohammed Hijab.

It’s a desperate bid for relevance, but the most decisive knockout has already occurred –
A knockout of facts over prejudice | Searchlight
Still to be announced - if it ever takes place For months, Paul Golding, the leader of the far-right group Britain First, has orchestrated a campaign for a ...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Flaggers’ mask slips as fascists and nazis take centre stage

Don’t call us fascists. We’re just ordinary folk worried about our women and kids.”

It’s the familiar refrain from the groups of self-styled “patriots,” “anti-groomers,” and flag-wavers who have sprung up in towns across the country.
Flaggers' mask slips as fascists and nazis take centre stage | Searchlight
Britain First leader Golding addresses Kent flaggers “Don’t you dare call us fascists. We’re just ordinary folk worried about our women and kids.” It’s the ...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
US bans Patriotic Alternative boss Mark Collett

Britain may be OK with foreign fascists like American Jared Taylor swanning in to speak at nazi conferences.

The US State Department is not so relaxed: they have banned Patriotic Alternative leader Mark Collett...
US bans Patriotic Alternative boss Mark Collett | Searchlight
PA leader Mark Collett, a week ago, defiling Remembrance Sunday in York As reported recently by Searchlight, America’s best known racist Jared Taylor now se ...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
National Rebirth Party rolls out the latest retro-nazi fashion statement.

After the ridicule, from both left and right, that greeted NRP leader Alek Yerbury’s aesthetic drift into a suspiciously Hitler-like appearance (toothbrush moustache, trench coat)...
National Rebirth Party rolls out latest retro-nazi fashion statement... | Searchlight
Hermann Goring... NRP activist... Shoppers in Havant were treated to an unexpected catwalk show last week, as the National Rebirth Party rolled out yet anot ...
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November 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Christian nationalism: a far-right religious ideology drifting across the Atlantic

Mark Scholl looks at Christian nationalism - not so much a theological position, more a far-right political weapon finding its way to the UK from America. .

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Christian nationalism: a far-right religious ideology drifting across the Atlantic | Searchlight
Nick Tenconi, leader of UKIP and CEO of Turning Point UK, leads a Christian demonstration Christian nationalism is not just a theological position. It is a ...
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November 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Patriotic Alternative comrades of jailed race hate nazi James Costello are in a panic over our recent article which may delay his early release from prison.

Only hours after we published our piece, the name of Costello’s Telegram Channel...
PA nazis panic over Searchlight report about their jailed comrade | Searchlight
James Costello (r) with PA leader Mark Collett, at PA conference 2023 Patriotic Alternative comrades of jailed race hate nazi James Costello are in a panic ...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
One of America’s most notorious racists, Jared Taylor, is being allowed to travel around Europe and the UK unimpeded, even though he was banned from the entire Schengen area a few years ago.

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Once-banned US racist now travels freely in Europe | Searchlight
Jared Taylor addresses far-right conference in Portugal One of America's most notorious racists, Jared Taylor, is being allowed to travel around Europe ...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
How Reform’s ‘shop window’ council brought chaos to Kent

When Reform UK swept to power at Kent County Council last May, the victory was heralded as a populist revolution. After decades of Conservative dominance, Reform’s party’s 57-seat majority promised a new era...
How Reform's 'shop window' council brought chaos to Kent | Searchlight
Nigel Farage joins Kent Reform councillors in their moment of victory When Reform UK swept to power at Kent County Council last May, the victory was heralde ...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Convicted nazi James Costello is due to be released on license from prison this month.

But his Telegram feed has promoted material which ought to give the prison service and the probation service second thoughts about his suitability to be let out early.

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Has neo-nazi posted racist propaganda from jail? | Searchlight
Convicted nazi, James Costello The convicted nazi James Costello is due to be released on license from prison this month. And already his comrades in Patrio ...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
From the Searchlight Archive:

25 years ago, attendees at the annual Conservative Party conference were greeted by the sight of a Tory shadow minister sharing a platform with a leading far-right antisemite who claimed to speak for for Britain’s small businesses...
From Searchlight 25 years ago - The company they keep | Searchlight
Searchlight November 2000 At the Conservative Party conference in 2000, attendees were greeted by the sight of a Tory shadow minister sharing a platform wit ...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Former BNP leader Nick Griffin will be the star speaker at fascist pro-Putin fest in Madrid next month, organised by his old terrorist chum Roberto Fiore.

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Nick Griffin to be star speaker at fascist pro-Putin fest | Searchlight
Nick Griffin - star speaker at pro-Putin rally Some of Europe's most extreme fascists - including the UK's Nick Griffin - are heading to Madrid la ...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Desecration – how my dad’s war is being stolen by the far right.

Mark Scholl reflects on the obscenity of fascists hijacking Remembrance.

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Desecration - how my dad’s war is being stolen by the far right | Searchlight
Desecration: fascist Paul Golding, Britain First leader, defiles Remembrance Sunday My father was a World War II veteran. Decorated. Medalled. He fought acr ...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM