Outside the BBC when Nick Griffin appeared on Question Time:
Photo: Mike Fleming
Someone on one of the Facebook forums asked about the far-right press after I put up my weekly round robin about the far-left press. Not a bad idea I thought. I've always deferred to Searchlight Magazine for their expertise on the subject of modern day fascists and would be Fuehrers.
The far-right are no longer the obvious threat they once were although most political activists are aware they are still there. The now banned National Action has been in the news as members of their organisation get sent to jail as they were found to be planning acts of terrorism and causing race division in our communities.
My first port of call was the British National Party once led by Nick Griffin who other than endorsing Jeremy Corbyn has virtually disappeared off the scene. Last I heard it was facing bankruptcy. However the party founded by the now deceased John Tyndall (whose book I lent to a Chinese friend of mine who ended up getting some odd looks on the tube reading it but I digress) does still exist.
The BNP's website is still there and occasionally updated. Now led by Adam Walker of whom I know nothing as I have not heard of him). In a very odd move they have given Enoch Powell Gold standard BNP membership. Powell would not be amused. He was no Nazi., not even a racist just anti-immigration. He also fought in the Second World War in army intelligence.
They once had two MEP's including Griffin who managed to fall out with each other. There were also a number of BNP local councillors, 55 in all but this went down to 2 after the 2013 local elections.
A recent post tries to argue they are still relevant but the discussion underneath shows divisions. One poster proclaims:
"The purpose of the bnp should be to become a self interest group for the white working class which highlights their plight. Their old allies on the left have now deserted them in favour of the growing muslim demographic who they hope will give them electoral success."
He is put down by a BNP hack who tells him straight:
The BNP is for ALL white folk not just the working class.
Their newspaper has changed it's name in case you see anyone selling it. The old Voice for Freedom is now called Identity.
It was the rise of the National Front in the seventies that caught my attention and led to my involvement at grassroots level in the Anti-Nazi League. These were the days when you knew who fascists were and before the time the left capitulated to clerical-fascism in the form of Islam.
At one time they garnered over 100,000 votes in London alone and it was necessary to build a campaign against them. The confrontations were often violent and there were three way battles taking place in the streets as the police intervened. That was then......
Today the National Front barely exist but a report of their recent AGM states:
Following on from the National Fronts’ incredibly successful AGM which saw many great speakers including a former member of the European Parliament we can confirm that NF HQ has been struggling to keep up with the vast influx of new members membership forms!
These news members come from all walks of life all regions ,classes and political parties and includes new activists itching to get active in the movement to turn the tide against the on ongoing invasion and old hands coming home to find themselves welcomed with open arms.
Many have fled from the former flagship of British nationalism which has again entered into a state of civil war which has caused not for the first time the chairman to find himself toppled to the wayside and a acting chairman in situe to act as a caretaker whilst they await further legacies to fund their wages.
Others have returned from the various off shoot ” nationalist parties” which focused purely on the issues of English Nationalism in a sort of civic nationalism/anti Scottish approach however this party has been made practically defunct on account of the Scottish vote of independence and their opting to remain within the union.
Their newspaper has changed it's name in case you see anyone selling it. The old Voice for Freedom is now called Identity.
It was the rise of the National Front in the seventies that caught my attention and led to my involvement at grassroots level in the Anti-Nazi League. These were the days when you knew who fascists were and before the time the left capitulated to clerical-fascism in the form of Islam.
At one time they garnered over 100,000 votes in London alone and it was necessary to build a campaign against them. The confrontations were often violent and there were three way battles taking place in the streets as the police intervened. That was then......
Today the National Front barely exist but a report of their recent AGM states:
Following on from the National Fronts’ incredibly successful AGM which saw many great speakers including a former member of the European Parliament we can confirm that NF HQ has been struggling to keep up with the vast influx of new members membership forms!
These news members come from all walks of life all regions ,classes and political parties and includes new activists itching to get active in the movement to turn the tide against the on ongoing invasion and old hands coming home to find themselves welcomed with open arms.
Many have fled from the former flagship of British nationalism which has again entered into a state of civil war which has caused not for the first time the chairman to find himself toppled to the wayside and a acting chairman in situe to act as a caretaker whilst they await further legacies to fund their wages.
Others have returned from the various off shoot ” nationalist parties” which focused purely on the issues of English Nationalism in a sort of civic nationalism/anti Scottish approach however this party has been made practically defunct on account of the Scottish vote of independence and their opting to remain within the union.
Frankly that sounds somewhat bloated. The "former MEP" is probably Andrew Brons who fell out with former BNP Fuhrer Nick Griffin. Their candidates in elections attract derisory votes these days. They do not appear to have any kind of publication/newspaper.
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The English Democrats ostensibly present themselves as an English equivalent of the Scottish Nationalists however the group contains a number of ex-members of the BNP and belong to an International grouping which includes the hardline neo-Nazi Golden Dawn in Greece, Party of Danes (also considered neo Nazi) and the (now banned) Orbaz, a Serbian far-right nationalist party.
The party was founded and led by Robin Tilbrook in 2002. The report of their conference was err..sparse to say the least just posting photos with short statement about Tilbrook opening the conference or Charles Vickers "moving two resolutions. There is no photo of the audience and no main table just a rostrum for speakers which suggests a minute turnout and actual active membership.
The English Democrats publish a bulletin occasionally called The English Voice but the last one was way back in February this year. Disturbingly they write:
We, the English, are now truly in a political landscape where it is true what John Tyndall said years ago, that:-
“The first lesson is to realise that it is our lack of power not our so-called “extremism” is the big deterrent.” At different times across history extremism has meant different things. It’s all about power.Those who have the power today are able to determine what is mainstream and respectable and what is extreme. Its another meaningless term.
As a Nation our activity must be geared to the winning of power. That still has to be said to some people… They are crusaders for the truth but they don’t relate it to necessities of winning power. It cannot be said enough. ‘Power is what must be won.’
John Tyndall of course was the founder of the neo-Nazi British National Party.
One of the more active groups over the past few years has been the Britain First Group. It's a bit of an odd formation in that although it is generally considered a "fascist" organisation it formally rejects racism and has members of ethnic minorites attending it's events and as members. Whether this is just "smoke and mirrors" is up to you to judge.
Their mission is very much "anti-Islam" but has also been involved in anti Roma activity in Northern Ireland where a large number of Romanian Gypsies have placed. Britain First has started a petition to stop the influx because homes should be prioritised for local people. An undated report says:
Britain First activists in Northern Ireland have delivered over 5,000 leaflets in a migrant hotspot town ahead of our next street rally there.
The town of Ballymena is awash with anticipation of our rally and HQ expects a much larger turnout than the previous one, held several weeks ago.
Britain First is leading a local campaign to address a huge and unwanted influx of migrants into the town.
The old-gang politicians are ignoring desperate appeals from local residents about anti-social behaviour.
Meanwhile their leaders face a trial:
The die is cast – on 14-15th January 2019, Britain First leaders Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen will stand trial in Belfast for the terrible crime of criticising Islam.
Paul Golding, their leader asks for support:
Paul Golding, their leader asks for support:
The police in Northern Ireland are ultra-PC and a few years back they unsuccessfully prosecuted a popular elderly Christian preacher – Pastor McConnell – because he criticised Islam in his church.
They swung into action after receiving complaints from a Muslim in Belfast who previously made comments in support of ISIS rule in Iraq!
Now the ‘Muslim Protection Squad’ – otherwise known as the Police Service of Northern Ireland – want mine and Jayda’s heads on a plate.
They want to send the both of us to prison for making speeches in a British city.
I'll certainly keep an eye out for developments on this court case as the outcome will depend on what they actually said.
There are a couple of other outfits that need mentioning. The first is the banned National Action which has been in the press of late for terrorism plots. Obviously they no longer have a website. In 2016 one of their members was exposed as a paedophile which made the rest of the far-right distance themselves from this very provocative group.
Although there were less than a hundred members in the group the danger still exists but it's up to the security services to watch them.
The other group is Combat 18, so named because 1 & 8 represent the letters of the Latin alphabet A & H. Adolf Hitler. They are a dangerous group associated with the website Redwatch.
There are others on the far-right who like the far-left have a tendency to fall out with each other and splinter into smalll groups. Their electoral successes have been short lived and the fears are that some (like National Action) will turn to terrorism.
Please note: I have not provided any hyperlinks to these hate groups.
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