Researchers say Knights Templar imagery helps rebrand older far-right politics around the idea of men acting as defenders

The ex-BNP ‘Christian patriot’ raising international funding for Scottish ‘vigilante’ night patrolsFar right organisation Knights Templar International, whose frontman Jim Dowson has a long history of involvement with extremist groups, is now supporting Scotland’s new wave of night patrols.www.theferret.scot