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The Guardian reports today that George Cottrell wired his mother over $2m in the days before her donations landed at Reform UK. This opens up the possibility of criminal charges. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/refo...
Reform UK's donor problem just got a whole lot worse | SearchlightThe Guardian reports today that George Cottrell wired his mother over $2m in the days before her donations landed at Reform UK, opening up the possibility o ...searchlightmagazine.comFive years after the speech that got her convicted for race hate, Isabel Peralta, a Spanish neo-nazi banned from Britain, has lost her final appeal against a prison sentence. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/spai...
Spain's neo-nazi poster girl loses appeal against prison sentence | SearchlightFive years after the speech that got her convicted the Spanish neo-nazi banned from Britain has lost her final appeal against a prison sentencesearchlightmagazine.comA West Country far-right activist and learning support worker is reported to have been sacked after singling out the rising number of Black and Asian pupils at her own school as cause for alarm at an anti-immigration rally in Taunton. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/the-...
The far-right school worker who turned her own Black and Asian pupils into targets | SearchlightA West Country far-right activist and learning support worker is reported to have been sacked after singling out the rising number of Black and Asian pupils ...searchlightmagazine.comIn 1981, Searchlight and ITV’s World In Action joined forces to infiltrate a Leicester neo-nazi splinter group buying weapons for a coming ‘race war’, then pursued the guilty men to Ireland. Read about it here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/guns...
'Guns to the Right': the fascist weapons plot Searchlight helped sink, 45 years on | SearchlightIn 1981, Searchlight and ITV's World In Action joined forces to infiltrate a Leicester neo-nazi splinter group buying weapons for a coming 'race w ...searchlightmagazine.comAs Australian One Nation leader Pauline Hanson recently toured Luton with Tommy Robinson, and turned up at a Sicilian fashion show, it was billionaire Gina Rinehart picking up the tab. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/aust...
Australian far-right leader's billionaire-funded guided tour of Luton with Tommy Robinson | SearchlightAs Australian One Nation leader Pauline Hanson toured Luton with Tommy Robinson and turned up at a Sicilian fashion show, it was billionaire Gina Rinehart p ...searchlightmagazine.comReform UK calls it a smear campaign, but a frozen bank account, a convicted fraudster and £22 million in undeclared gifts suggest otherwise, whatever this week’s confected guillotine row is meant to distract from. Read more here:
Follow the money: Reform UK's frantic bid to make their donor problem go away | SearchlightReform UK calls it a smear campaign, but a frozen bank account, a convicted fraudster and £22 million in undeclared gifts suggest otherwise, whatever this w ...searchlightmagazine.comGlasgow Reform councillor Audrey Dempsey shared a platform with a Holocaust denier and an openly nazi organisation, then denied seeing anything to object to. The photos told a different story. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/i-sa...
I saw no nazis, says Reform councillor who was surrounded by nazis | SearchlightGlasgow Reform councillor Audrey Dempsey shared a platform with a Holocaust denier and an openly nazi organisation, then denied seeing anything to object to ...searchlightmagazine.comBilled as the headline act, trailed for days on X and promised as the man who’d send “shockwaves” through Somerset, Paul Golding was a no show at Saturday’s Taunton march. So far, he hasn’t apologised or explained why. He has, however, found time to sell caps, badges and books. Read more here:
Paul Golding - no show, no explanation, no apology, but he'll sell you a hat... | SearchlightBilled as the headline act, trailed for days on X and promised as the man who'd send "shockwaves" through Somerset, Paul Golding failed to sh ...searchlightmagazine.comSelf-proclaimed neo-nazi Ryan Ferguson has been fined by Bristol magistrates for throwing nazi salutes and anti-Jewish insults during an anti-migrant demonstration in March. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/ryan...
Ryan Ferguson fined for nazi salutes and antisemitic jibes | SearchlightSelf-proclaimed neo-nazi Ryan Ferguson has been fined by Bristol magistrates for throwing nazi salutes and anti-Jewish insults during an anti-migrant demons ...searchlightmagazine.comShots fired at the Portrush home of nazi anti-migrant organiser Mark Brown look like the latest chapter in a UDA turf war, but the nazi connections behind it stretch back through Combat 18, the National Front and forty years of loyalist paramilitarism. Read more here:
Shots fired in Protrush but Loyalism's nazi feud has deep roots | SearchlightShots fired at the Portrush home of nazi anti-migrant organiser Mark Brown look like the latest chapter in a UDA turf war, but the nazi connections behind i ...searchlightmagazine.comShayne Wiskin, self-styled “Spokesperson and Operations Director” of the British Security Project is building a reputation for anti-Muslim and antisemitic bile. But last year he was in a mosque, proclaiming that unity is love and thanking Muslims for saving his life. Twice. Read more here:
British Security Project leader's mosque video he won’t want the far-right to see | SearchlightThe self-styled "Spokesperson and Operations Director" of the British Security Project is building a reputation for anti-Muslim and antisemitic bi ...searchlightmagazine.comAshlea Simon stayed away, the local football hoolies couldn’t be bothered, and even organiser Billy Howarth looked like he'd rather be anywhere else rather than the far-right demo in Oldham yesterday. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/thir...
Thirty losers on a two-minute march: Oldham's far-right no-show | SearchlightAshlea Simon stayed away, the local football hoolies couldn't be bothered, and even organiser Billy Howarth looked like he wanted to be somewhere elsesearchlightmagazine.comFor all the online bravado, the far right’s latest attempt to mobilise in Dover produced a tiny turnout, an arrest, inaudible speeches and a long journey home for disappointed activists from across England. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/far-...
Far-right Dover march falls flat despite weeks of online promotion | SearchlightFor all the online bravado, the far right's latest attempt to mobilise in Dover produced a tiny turnout, an arrest, inaudible speeches and a long journ ...searchlightmagazine.comA Reform UK councillor, two neo-nazi sects and a rebranded Aberdeen anti-migrant outfit turned out barely 500 people between them. Four thousand anti-racists, the STUC and hundreds from Glasgow’s trade union movement swamped them. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/anti...
Anti-fascists swamp 'Unite the Clans' in Glasgow despite 'outrageous' police behaviour | SearchlightA Reform UK councillor, two neo-nazi sects and a rebranded Aberdeen anti-migrant outfit turned out barely 500 people between them. Four thousand anti-racist ...searchlightmagazine.comFrom Blood & Honour organiser to self-declared woman to men’s prison inmate: the many identities of neo-nazi Marla-Svenja Liebich, and how quickly the German authorities decided which one counts. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/germ...
German nazi's gender swap stunt that fooled no one in the end | SearchlightFrom Blood & Honour organiser to self-declared woman to men's prison inmate: the many identities of Marla-Svenja Liebich, and how quickly the Germa ...searchlightmagazine.comLeading European far-right campaigners petitioned the EU to back mass deportations. Brussels rejected it, but not before Victor Orban and other prominent far-right figures put their names to it. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/brus...
Brussels throws out far-right 'remigration' drive backed by Orbán and MEPs | SearchlightLeading European far-right campaigners petitioned the EU to back mass deportations. Brussels rejected it, but not before Victor Orban and other prominent fa ...searchlightmagazine.comJohn Watt tried to organise an after-party for tomorrow’s far-right ‘Unite the Clans’ Glasgow Green rally. But the venue pulled the plug when his domestic abuse convictions resurfaced. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/glas...
Glasgow venue pulls plug on domestic abuser's far-right 'awake' club night | SearchlightJohn Watt tried to turn 'Unite the Clans' Glasgow Green rally into an afterparty. But the venue pulled the plug when his domestic abuse conviction ...searchlightmagazine.comFrom Searchlight 40 years ago: Nazi blueprint for ‘total war’. As electoral politics failed the far right after 1979, the National Front turned to 'political soldiers' while Tyndall’s BNP considered infiltrating the Conservatives - effectively a pincer strategy set out by nazi veteran Colin Jordan.
From Searchlight 40 years ago: A nazi blueprint for ‘total war’ | SearchlightAs electoral politics failed the far right after 1979, the National Front turned to paramilitary "political soldiers" while Tyndall's BNP con ...searchlightmagazine.comThey met on Tinder, bonded over Nazi trolling, and ended up in the dock at the Old Bailey. With reporting restrictions lifted, the full story of Rex Clark and Sofija Vinogradova’s prosecution, and the neo-nazi ecosystem behind it, can now be told. searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/the-...
The Tinder Nazis: how a toxic teenage romance ended in terrorism charges | SearchlightThey met on Tinder, bonded over Nazi trolling, and ended up in the dock at the Old Bailey. With reporting restrictions lifted, the full story of Rex Clark a ...searchlightmagazine.comOne of twelve people arrested over an alleged far-right plot against a 15,000-strong Islamic gathering admits possession of offensive weapons, including a stun gun. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/brit...
British Security Project member admits weapons charges | SearchlightOne of twelve people arrested over an alleged far-right plot against a 15,000-strong Islamic gathering admits possession of offensive weapons, including a s ...searchlightmagazine.com