As sure as the rising sun, bitter public recriminations have once again broken out among the UK’s fascist fringe. A rebel faction in the Homeland Party, Britain’s largest fascist political party, has demanded the ejection of its fractious chairman Kenny Smith and led an exodus of the party membership.

Is Reform UK as tough on crime as it claims to be, or are Nigel Farage and co hypocrites when it comes to just who is breaking the law?

If their own record is anything to go by, Reform will only crack down on their opponents and they will be happy to bend the law for their friends.

One year ago, the horrific murders of Alice, Elsie and Bebe took place in Southport. 

While many mourned, Britain’s far right twisted the tragedy, sparking the biggest outbreak of far-right rioting in post-war Britain. 

Far-right actors seized the moment, spreading lies, stoking anger and unleashing seven days of unrest that left the country reeling. 

We look at how it unfolded, and why the conditions that led to it still matter. 

Reform UK has received millions of pounds in donations from climate deniers and fossil fuel sources, so it is not a surprise that Nigel Farage wants to make net zero the “next Brexit”.

Which makes it all a bit embarrassing that on Monday, two of Reform’s top councillors missed an important council date to discuss a new solar panel project.

“Do I want to be an MP? Do I want to spend every Friday for the next five years in Clacton?” Thus spoke Nigel Farage in an interview with The Times in February 2024, about which the reporter wrote: “His expression suggests not.”

Just months later Farage joined Reform UK as leader and decided he did want to be a MP after all - even if he still wasn’t planning on spending much time in the constituency, Clacton-on-Sea, which elected him on 4 July 2024.

One year on from his election, Farage’s report card has come in. And it’s not looking good for the Reform UK leader… 

While the involvement of Lords, former MPs and councillors in the Great British PAC might give it a respectable appearance, HOPE not hate analysis shows the pressure group is packed with extremists, with thirteen members of its team having promoted far right views online, including one who shared pro-Hitler and antisemitic content and another who posted racist comments about the IQ of ethnic minorities.

You can read the full report as well as our other work in combating extremism by visiting www.hopenothate.org.uk

The Basketweavers could be the most important far-right network you have never heard of. Operating in the shadows, it is an interconnected group of extremists who want to build their own society away from the mainstream.

HOPE not hate sent an undercover reporter into the Basketweavers in 2022-2023. This is the report, featuring an eyewitness account from our undercover reporter.

To read the full report, as well as learn about our other work opposing the far right, you can visit www.hopenothate.org.uk.

Welcome to Radio 43, the antifascism podcast from HOPE not hate.

This episode 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, a tiny but extreme neo-Nazi youth group linked to the BM.

📰 Read the full investigation on our site:
 👉 https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/06/the-british-movement-dawn-raids-terror-plots-and-nazi-youth-groups/

Thanks to you all for listening. Don't forget to subscribe for regular updates. 

Tommy Robinson lied. HOPE not hate set out to prove it, and we did.

In this special episode of the podcast, HNH's CEO, Nick Lowles, and Director of Research, Dr Joe Mulhall, sit down to discuss the story of the long battle to prove that Robinson broke a legal injunction that means he now faces prison.

When you've finished the episode, check out the long-read here.

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HOPE not hate has today released its annual State of Hate report, titled ‘Pessimism, Decline and a Rising Radical Right’.

It is *the* go-to place for analysis of the far right, growing trends, fresh investigations and up-to-date profiles of all the key figures and groups. There’s nothing else out there like it.

On this episode of the podcast, Nick and Joe go over the broad takeaways from the report before having an in depth discussion on the topic of the growing Radical Right influence in the Conservative Party. This is an important story which reflects the growing toxicity in mainstream politics. The pair talk about where this group has come from, what it exists to achieve and how big an influence it, and its associated media environment, has on our politics.

To close, they touch on two other stories, the first is a new investigation into a member of the Patriotic Alternative splinter group, The Homeland Party, who is Chair of a Community Council near Dundee. The other is a disturbing article into the extremism of a far-right commentator named Steve Laws. 

Both blogs are linked in the comments, and should be approached with caution.

Cheers,
X

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LINKS:

• State of Hate 2024
• Jamie Brown from Homeland
• The Extremism of Steve Laws

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