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- English Defence League leader scurries into the shadows Jul 2010
The far-right English Defence League reacted badly to the unmasking of its secretive leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon in last month’s Searchlight. - The case against a counter-demonstration in Bradford Jul 2010
Later this month English Defence League supporters hope to parade their hatred through the streets of Bradford and the HOPE not hate campaign is pulling out all the stops to prevent them. One thing we will not be doing however is to support a counter-demonstration. Nick Lowles explains why. - English Defence League: It is time to act Jul 2010
Nick Lowles looks at how the authorities should deal with the English Defence League - The BNP past of the EDL leader Jun 2010
Searchlight can exclusively reveal that the leader of the English Defence League is a former British National Party member who has served 12 months’ imprisonment for assaulting an off-duty police officer. Self-proclaimed EDL leader Tommy Robinson is really Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, from Bedford. - BNP Defeated 2010 election analyses May 2010
British National Party leader Nick Griffin is battling for his political future amid growing disquiet over his leadership, a disastrous electoral campaign and the overall running of the party. This comes after the BNP spectacularly failed in its bid to win control of Barking & Dagenham council, lost all but two of the 28 council wards it was defending and was humiliated in Stoke-on-Trent, a city recently described by Griffin as it's "jewel in the crown". - New BNP? Same old nazis and thugs Apr 2010
The BNP claims it has changed. A quick review of its election candidates shows that they are the same old nazis, thugs and racists that they always were. By David Williams and Simon Cressy - 2010 Key electoral battlegrounds Apr 2010
The British National Party may well be standing in 300-400 constituencies in the general election but in only a handful does the party present a threat. Nick Lowles looks at the key battlegrounds. - The politics of HOPE and hate Apr 2010
In just a few weeks’ time the British National Party could achieve its biggest breakthrough to date by winning control of its first council, with a £200 million a year budget, and even a parliamentary seat or two. It would herald a massive breakthrough for a party that only ten years ago had just a thousand members and was largely irrelevant. - How the BNP fared in 2009 Jan 2010
David Williams reviews how the BNP fared in 2009 - English Defence League cracks begin to show Jan 2010
The English Defence League was born in 2009, but as we begin 2010 Simon Cressy wonders whether the EDL is about to self-destruct. - A divided past, a tangled future Dec 2009
Matthew Collins examines how the trade unions are helping Northern Ireland’s migrant workers deal with the recession, racism and the province’s sectarian divisions - Battlefield Barking & Dagenham Dec 2009
The British National Party has set its sights on winning control of Barking and Dagenham council and even the Barking parliamentary seat in next year’s elections. Last month Nick Griffin, the BNP leader, announced his intention to stand in Barking in the general election and designated Richard Barnbrook to spearhead the BNP’s assault on the council. While Griffin’s campaign will receive the bulk of the publicity, at much greater risk is the council, where the BNP could easily emerge either in overall control or as the largest single party after next May’s election in which all seats are up for grabs. - Jim Dowson: A place in the sun Dec 2009
Jim Dowson, Ulster loyalist, militant anti-abortionist and the man who bought the British National Party, has been at the centre of allegations from within and outside the party about his property dealings. - Jim Dowson: How a militant anti-abortionist took over the BNP Nov 2009
The leak of the BNP membership list last month has turned the spotlight on the party's Belfast call centre, the tensions it has caused in the party, and the links between the man who runs it and a charity that has received a six-figure sum in EU funding. Matthew Collins and Simon Cressy investigate. - Commonwealth contribution Nov 2009
Britain could not have won either of the World Wars without the contribution made by non-white and non-British soldiers. This was nothing new. The British Empire had always relied heavily on non-white and non-British troops to secure its new territories. - Jim Dowson: Dowson's empire Nov 2009
Sonia Gable shines a light on Jim Dowson's string of business and campaigning interests. - Jim Dowson: From rags to riches Nov 2009
Today we start a serialisation from the current issue of Searchlight Magazine which features a special investigation into the heart of the BNP. We highlight the organisational set-up, the secret locations and the people running the fascist party. We expose how the running of the party has been outsourced to a rabid Loyalist anti-abortionist in Belfast and we reveal that this man is receiving European Union money for peace and reconciliation. - An apologist for Nazism: How Griffins BNP backed Hitler’s Nazis Oct 2009
The British National Party and its leader Nick Griffin try to portray themselves as patriots, nationalists and the defenders of our country. Nothing could be further from the truth. - English Defence League: Businessman bankrolls 'street army' Oct 2009
A middle-age, respectable looking man has emerged as a key figure behind the English Defence League. Alan Lake, a 45-year-old businessman from Highgate, North London, sees the EDL as a potential “street army” willing to be deployed against what they claim is rising Islamisation of modern Britain. - People Together Oct 2009
Nick Lowles explains how the threat from the English Defence League should provide us with an opportunity to promote the society we want to live in. - English Defence League Hooligans Unmasked Sep 2009
At first glance the newly founded English Defence League (EDL) might appear to have its origins in the disturbances surrounding the parade of the Royal Anglian Regiment through Luton on 10 March this year. Indeed, Nick Griffin, the British National Party leader, was right for once when he identified the town as providing the organisational hub for the League’s shambolic anti-Islam demonstrations. - The continuing shame of 'post-conflict' Northern Ireland Aug 2009
Just off Donegal Road in south Belfast they’re converting a city centre gravel car park into what looks like a wasteland. Local residents are doing their yearly dump of anything that burns. There are sofas, thousands of books, boxes and magazines and more than a couple of washing machines. Mattresses too, that’s obligatory. Almost anything that could be fitted into a car or a small van has been transported here and dumped. - Colin Jordan: Britains nazi godfather May 2009
When Colin Jordan, who died last month aged 85, mounted the platform at a national socialist rally in Trafalgar Square on 1 July 1962, it was the high point of a political career on the extreme right. Behind him a massive banner bore the words “Free Britain From Jewish Control” and “Britain Awake”, echoing the slogans of Hitler’s Third Reich. - Steve Fyfe BNP candidate and obsessive gunman Apr 2009
Steve Fyfe is a man who regularly stands in elections for the British National Party has boasted about his disregard for “rules and regulations” controlling the use of firearms in the UK. - Count von Stauffenberg a dreamer in a nightmare world Mar 2009
Few incidents in the domestic history of Germany during the Second World War are more dramatic than Colonel Claus Schenk, Count von Stauffenberg’s attempt to assassinate the German ‘Leader’ Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944. - Celebration of the 43 Group Feb 2009
The 43 Group consisted of Jewish ex-servicemen and women who stood shoulder to shoulder with non-Jews to halt Oswald Mosley's attempt to revitalise a fascist movement in postwar Britain. Between 1946 and 1952 they combined intelligence gathering and street fighting to drive Mosley's thugs from our streets. - Holocaust Memorial Day Jan 2009
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) is an international day of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides - Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda to name but a few. It commemorates the victims and honours the survivors of the Nazi genocide as well as more recent genocides in an effort to ensure that these unimaginable horrors are neither forgotten nor indeed repeated either in Europe or elsewhere in the world ever again. - BNP supporters triggered Oldham riots Dec 2008
The BNP exploded onto the political scene in the aftermath of the 2001 riots in Oldham, Burnley and Bradford. After whipping up racial tension in Oldham, which culminated in the riots, the BNP polled 16% in Oldham West and Royton the June 2001 General Election. - BNP scabbed on the miners Nov 2008
British National Party attempts to befriend the mining communities are in sharp contrast to their attitude during the miners' strike. Then, the racist BNP not only refused to back the strike but called for a return to work and even demanded the Army be brought in to deal with the pickets.
