UKIP councillor quits after he was reported to be ‘former BNP member’
(Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images) A UK Independence Party councillor in the party’s Clacton stronghold has been forced to resign – after it emerged he was on a list of members of the BNP. Laurie Gray was one of 22 UKIP councillors elected in May this year to sit on Tendring District Council in Clacton-on-Sea, … Continue reading
The BNP faces oblivion as lost European election deposits batter its finances
The party’s latest accounts show it has just £45,756 in assets, with the Irish wing having no assets and the Welsh branch just £17 Getty. British National Party Dying breed: The British National Party is struggling for support. The British National Party is facing political oblivion despite trying to profit from the refugee crisis. Its latest … Continue reading
BNP sees 99.7% drop in votes in 2015 general election, party all but wiped out
Somehow they claim their ‘efforts paid off’ The British National Party has received just 1,667 in the 2015 UK general election, a vast drop from 2010 when it garnered 563,743. The far-right party fielded just eight candidates this election, securing zero MPs and being beaten by Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol and Monster Raving Loony … Continue reading
Nick Griffin faces legal threat for using photo of kilted black men to mock SNP
Photographer Daniele Tamagni was furious that Mr Griffin had used one of his pictures without permission for the purposes of ‘disgusting racist propaganda’ Nick Griffin is facing possible legal action from an award-winning Italian photographer angered at the former British National Party leader’s use of one of his images in a tweet. Daniele Tamagni, who … Continue reading
BNP unveil Dagenham candidate for general election 2015
Tess Culnane The far-right British National Party (BNP) have unveiled a parliamentary candidate for Dagenham and Rainham, five years after ex-leader Nick Griffin was soundly beaten in the borough. Former BNP leader Nick Griffin (left) failed to take (right) Margaret Hodge’s Labour seat in Barking at the 2010 general election. Mother of four, and … Continue reading
UKIP absorbs Britain’s far-right
English Defense League march. Newcastle, 2010. [Gavin Lynn/Flickr] Sparsely attended far-right rallies in Britain highlight the decline of a movement in disarray, but experts say that some of its ideas have found new expression in the Eurosceptic UKIP ahead of elections in May. Anti-fascist demonstrators outnumbered the roughly 400 people at a raucous English … Continue reading
European far-right politicians in Russia to support Putin
A Cossack argues with an Russia’s anti-fascist activist, right, during protest near the venue of the the International Russian Conservative Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, March 22, 2015. The poster reads ‘ To each fascist his Nuremberg’. Nationalist supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin brought together controversial far-right politicians from across Europe on Sunday … Continue reading
BNP fall complete: Racist party can’t find enough candidates to qualify for BBC election broadcast
In 2010, the BNP won 563,743 votes at the General Election, but this year they are struggling to even find candidates BNP leader Adam Walker took over from Nick Griffin to 2014 The far-right British National Party is set to lose the right to an election broadcast as it cannot find enough parliamentary candidates, an … Continue reading
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen named as latest far-right figure to speak at prestigious Oxford University Union
Ms Le Pen will be speaking at the famous venue in February But campaigners say they will protest outside the Union if talk goes ahead Described the politician as a ‘Euro-fascist’ who wants to split society Le Pen is known for her controversial right-wing views Called for surveillance in mosques following Charlie Hebdo massacres French … Continue reading
Support for British far-right groups hits 20-year low
Hope Not Hate report shows general decline in influence of BNP, EDL and others due to internal splits and rise of Ukip Nick Griffin (left) was expelled from the British National party last October. Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian Far-right groups in the UK are at their lowest ebb for 20 years despite the … Continue reading
