Category Archives: Far right

Why I support banning the EDL’s march

Of late I’ve seen a number of tweets and blog articles questioning why some “good liberals” suddenly go hard-line when it comes to allowing the English Defence League to have their marches, and start supporting banning them, particularly the one … Continue reading

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On Norway

This past weekend was dominated by two major death-related news stories: the bombing and subsequent massacre in Norway on Friday, and the death (to me at least, sudden and unexpected) of the singer, Amy Winehouse, in London on Saturday. Readers … Continue reading

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The cartoon Geert Hitlers couldn’t live with

Islamophobia Watch - Documenting anti Muslim bigotry - Dutch broadcaster removes anti-Wilders cartoon after threats to staff Geert Wilders was a supporter of the Dutch cartoonists who depicted the Prophet (sall’ Allahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) as a terrorist with a bomb … Continue reading

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Suzanne Moore, Newsnight and the EDL

If the Left is to rise again, it must lift the official silence on race and culture | Suzanne Moore | Comment is free | The Guardian This weekend the so-called English Defence League held a “homecoming” march in Luton, the … Continue reading

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Asian pimps, Channel 4 and the BNP

Julie Bindel has an article in the current edition of Standpoint regarding the issue of the Asian pimp gangs that exist in some midland and northern towns in England, who exploit mostly local working-class white teenage girls. As I mentioned … Continue reading

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How the 2006 niqab affair popularised the BNP

Gary Younge in today’s Guardian traces the upsurge in anti-Muslim bigotry to Jack Straw’s attack on the niqab in 2006: Three years ago this month Jack Straw argued his case for urging Muslim women who attend his MP’s surgery to … Continue reading

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Dignifying the BNP, blaming the victims

Melanie Phillips: The true cause of the BNP’s rise Melanie Phillips had this article published yesterday in the Daily Mail (also on her home page) and she comes out with her usual line about the BNP being a vile, racist … Continue reading

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BNP on the BBC: stupidity or deception?

The BBC is being called on to investigate how two senior members of the British National Party were allowed to appear semi-anonymously on the youth-targeted Radio 1 Newsbeat programme. Mark Collett, BNP publicity director, and Joseph Barber who runs the … Continue reading

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File on 4 investigates football racists

BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - File on 4, 22/09/2009 File on 4 investigates the football hooligan racists who have been going around causing trouble in various British cities. They claim to be against “Muslim extremism”, but their chants … Continue reading

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The big lie

BBC NEWS | England | London | Murder claim politician faces ban The BBC reports that a London Assembly member from the British National Party may be banned from the council for six months after being found to have made … Continue reading

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Rubbishing the ‘Islamification’ myth

Mark Steel: So has anyone really been ‘Islamified’ against their will? - Mark Steel, Commentators - The Independent Mark Steel tears into the ridiculous myths about the ‘Islamification of Europe’ peddled by some on the far right (HT: Julaybib): The … Continue reading

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Posted in "Eurabia", Far right, Islamophobia | 3 Comments

BNP Islamophobia not just a PR stunt

Martin Sullivan at Islamophobia Watch on his ongoing debate with Edmund Standing, a contributor to Harry’s Place and author of a recent think tank report which plays up the BNP’s anti-Semitism and plays down its Islamophobia, explains that the BNP’s … Continue reading

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Posted in Far right, Islamophobia | 23 Comments

Fear, loathing and thuggery in Luton

Fear and Hatred on the Streets of Luton from the Sunday Times A very long and comprehensive article (you can also see it in four parts here: [1], [2], [3], [4]) on the unrest in Luton prompted by the tiny … Continue reading

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The two faces of the BNP

The rise of British racism may be horribly close — The Spectator Fraser Nelson goes “on the stump” (meaning, out knocking on doors) with BNP activists in Hertfordshire and discovers that people are no longer convinced that the BNP are … Continue reading

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Thugs go on rampage in Luton

The story is starting to come out regarding the display of thuggery and bigotry in Luton last Sunday, in which a group of about 200 broke away from a bigger march and headed for the town centre, clearly intending to … Continue reading

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British tabloid hypocrisy shocker

The Sun today featured the story of a former British soldier whose image was featured in a British Nazi Party election leaflet, in uniform next to the words, “we’re fed up with being sent ill-equipped into foreign wars. The BNP … Continue reading

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“Civil war” in US anti-Muslim blogosphere

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Public interest

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The hidden dangers of a ban on fascists in unions

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Haider was speeding, and other news from the criminal far right

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