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In part one of this series, I told the first-hand story of how a gang of hardened racist streetfighters helped trigger the violence in Oldham. In part two, I looked at how the BNP pounced on the riots and tried to turn the town’s trauma into political power. Now, in the final part, I tell the story of how we fought back. Subscribe to Nick Lowle's substack for free for more stories from the fr...

In part one of this series , I told the first-hand story of how a gang of hardened racist streetfighters helped trigger the violence in Oldham. Now we turn to what happened next: how the BNP saw the riots not as a tragedy, but as an opportunity. Visit the HOPE not hate website to find out more about our work.

It is 25 years since the Oldham riots. In the first of a three-part series, Nick Lowles, CEO and founder of HOPE not hate, gives the exclusive first-hand story of how a nazi gang triggered the trouble. On the morning of Saturday, May 26, 2001, a six-feet tall, shaven-headed man walked into The Lark public house in Oldham. David Tickle cut a menacing figure. A pub doorman based twenty miles away in...

HOPE not hate explores the assorted extremists representing the far right at the upcoming elections, including Holocaust deniers, crank conspiracists and Crusader cosplayers 7 May will see elections in the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, as well as more than 5,000 council contests across 136 local authorities in England. Reform UK continues to dominate the radical right, anti-immigrant sphere and...

Restore Britain declared party status at the perfect moment. Between a growing appetite for ethnonationalism on the right and the mainstreaming of remigration narratives, Reform UK is simply too vanilla for many extremists’ political tastes. Restore has instantly filled the gap to the right of Reform that UKIP, Britain First and a dozen microparties have been clawing to occupy for years. HOPE not...

Join hope not HATE CEO Nick Lowles and Director of Research Joe Mulhall in a special edition of Radio 43 as they discuss the 2026 edition of State of HATE, our annual deep dive into the British far right. The groups. The networks. The money. The rhetoric. The public mood. This is the most significant far-right threat Britain has faced in decades, perhaps ever.  But their success is not inevitable....

On this episode of Radio 43, the podcast from HOPE not hate, we’re talking about Tommy Robinson and why he’s suddenly so focused on conflicts linked to the United Arab Emirates. Maybe he's developed a genuine and passionate interest in the wars in Sudan and Yemen, and a particular dislike of Qatar. Maybe he has been brushing up on Turkish drone technology and the complexities of cohesion in S...

The neo-Nazi group White Vanguard has suffered a major split. A series of calamitous errors has cost the group half its membership, forced a change in leadership and left its future uncertain. In this episode of Radio 43, HOPE not Hate's podcast, we talk about the origins of White Vanguard and why they've, predictably, found themselves in turmoil. Visit the HOPE not hate website to find...

‘Young Bob’ is one of the young rising stars in Britain’s far-right scene.  As well as having gained over 100,000 followers on X (formerly Twitter), he is an ambassador for Turning Point UK (an offshoot of the far-right American organisation), an associate of the serial criminal and anti-Muslim extremist Stephen Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson), and - in a sign of the increasing acceptance of far-right...

Last month, HOPE not hate (HNH) exposed a new research unit collecting information on its perceived enemies. In this episode of Radio 43, we reveal some shocking information about the leading figures in this group and some of their disturbing online behaviour. You can read more about our investigations into them here . Visit the HOPE not hate website to find out more about our work.

The far right have long framed hate as “protecting the community”. The spate of anti-migrant protests that commenced this summer is no exception, with organisers exploiting local safety concerns through racist scapegoating. Chants of “Save our kids” mingle with “Tell the nation, remigration” and “Send them home”. In this episode of Radio 43, we look at four of these groups: The East Belfast Nightw...

UKIP leader Nick Tenconi is treating Britain’s anti-migrant protests as his own personal roadshow. Like a far-right whackamole, he has popped up at locations across the country, taking advantage of fired-up protesters to preach hate “in the name of God”.  But, in reality, he hosts exceptionally extreme plans which promoted the deportation of one in seven of the UK population. Furthermore, he has a...

In late June, the shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick took the stand at a conference. Addressing the crowd of Tories and radical-right political figures, he made an unusual statement. “I am what can be described as an Anglofuturist.” he said. His statement was applauded. But what did he actually mean? The movement's aims are much darker than they appear at first glance. Behind the gimmick...

Reform UK national director Adam Bounds tried to recruit members to a "physical resistance group" for "gorillas by night tactics" and promoted far-right and conspiracy theory content.  HOPE not hate has identified a now-deleted account on the messaging app Telegram as having belonged to Reform UK’s Adam Bounds. After last year’s general election, Nigel Farage promised that “tho...

Ahead of the release of his latest book, How to Defeat the Far Right, HOPE not hate CEO Nick Lowles sat down in London for a conversation with award-winning journalist Ros Wynne-Jones. He talks about his 'origin story' and how he got involved with anti-racism and anti-fascism activism, through to the radicalisation of a young man during covid and just how the HOPE not Hate team identifie...

Organised by Stephen Lennon , aka Tommy Robinson, the "Unite the Kingdom" event attracted some of the most extreme figures in the British far right. Although the event was nominally concerned with “unity, boldness and truth”, it was marred by far-right campaigners expressing the belief that Britain is being invaded by Islam.  Visit the HOPE not hate website to find out more about our wor...

While Reform UK wants to present itself as a respectable party, HOPE not hate can reveal that one of its staffers has promoted extreme far-right figures and racist views on social media. “We are going to professionalise the party,” pledged Reform UK leader Nigel Farage after last July’s general election, in which his party stood racist, anti-Muslim and antisemitic candidates. “Those few ‘bad apple...

On both social and traditional media it’s easy to find commentary claiming that Nigel Farage’s extreme deportations policy and the recent series of anti-migrant protests represent the will of the British people. The lessons of the past two decades across Europe are clear. Social democratic parties that shift rightwards to head off a threat from the radical or far right end up losing. If Labour con...

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. Visit the HOPE not hate website to find out more about our work.

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. Visit the HOPE not hate website to find out more about our work.

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 condit...

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. Visit the HOPE not hate website to find out more about our...

“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 constituen...

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 minor...

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 r...