OTD, in 1963, the anti-fascist 62 Group launched an audacious attack on the London headquarters of Oswald Mosley's Union Movement. It was led by Searchlight's later founder and editor, Gerry Gable. Here, he recounted what happened to London Radical Histories:

'Agriculture is emerging as a crucial battleground in European politics.'

What is it that has attracted the far-right to farmers' protests across Europe?

My latest for @Searchlightmagazine

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London's Mayor Sadiq Khan: “By the way, if you need another reason to love London. Count Binface easily beat Britain First'

Quite…

This is a fascinating read…

This year’s local elections proved to be a new low for the British fascist movement. But there should be no complacency. The strong votes for Reform in certain areas are cause for concern. They reveal a disturbingly large pool of long-term discontent and even despair.

We have

“…here comes the bread basket, filled with thick wedges of sourdough. It is heritage sourdough, in the sense that it is somewhat old”. There really is no-one better at reviewing crap restaurants than Jay Rayner…
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Laurence ‘Looza’ Fox taken apart:

We’re in a hole, so keep digging. No, wait…

So, George Galloway's dodgy far right mate Billy Howarth falls short in Rochdale.

Howarth, a local 'anti-grooming' campaigner who spreads the lie that 82% of grooming gang offenders are south Asian men, stood for Galloway's Workers Party of Britain, polling 395 votes (19.3%) in

Boris Johnson turned away from a polling station because he didn’t have the legally required ID. Remind me, what was it he said in 2004 about having to produce ID? Oh yes…

I worked as a teacher for a month at a school run by conspiracists who believed they were battling a sinister plot against humanity. The children were taught that crystals could cure them of illnesses and that Bill Gates was going to force them to eat insects.

Here’s the story:

Please share as widely as possible this important article by Dorothy Byrne, former Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4. She argues Ofcom's failure to regulate GB News is a threat to democracy. UAF searchlightmagazine.com/2024/04/why-is…

Greater Manchester Police chief Stephen Watson, who unexpectedly reopened the investigation into Angela Rayner’s addresses, spoke at the last Tory conference.

The appearance raised questions about his political impartiality, as since the event he's garnered Tory support for

Excellent statement. This decision is purely for the benefit of Premier League clubs. “Money doesn’t talk, it swears…” pafc.co.uk/news/club-stat…

I made a film about the nail bombings for BBC Panorama which was broadcast at the conclusion of David Copeland's trial. We went after some of the men who inspired him to do what he did. If you're interested, it's here: youtube.com/watch?v=vhf-Nw…