Ethnic minorities in Britain are facing rising and increasingly overt racism, with levels of discrimination and abuse continuing to grow in the wake of the Brexit referendum, nationwide research reveals.
Since the Brexit vote in 2016, Ukip is no longer primarily concerned with attacking the EU. Now led by Gerard Batten, the party has started to normalise far-right ideas and has given roles to figures including Tommy Robinson.
New Video Shows Nigel Farage Courting Fringe Right-Wing Figures At A Private Tea Party Hosted At The Ritz
21/05/2019
Farage was a guest at the event alongside people who have praised Putin and spread far-right memes. The Brexit Party leader asked them for money and “all the help we can get”.
European election is our chance to confront racism and xenophobia with our vote.
Avaaz uncovers 500 accounts using fake news to spread white supremacy message. / A web of far-right Facebook accounts spreading fake news and hate speech to millions of people across Europe has been uncovered by the campaign group Avaaz.
Brexit Party supporters heckle British-Asian MEP with shouts of 'Go home' during her acceptance speech following re-election to European Parliament
28/05/2019
An MEP of Asian origin was heckled with shouts of “Go home” by Brexit Party supporters during her acceptance speech following her re-election to the European Parliament.
A 17-year-old German exchange student is in a serious condition in hospital after he was attacked by a group of teenagers, leaving him with severe head injuries that required emergency surgery.
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Boris Johnson published a poem joking about the 'extermination' of the 'verminous' Scottish people
15/06/2019
However, when Johnson was editor of the Spectator magazine in 2004, he sparked outrage in one part of the UK, when he authorised the publication of an apparently satirical poem describing Scottish people as "a verminous race" who should be exterminated.
The SNP’s Westminister leader Ian Blackford refused to back down after calling Boris Johnson “racist”, which caused uproar during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.
Racism and race-related hate crime has increased since the 2016 Brexit referendum, with officers appointed to deal with resultant "tensions".
Two thirds of Tory members believe UK areas 'under Sharia law', as poll reveals scale of Islamophobia in party
24/06/2019
Two thirds of Conservative Party members believe that parts of Britain “operate under Sharia law”, a new poll has shown amid a mounting Islamophobia scandal.
Boris Johnson brings in Iain Duncan Smith and PR guru who ran ‘Islamophobic’ campaign for Zac Goldsmith
26/06/2019
The move has been interpreted as a sign that Mr Johnson is toughening his stance on Brexit.
A pensioner who told a black woman “when Brexit comes you will be gone” has been fined £600.
Farage’s fascist past? Nigel boasted about his NF initials and sang ‘gas them all’, claims schoolfriend
11/08/2016
Nigel Farage was proud at the height of Britain’s far right movement that his initials NF also stood for National Front, according to a close school friend who after years of silence says he now wants the public to understand more about the man.
Assuming a new pose as defender of the people, Liddle rages against liberal remainers and the ‘establishment’ – and is as untroubled by facts as by logic.
Brexit Party leader ridicules 'overweight' Queen Mother in speech — and adds that Prince Harry has 'fallen off a cliff' by wedding Meghan.
Ukip leader Richard Braine says he is 'getting a bit fed up with all this dickbraine stuff'
14/08/2019
Ukip’s new leader, Richard Braine, has said he is “getting a bit fed up” with people making fun of his name.
Share your story if you’ve noticed an increase in anti-Irish abuse since Brexit or if British people are supportive of the Irish community.
Far-right racist admits stabbing Bulgarian man in Tesco car park after shouting he wanted to ‘kill Muslims’
16/08/2019
An alleged far-right terrorist has admitted stabbing a Bulgarian teenager after shouting that he wanted to “kill Muslims”.
Once an obscure idea confined to the darker corners of the internet, the anti-Islam ideology is now visible in the everyday politics of the west. How did this happen?
Study finds children in England and Scotland experiencing rising racism and prejudice in public after Brexit vote.
Richard Braine accused of stoking tensions after also saying there are no ‘moderate Muslims’.
Campaign group Tell MAMA said it received 38 reports of anti-Muslim incidents in the week after the now-PM compared veiled women to 'letterboxes' and 'bank robbers'.
Far-right groups threaten to riot at London protests as Boris Johnson warned over language
06/09/2019
‘It’s time to f*** s*** up,’ extremists threaten after parliament moves to block no-deal Brexit.