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Brexit secretary prompts fury with suggestion new referendum should not happen due to far-right protests outside parliament
08/01/2019
MPs have condemned the Brexit Secretary after he suggested the intimidating protests outside parliament should rule out a fresh referendum.
Viktor Orban said he wanted to see an anti-immigration majority in the EU institutions and that he would team up with countries like Italy and Poland to change the bloc’s direction.
MPs accuse transport secretary of dangerous scaremongering in attempt to prop up PM’s deal
MPs should be “brave” and not allow the far right to “dictate” policy over Brexit, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said.
Fazila Loonat says she was racially abused in street after Danny Lockwood’s column.
Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel tweet support for offshoot of US group accused of anti-Islam views.
The Brexit deadline is hurtling towards us, and citizens across the UK still aren't allowed to know who bankrolls the politicians deciding the country's future.
Investigation reveals exodus of party’s moderates and influx of more extreme newcomers.
Foreign Twitter accounts have recently tried to influence the debate around Brexit, with pro-Leave tweets receiving the most support, researchers say.
Fake, foreign and far-right: Dodgy accounts uncovered pushing Brexit agenda on social media
12/03/2019
Research has identified how political extremists outside of the UK have been amplifying online pro-Leave views on Brexit.
Catherine Blaiklock sent racist posts and retweeted those of far-right figures before joining Brexit party.
Conservative Brexiteer pushes far-right anti-Semitic conspiracy theory of 'cultural Marxism' used by Anders Breivik
26/03/2019
A former Brexit minister and leading Conservative MP has been accused of pushing a "far-right" anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about the spread of "cultural Marxism" in the UK.
Police brace for disorder after far-right protesters threaten to riot on what would have been Brexit day
28/03/2019
Ukip, Tommy Robinson, the UK “yellow vests”, Democratic Football Lads Alliance and Leave Means Leave campaign are holding rallies in the capital, on the day Britain was due to leave the EU.
Brexit day march: MPs 'abused in street' as thousands join Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson rallies
30/03/2019
Demonstrators talk ‘treason’ and ‘betrayal’ on day Britain was meant to leave the EU. / It was supposed to be the day Brexiteers rejoiced at the nation’s exit from the EU. Instead, thousands of Leave voters and far-right activists gathered outside parliament to show their anger at the UK’s delayed and increasingly uncertain departure.
Parts of AfD have been put under state surveillance in Germany for neo-Nazi links. / Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has caused consternation after approvingly quoting the leader of a German far-right party whose senior figures have called for refugees to be shot.
Jacob Rees-Mogg boils over in live BBC interview after questions over his promotion of far-right German AfD leader
03/04/2019
Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg lost his customary cool during a live BBC interview after being confronted over his promotion of a far-right German leader.
Far-right, populist and eurosceptic parties from countries across Europe have announced that they are forming a new alliance ahead of EU elections next month.
The new party has already run into controversy after two figures stepped down over racist social media posts
Lord Michael Heseltine: ‘Chilling’ similarities between 1930s and current political climate
14/04/2019
We’re joined by Conservative former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Michael Heseltine.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Conservative MP, has said he feels “very silly” for speaking at a black tie dinner hosted by a man who advocates the repatriation of "non-indigenous" Britons, despite being warned of the group’s far-Right links.
Michael Heseltine Warns Of 'Chilling' Similarity Between 'Extremes Of 1930s' And Today's Political Crisis
14/04/2019
Former Tory deputy prime minister says targeting "foreigners and the elite" has a "chilling appeal". / Former Tory deputy prime minister minister Michael Heseltine has warned of the “chilling” similarity between the “extremes of the ’30s” and today’s political crisis in the UK.
A leading Ukip MEP made a speech to a pro-apartheid club of expat South Africans that has far-right links and calls Nelson Mandela a terrorist, it has emerged.
Revealed: the Trump-linked ‘Super PAC’ working behind the scenes to drive Europe’s voters to the far right
25/04/2019
A controversial Madrid-based campaign group, supported by American and Russian ultra-conservatives, is working across Europe to drive voters towards far-right parties in next month’s European Parliament elections and in Spain’s national elections this Sunday, openDemocracy can reveal today.
John Tennant also has history of using obscene language about women on social media. / A candidate to serve as an MEP for Nigel Farage’s Brexit party once praised a colleague for using a Nazi slogan in the European parliament and has a history of using vulgar and obscene language about women in social media posts.
Nigel Farage, the Brexit party leader, has insisted he is not a conspiracy theorist after he repeatedly appeared on a far-right US talkshow and openly discussed ideas about a “new world order” linked to antisemitic tropes.