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The article, titled “UK To Imprison People Who View Far-Right Propaganda For Up To 15 Years,” was actually published in October of 2017 and predated the riots by almost eight years.
Far-right extremism has maintained a presence in the United Kingdom since the 1920s; however, it has increasingly been perceived as a significant threat in recent decades. Throughout the 2010s, far-right groups became more violent and have engaged in incidents that are considered a threat to the wider society. [22]
Far right politics usually supremacism — a belief that superiority and inferiority is an innate reality between individuals and groups — and a complete rejection of the concept of social equality as a norm. [2] Far right politics often support segregation; the separation of groups deemed to be superior from groups deemed to be inferior. [3]
HuffPost described far-right activists as having "hijacked" the vigil for the victims, [310] and the Manchester Evening News reported "far right thugs, fuelled by lies, sought to exploit the tragedy". [311] Merseyside Police said on the night of the riot that they believed supporters of the EDL were involved in and organised the disturbances.
Elon Musk has called for the release of far-right activist Tommy Robinson and criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on social media, while also praising Nigel Farage's Reform UK party and ...
Anti-racism activists say they acted quickly to get people to come together to stop days of far-right rioting in Britain but that the main test for their fight against hate lies ahead. Jo Cardwell ...
However, Evan Smith in Against the Grain: The British Far Left from 1956, [4] uses the term 'far left' "to encompass all of the political currents to the left of the Labour Party," including "anarchist groups". The scope of this article limits the discussion of far left politics to the period since 1801 i.e. the formation of the United Kingdom.
LONDON (Reuters) -The British government is considering changes to the Online Safety Act designed to regulate social media companies, following a week of racist rioting driven by false information ...