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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]
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.
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 ...
Far-right demonstrators have held several violent protests, ostensibly in response to the attack, clashing with police outside a mosque in Southport on Tuesday and hurling beer cans, bottles and ...
The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Wigton, Cumbria, and is led by Adam Walker.A minor party, it has no elected representatives at any level of UK government.
Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (né Yaxley; born 27 November 1982), better known as Tommy Robinson, is a British anti-Islam campaigner and one of the UK's most prominent far-right activists. [4] Since 28 October 2024, he has been serving an 18-month prison sentence for contempt of court. Robinson has been active in far-right politics for ...