Britain’s new far-right (Pt 1): A lockdown creation
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
A Times investigation into Patriotic Alternative, the brainchild of the former youth leader of the BNP, has found they’ve been making the most of the pandemic to try to gain supporters.
Meanwhile, as our correspondent discovers a particularly virulent racist aligned to the group, he asks: is YouTube doing enough to stop hate speech?
Link to article: At the gym, in the hills, the far-right fight clubs where men train to make Britain white.
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