Graham Macklin
@grahammacklin.bsky.social
Historian @crexuio.bluesky.social University of Oslo. Interested in the far right, fascism & terrorism. I co-edit Routledge’s Fascism & the Far Right book series: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-Fascism-and-the-Far-Right/book-series/FFR
A former neo-Nazi selected by the Conservatives to fight a council election next year has pulled out after a backlash against his candidacy.
Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidate
It follows a backlash against the party's decision to pick Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a council candidate in Somerset.
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“Tories offer Jewish groups meeting with ex neo-Nazi activist candidate”
Tories offer Jewish groups meeting with ex neo-Nazi activist candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.
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My forthcoming book is available to pre-order from today 🎉⬇️ notify your university libraries across the lands
Women and Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)
Women and Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) sheds new light on aspects of women’s support for the far right. Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany, AfD) is the second largest party in G...
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Far right thug who marched as "defender of women" battered his own mum Alan Miller took to streets on march to "Protect Our Women and Kids". We can now reveal that he was convicted of assaulting his own mum at her home www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/far-rig...
Far right thug who marched as "defender of women" battered his own mum
Alan Miller took to streets on march to "Protect Our Women and Kids". We can now reveal that he was convicted of assaulting his own mum at her home
dailyrecord.co.uk
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election. Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
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In late 2023, the Society spent a day with Hertfordshire’s historians. We saw the quality, creativity and distinctiveness of teaching, research and engagement. We were told by a (now departed) senior manager that History was ‘a portfolio the university will guard very carefully’. bit.ly/4hLediN
Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3d agoSo it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)
A school shooter’s mother helped him reach his ‘fans’ from prison. Here’s why she wasn’t charged.
School shooter Colt Gray’s mother helped him reach his ‘fans’ from prison. Here’s why she wasn’t charged. | CNN
Georgia school shooter Colt Gray was sentenced to life in prison and his father to 15 years for providing the gun. Some victims and their families wish his mother would be charged, too.
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It's really hard to see how Farage can avoid a sanction for breaking rules on declarations. At very least he was clearly considering a return when the Harborne donation happened. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Nigel Farage struck Reform comeback deal long before election
Supervised by the convicted fraudster George Cottrell, the agreement undermines Farage’s claim about when he decided to return to politics
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New: A business that made a six-figure donation to Reform UK received interest-free loans of £67m from unnamed “related companies” in the months before, raising questions about the possible origin of the funds. observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform given six-figure donation by firm that received £6...
Nigel Farage’s party is facing questions about the lack of transparency over £100,000 in funds donated by a management consultancy
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Trump administration friend and TPUSA hype-man Jack Posobiec is back hyping the fascist Franco, who mass murdered over 100,000 people, burying them in unmarked graves
NEW: Our researchers have discovered that users of a far-right imageboard notorious for coordinated harassment campaigns have developed at least three custom AI tools meant to help them "dox" their targets. openmeasures.io/soyjak-ai-do...
Users on This Far-Right Imageboard Are Building ‘Fully Autonomous AI Doxxing’ Tools - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Trial date in February next year for a man alleged to have circulated far right videos online Kristopher B Humphreys, 30, from Kendal, in Cumbria, has been charged with 12 counts of distributing videos on Telegram as well as illegally possessing a terrorist document. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trial date set for Kendal man facing far right terror charges
Humphreys is accused of distributing videos on Telegram and possessing a terrorist document.
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A man who gave his son the gun he used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Father who gave gun to Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to serve 15 years in prison
A man who gave his son the gun he used in a deadly high school shooting in Georgia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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Palestine Action ban to be reviewed by Supreme Court
Palestine Action ban to be reviewed by Supreme Court
The UK's highest court gives Palestine Action permission to appeal the government's proscription of the group under anti-terrorism legislation.
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I realise this is Restore Britain etc etc, but it's nonetheless pretty shocking.
The convicted fraudster George Cottrell transferred a total of more than $2m to his mother, Fiona Cottrell, in the days before her 2024 donations to Reform UK, the Guardian understands. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son
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“Elon Musk’s company xAI has sued Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law that bans “nudification” technology on websites and apps, potentially providing a test for how far states can go in constitutionally regulating the use of artificial intelligence.”
Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over its first-in-the-nation law banning 'nudification' technology
Elon Musk’s company xAI is suing Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law that bans “nudification” technology on websites and apps.
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Britain First co-founder Jim Dowson fronts Knights Templar International, a militant Christian nationalist organisation, which promotes itself by evoking the 10th century crusades. www.theferret.scot/jim-dawson-f...
The ex-BNP ‘Christian patriot’ raising international funding for Scottish ‘vigilante’ night patrols
Far right organisation Knights Templar International, whose frontman Jim Dowson has a long history of involvement with extremist groups, is now supporting Scotland’s new wave of night patrols.
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Teenage Norwegian 'hitman' guilty of UK murder plot
Teenage Norwegian 'hitman' guilty of UK murder plot
Johannes Natland travelled to Huddersfield to carry out a 'hit' in March last year.
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Reform UK councillor in Glasgow has been slammed for speaking at an event run by far-right activist group Unite the Clans as she "shared a stage with extremists who have openly praised Hitler". www.heraldscotland.com/politics/wes...
Reform councillor slammed for speaking at event by group that 'openly praised Hitler'
A Reform UK councillor in Glasgow has been slammed for speaking at an event run by far-right activist group Unite the Clans as she "shared a…
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Tentacles of fascist fight club reach into Tennessee, critics call Active Clubs a 'neo-Nazi militia' www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Tentacles of fascist fight club reach into Tennessee, critics call Active Clubs a 'neo-Nazi militia'
The Active Club founder has called organized fights like the ones in which Rettke participates as a "tip-off point for a fascist cultural revolution."
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Elon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
Berlin Pride attack suspect shot and killed during police operation
Berlin Pride attack suspect shot and killed during police operation
Police say Abdul Ballout was shot and killed after he rushed at officers with a knife in a western borough of Berlin.
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This is deeply disturbing and, obviously, not limited to the UK or to the media. Right-wing social (media) terror, amplified and justified by the far right and their enablers, is a structural problem for liberal democracy. It should be a political priority and addressed structurally.
UK journalists ‘self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears’
Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’
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One dead, 16 injured at Berlin Pride event, police say, after vehicle driven into crowd
One dead, 16 injured at Berlin Pride event, police say, after vehicle driven into crowd
Police launch an intensive manhunt in the German capital and tell people to avoid the area.
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Should voters have been made aware that one of the parties standing at the general election had its bank account frozen during the campaign? It's an interesting/tricky question...
Reform UK’s bank account was frozen after Cottrell donations
Nigel Farage’s party could not make or receive payments for two weeks during the 2024 general election campaign, Insight can reveal
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Several injured at Berlin Pride after reports vehicle drove into crowd, police say
Several injured at Berlin Pride after reports vehicle drove into crowd, police say
Police say an intensive manhunt is under way after the incident in Berlin's city centre.
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Police are investigating payments to Reform UK by a company controlled by the party's deputy leader, Richard Tice
Police investigate donations by Richard Tice company to Reform UK
Britain Means Business, owned by the party’s deputy leader Richard Tice, made two donations of £250,000 in the run-up to the 2024 general election.
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Nigel Farage's latest net favourability rating of -46 (21-22 July 2026) is the joint lowest figure recorded by YouGov in the ten years we have run our favourability tracker Favourable: 22% (-3 from 12-13 July) Unfavourable: 68% (=) Net: -46 (-3) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
