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v. t. e. The far-right, extreme right, hard right, radical right, fascist-right and ultra-right are terms used to discuss the position a group or person occupies within right-wing politics. The terms are often used to imply that someone is an extremist. The terms have been used by different scholars in somewhat conflicting ways.
Far-right anti-immigration protests and riots occurred in the United Kingdom (specifically in England and Northern Ireland [ a]) from 30 July to 5 August 2024, with further sporadic incidents in the following days. They followed a mass stabbing in Southport on 29 July, in which three children were killed.
Far-right politics are a recurring phenomenon in the United Kingdom since the early 20th century, with the formation of Nazi, fascist and antisemitic movements. One of the earliest examples of fascism in the UK can be found as early as 1923 with the formation of British Fascisti by Rotha Lintorn-Orman. [ 1][ 2] It went on to acquire more ...
Last month’s general election saw Reform UK, a populist right-wing group running on a confrontational anti-migration platform, pick up the third-most votes of any party, after a campaign in ...
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 ...
Police seized books, masks and memorabilia of an extreme right-wing nature, as well as a 3D-printed firearm, from Gabriel Budasz's accommodation in August 2023. The 24-year-old, of Drove Road in ...
The English Defence League (EDL) was a far-right, Islamophobic organisation active in England from 2009 until the mid-late 2010s. [under discussion] A social movement and pressure group that employed street demonstrations as its main tactic, the EDL presented itself as a single-issue movement opposed to Islamism and Islamic extremism, although its rhetoric and actions targeted Islam and ...
Nigel Farage, a driving force behind Britain’s Brexit movement and close confidant of former US President Donald Trump, has been elected to parliament for the first time, as his upstart right ...