May 2026
Neo-Nazi Convicted of Planning Mass Gun Attack
A senior police officer has warned that an increasing number of young people are being drawn towards violent extremism, after Alfie Coleman - a neo-Nazi who had been planning a mass gun attack - was caught in an undercover MI5 sting operation when he engaged in an online encrypted chat in an attempt to buy weaponry. Coleman, who was working as a Tesco employee in Essex, was found to have compiled a hate-list of potential would-be targets, which included colleagues and customers alike who he branded with racial slurs or as “race traitors,” the mayor of London, and a mosque. Alongside this, while conducting an investigation of Coleman’s bedroom at his family residence, police discovered a rock with a swastika, a variety of rightwing books, a flier for target practice, a black-sun flag which is typically associated with neo-Nazism, and an extensive history on his electronic devices, including communication with Patriotic Alternative - a far-right white supremacist organisation - with whom he expressed interest in “participating in activism.”
The 21-year-old was found guilty on the 30th of April of preparing for terrorist acts, and it came to light that since the age of 14 Coleman had been using the internet to seek out extreme right-wing content, including a neo-Nazi manifesto which he had downloaded. DCS Helen Flanagan warned that younger and younger individuals are becoming radicalised online, with one in five people referred to counter-terrorism agencies being a child. She has expressed that
Alfie was 14 when he first started to look at content online and we had concerns about his behaviour. I think where people are living their lives online they’re getting exposed, and there is an awful lot of horrific material online that is influencing young people. So, clearly, we are keen to intervene at the earliest opportunity to prevent that ideation and radicalisation happening and turning into a real-world threat.
Failed Vetting of Reform Councillors
The May 7th local elections across the UK saw Reform perform exceedingly well, with many Reform councillors taking control of local authority. However, since then, a significant number of these individuals have either been suspended or are subject to investigation, including Glenn Gibbins who was elected to represent Hylton Castle ward in Sunderland City, who has resigned after previous social-media posts came to light, in which he stated that he could not believe the ‘amount of Nigerians in town’ arguing that they should ‘melt them down and fill in the pot holes.’
Stuart Prior, a newly elected Reform councillor for Essex has resigned after racist and Islamophobic posts on Twitter/X have been associated with him. He has claimed in these posts that white people are the “master race” and have “larger brains” as well as saying that “Muslims are dirt” and that “Muslims are awful, globally.” Other Reform members who have resigned in the last year include Robert Bloom of North Northamptonshire, who resigned after being charged with two counts of racially or religiously motivated harassment, and Lynn Dean of Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council who was suspended after allegedly publishing racist posts on X.
‘Radical’ Teen Jailed for Stalking Schoolgirls
Dihan Rahman, a 19-year-old former Army cadet with an extreme hatred of women has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after terrorising two girls, which included posting their personal details online during a stalking campaign. Rahman’s ideology has proven to be mixed, with his electronic devices showing a history of engagement with content that is right-wing (including working as an administrator of an extreme right-wing group on Telegram after pretending to be a white youth), inspired by the Islamic State, or produced by the Incel community pushing the hatred of women. As well as this, the police revealed that he had photographed himself carrying out a Nazi salute, and had collected videos which provided instructions on producing explosives, including a pipe bomb.
Unite the Kingdom 2026
On the 16th of May, the Unite the Kingdom rally (organised by Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, otherwise known as Tommy Robinson) marched through London. The date was selected to coincide with the Nakba Day (15th May) commemoration march which was due to take place on Saturday the 16th, and which spurred a counter anti-fascist demonstration to Yaxley’s own. This led to the closure of large areas of London as two rival demonstrations took to the streets.
Waving Union Jacks and carrying ‘Make England Great Again’ signs, tens of thousands took to the streets as part of the far-right march, calling for an end to migration and the upholding of stronger “Christian values” in the country. Yaxley-Lennon, when addressing his supporters, claimed that they were there ‘in their millions’ to protest in London - a figure that has been widely contested by the Metropolitan Police, who estimated that the rally drew 60,000 people, according to helicopter and CCTV footage. 60,000 protestors in itself is a large turnout, but is over half the number of participants from the year prior and significantly less than the police were expecting and prepared for. This hyperinflation of numbers is an attempt to illustrate the popularity of the movement and attract more support. Similar efforts have also been made through the use of AI-generated photos depicting large crowds during the march. Old protest footage from last year’s Unite the Kingdom rally is also being presented as current imagery.
It is estimated that around 20,000 people attended the counter demonstration, marching for a Free Palestine, welcoming refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers, fighting racism, calling for an end to Trump’s war, and standing up to Nigel Farage and the rise of the right-wing.
While Yaxley has argued that the Unite the Kingdom march is not a hate-filled or racist one, eleven speakers who had been invited to speak have had their visas denied by the Home Office, on the grounds that the individuals have been deemed to be a danger to society by inciting hate and/or violence, including Republican candidate Valentina Gomez (read more here).
The Metropolitan police have drawn wide criticism for their lack of action in relation to the rally, which featured three women in burkas on the stage, and a crowd of people chanting “take it off.” The show involved other performances, including a musician who played music with rashers of bacon on his shoulders - a supposed nod to bacon being haram for Muslims.
Addressing the crowd at the march, Robinson stated that men needed to “get fit.” He claimed that “as men, British men. we need to get fight-ready because the fight’s coming to this country.”
At the rally, when a reporter asked Yaxley what he would do if he was prime minister, he answered
I would stop Islam. I’d end foreign funding […], all the migrants would be taken out [of] the hotels and sent back tomorrow by the military. I would reverse… I would have remigration… It’s time for many Muslims to leave this country [if] they’re not going to live similar [lives]. It’s time to go home. You’ve got your homes to go to. This is our home, we’ve got nowhere to go to. We’re not allowing this change any longer. You’ve seen today, people are fed up. People are fed up.
But this is supposedly not about Islam or Muslims.
Ahead of the march, prime minister Kier Starmer shared his sentiments on the approaching event saying that
Tomorrow’s march in London is a reminder of what we’re up against in the battle of our values. The organisers, including convicted thugs and racists, are peddling hatred and division. Plain and simple. Their goal is to convince people that Britain’s problems are caused by those living alongside them. But that is not the Britain that I know. This is a country built on decency, fairness, and respect; a country that is at its best when people from different backgrounds come together in common purpose. This is our country, with the majority who share those values, a majority who may not always be as loud but who must always define who we are.
Multiple arrests were made during and following the Unite the Kingdom rally, when protestors turned violent. The counter-rally remained peaceful.
Update on Southport Riots
The Southport riots of 2024 led to the arrests of 950 individuals. Police record updates show that, in the two years since the riots, 20% of those arrested have been reported to the police for domestic abuse. It had previously been made public that 40% of those arrested had already been the subject of a domestic abuse report prior to the riots. One individual arrested during the riots was 22-year-old Keenan Sanders who, after being released under investigation, carried out a series of attacks against his partner, which included strangulation, threatening her with a knife, and pushing her into oncoming traffic. He is currently serving a ten-year prison sentence.
Dehumanisation of immigrants
Immigrants have been increasingly dehumanised over recent years, with the White House releasing a new statement that takes this one step further. On their website aliens.gov, they released a statement which reads
For 60 years, the U.S. government has kept a closely guarded secret. Aliens have been walking among us, living in our neighborhoods, and interacting with us in our daily lives. They’ve shopped in the same stores, attended the same classes as our children, and lived seemingly normal human existences.
With one exception - they do not belong here.
Millions arrived under the cover of darkness and embedded themselves directly into our society. Countless presidents, congressmen, and senior officials knew exactly what was happening.
Instead of protecting American citizens, they chose to cover it up and even accelerate the invasion.
Until one man finally had the courage to tell the truth.
Bold. Unapologetic. Unafraid.
President Trump was the first to call out the real danger Aliens pose to every American family, every community, and the future of our nation.
The truth is no longer out there. It is right here. Right now.
This is followed by a map of the number of ‘encounters’ as well as an ‘alien arrest map.’ The espousing of this rhetoric causes significant harm to society, building strong communities, and uniting people together and instead does the opposite, which is to sow division and hate - two things that we strongly oppose.
Raise the Colours Founder Charged With Murder
Raise the Colours is a British far-right group which rose to prominence in the autumn of 2025 for its anti-immigrant vigilantism. It was one of the major organisations behind the Operation Raise the Colours campaign - a campaign which saw many members of these organisations take to the streets to raise the Union Jack and English flag, attach them to lampposts, spray paint flags on zebra crossings and round-abouts, as well as on businesses owned by migrants and others areas of public space.
Billy Allison, the founder of the Raise the Colours organisation was charged with murder after Matthew O’Gara - a pub owner near Litchfield - died in hospital on the 26th of May from injuries sustained from being punched by Allison two days prior. Allison has been charged with murder and grievous bodily harm after two people were injured and admitted to hospital after his attack - one of whom has since been released. O’Gara’s death has been described as a heartbreaking loss.