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What Patriot Platform tells us about how the far right in the UK is changing its tactics

Anti-migrant protests in Dover and Portsmouth may look like another manifestation of a familiar phenomenon. In recent years, the UK has seen repeated demonstrations and rioting over asylum hotels, small-boat crossings and immigration. This time though, the gatherings consisted of black-clad men in balaclavas, organised by a man who calls…

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Farage is clearly struggling – I saw that for myself. But his legacy will be a poison that runs deep

The mood at the Reform conference was volatile and brittle. But the forces massing further to the right of the party are testament to its impact, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage branded 'racist' over call for burka ban

NIGEL Farage has been branded “racist” after he called for a ban on the burkas and other face coverings in the wake of major mobilisations of…

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‘Army of Christian patriots’: how a black-clad vigilante group swarmed Portsmouth

Daniel Thomas has spent months trying to unify the UK’s disparate far right to form a disciplined anti-migrant force

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage demands ban on face coverings in public after anti-migration protests in Dover and Portsmouth

Reform UK leader labels face coverings a ‘menace’ and makes clear he would ban any worn for religious reasons as well

Evening Standard

Farage calls for ban on face coverings in public after anti-migration protests

The Reform UK leader labelled face coverings a ‘menace’ and made clear he would ban any worn for religious reasons as well.

The Independent UK

Tories to blame for anti-migration protests in Dover and Portsmouth, policing minister says

Sarah Jones warned that any protesters stepping ‘from peaceful protest into illegality will face the full force of the law’

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Police minister blames Tories for Portsmouth and Dover anti-migration protests

Sarah Jones warned demonstrators who crossed the line from peaceful protest into illegality would face the full force of the law.

Evening Standard

Why Patriot Platform founder Daniel Thomas confronted Reform’s Zia Yusuf in Portsmouth

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The Independent UK

Why does the hard right have such a high tolerance for domestic abusers in their midst?

The ‘stop the boats’ narrative is increasingly presented as if it stems from a concern for women’s safety. This is just the laundering of thuggery

The Guardian - UK

Far-right anti-migrant protests escalate amid fears of wider mobilisation

As police hunt down those who attacked police at the anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth, anti-racism campaigners say the violence was a ‘wake-up call’ amid fears of further disorder

The Independent UK

Dover and Portsmouth showed us a new kind of far right – and the authorities were caught out

This is a new and dangerous development: a network of vigilantes who have mobilised as politicians and police have failed to act, says Joe Mulhall of Hope Not Hate

The Guardian - UK

Who is Danny Tommo? The far-right activist who brought protests to Portsmouth

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The Independent UK

The Tommy Robinson associate behind Portsmouth and Dover anti-migrant protests

After being released from prison for attempted kidnapping, Danny Tommo, real name Daniel Thomas, claimed to have turned his life around – and now helps organise protests under the banner Patriot Platform

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The Guardian - UK

What is Patriot Platform, the far-right group that descended on Dover and Portsmouth?

Campaigners say anti-migrant collective, which gathers together a series of local groups, is home to a host of violent criminals

Evening Standard

Who is 'Danny Tommo'? Tommy Robinson associate at centre of Portsmouth and Dover migrant protests

Daniel Thomas was jailed in 2016 after an attempted kidnapping, but claims he has now turned around his life through religion

The Guardian - UK

Black-clad Dover vigilantes will return if police do not act, say campaigners

Far-right linked group able to mobilise at scale due to police ‘inaction’, says founder of Hope Not Hate

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