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Reform UK has received millions of pounds in donations from climate deniers and fossil fuel sources, so it is not a surprise that Nigel Farage wants to make net zero the “next Brexit”. Which makes it all a bit embarrassing that on Monday, two of Reform’s top councillors missed an important council date to discuss a new solar panel project.

“Do I want to be an MP? Do I want to spend every Friday for the next five years in Clacton?” Thus spoke Nigel Farage in an interview [https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/nigel-farage-the-tories-are-desperate-they-want-to-know-what-ill-do-xw3sbppn7] with The Times in February 2024, about which the reporter wrote: “His expression suggests not.” Just months later Farage joined Reform UK as leader and decided he did want to be a MP after all - even if he still wasn’t planning on spending much time in the constituency, Clacton-on-Sea, which elected him on 4 July 2024. One year on from his election, Farage’s report card has come in. And it’s not looking good for the Reform UK leader…

While the involvement of Lords, former MPs and councillors in the Great British PAC might give it a respectable appearance, HOPE not hate analysis shows the pressure group is packed with extremists, with thirteen members of its team having promoted far right views online, including one who shared pro-Hitler and antisemitic content and another who posted racist comments about the IQ of ethnic minorities. You can read the full report as well as our other work in combating extremism by visiting www.hopenothate.org.uk

The Basketweavers could be the most important far-right network you have never heard of. Operating in the shadows, it is an interconnected group of extremists who want to build their own society away from the mainstream. HOPE not hate sent an undercover reporter into the Basketweavers in 2022-2023. This is the report, featuring an eyewitness account from our undercover reporter. To read the full report, as well as learn about our other work opposing the far right, you can visit www.hopenothate.org.uk.

Welcome to Radio 43, the antifascism podcast from HOPE not hate. This episode covers recent developments in the neo-Nazi British Movement and exposes the group’s links to Brogan Stewart, convicted of a terror plot last month. We also take a look at White Vanguard, a tiny but extreme neo-Nazi youth group linked to the BM. 📰 Read the full investigation on our site:  👉 https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/06/the-british-movement-dawn-raids-terror-plots-and-nazi-youth-groups/ [https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/06/the-british-movement-dawn-raids-terror-plots-and-nazi-youth-groups/] Thanks to you all for listening. Don't forget to subscribe for regular updates.