[mattomac]

Right. So as far as I can tell, there are now at least four far-right manifestations of hateful xenophobic ideologies and policies calling themselves “political parties”. I’m not counting the Tories, but maybe I should. The four are :

Reform UK : arguably the original extreme right wanker party, attracting outright, industrial-grade arsehole failed former and current Tory MPs such as Gullis, Jenkyns, Dorries, Braverman and Jenrick. Reform UK is itself a simple re-tread of Farage’s former grift vehicle, The Brexit Party, which in turn was yet another re-tread of Farage’s earlier grift vehicle, UKIP, which was in turn largely a re-tread of James Goldsmith’s largely failed Referendum Party.

Restore : A spin-off from Reform UK, created and led by one Rupert Lowe, who was in Reform UK but apparently had a giant falling out with Farage, and who also apparently found Reform UK not quite hatefully racist enough for his liking. Rupert Lowe has apparently, the loving endorsement of Elon Musk.

Reclaim : More hatred in a slightly different wrapper, this time created and led by the massive racist arsehole and sometime moderately successful actor, Laurence Fox. Reclaim has not had much of a profile, and may well be dead or defunct by now.

Advance UK : See above : Yet another “party” created and led by (yet another) disgruntled former crony of Farage who apparently also had a major falling out with the frog-featured cunt, so started his own grift operation. Bucking the apparent trend for giving new far-right racist parties a name starting with “Re” (or maybe he just couldn’t think of another new variation), Ben Habib, for it is he, has had similarly low profile start to Fox’s grift, but I dare say it is early days.


To quote one Dickie Littlejohn, you couldn’t make it up.

You missed Rebirth....

I won't search for those bunch of SS worshipping wankers until I go home.

[Abernathy]

Fuck’s sake. You’re right. Yet another one.

The National Rebirth Party (NRP) is a small, far-right political party in the United Kingdom, officially registered to field candidates in England, Scotland, and Wales as of February 2024. It is led by Alek Yerbury, a figure formerly associated with the neo-Nazi group Patriotic Alternative.

Key details about the National Rebirth Party include:
Ideology: The party is described as a fascist microparty centered on British nationalism, with a focus on anti-migrant sentiment and a "national rebirth" agenda.

Leadership & Strategy: Led by Alek Yerbury, who has been described as a "would-be dictator" and noted for his resemblance to Adolf Hitler. The party focuses on "National Solidarity" and argues for a complete overhaul of the political system rather than traditional political action.

Activity: The party has established local branches in areas including Leeds, Hull, Manchester, and Birmingham. Despite their registration, they did not field candidates in the May 2024 local elections.

Concerns: According to reporting by HOPE not hate, the group is considered to have links to far-right extremists and acts as a potential, though currently small-scale, site for extreme political agitation.

Background: The party is one of several small nationalist groups to emerge, with its leader having previously left the Patriotic Alternative group.

[satnav]

I see many politicians upon the political right are losing their shit over the fact that a number of schools are closing tomorrow because it is Eid. In most cases these schools have simply chosen to have an INSET day so staff are in school but not pupils. This seems a fairly pragmatic approach given that the alternative would be to have lots of kids missing for the day which could drastically effect a schools attendance figures.

Those upon the political right see this as bowing to Islam but there are lots of incidence around the country where schools close because they know a lot of pupils will be missing or where it might be difficult to get to and from school. In Ashbourne they have a big football match every year which brings to town to a standstill. Some schools near the centre of the town either close completely or finish a lot earlier than usual so that parents can safely collect their children safely.

When my mum was a headteacher she always ensured that the school closed on the last Friday of June so that she could go to Glastonbury. She also used to schedule a training day on the Monday after the October half-term so that staff and parents had more of a chance to get a good deal if they were travelling abroad on holiday. Staff did the training after school on a few evenings and then got the reward of a couple of longer weekends.

[Yug]

Would these shit heads like to list the British schools which are open on Good Friday and Christmas day?

[davidjay]

There seems to be an almost obsessive hatred of Ramadan/Eid this year. I can't imagine why.

[Youngian]

Tories and Reform want to talk about any nonsense as long as its not the Iran war. Or more specifically the disastrously wrong call they made.

[Bones McCoy]

I see many politicians upon the political right are losing their shit over the fact that a number of schools are closing tomorrow because it is Eid. In most cases these schools have simply chosen to have an INSET day so staff are in school but not pupils. This seems a fairly pragmatic approach given that the alternative would be to have lots of kids missing for the day which could drastically effect a schools attendance figures.

Those upon the political right see this as bowing to Islam but there are lots of incidence around the country where schools close because they know a lot of pupils will be missing or where it might be difficult to get to and from school. In Ashbourne they have a big football match every year which brings to town to a standstill. Some schools near the centre of the town either close completely or finish a lot earlier than usual so that parents can safely collect their children safely.

When my mum was a headteacher she always ensured that the school closed on the last Friday of June so that she could go to Glastonbury. She also used to schedule a training day on the Monday after the October half-term so that staff and parents had more of a chance to get a good deal if they were travelling abroad on holiday. Staff did the training after school on a few evenings and then got the reward of a couple of longer weekends.

I grew up in a very Jewish area of London, and was one of just three Goyim in the top Maths class.
My school did something similar, but with the Jewish holy days.
I don't recall anybody suffering a fit of the vapours.

But for context:
A lot of the holidays occurred on Saturdays, so didn't disrupt school.
The main fash focus around 75-82 was selling fanzines at football games and kicking off at small indie gigs.
Internet influencers / grifters hadn't been invented.
Even the worst newspaper columnists weren't as radicalised as the current lot.