[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.

[davidjay]

Another:
National Housing Party

NHPUK’s two key policies are “a complete halt to permanent settlement immigration and to leave the 1951 UN Refugee Convention”

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[Malcolm Armsteen]

It's like Cunts Reunited.

[Bones McCoy]

Another:
National Housing Party

NHPUK’s two key policies are “a complete halt to permanent settlement immigration and to leave the 1951 UN Refugee Convention”

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So it isn't about housing at all.

[Andy McDandy]

Even the worst newspaper columnists weren't as radicalised as the current lot.

Influence of the War. Having gone through it, they'd recognise when they were getting close to the people they fought.

It's a cliche but it's true - we've now got the generation that grew up on the stories, but had no first hand experience.

[Spoonman]

Not sure where to put this, but I seriously hope this isn't some kind of right-wing 'murican free-spe... sorry, censorship being transported across the Atlantic...

[davidjay]

It's been just another day for the fash. UKIP praised the Lord in Liverpool, except the Lord wasn't listening and yet again they were outnumbered and blocked by anti-racists. The incredibly annoying junior auditor Young Bob was threatened by both sides, slapped a bit and arrested to get him out of danger. His bodyguard Fred, minder of choice amongst the very-far right, was put on his arse and really should be thinking about his career choices. Teeny Tiny Tommy said masses of UKIPs had taken Liverpool, and to be fair they did get further than last time's Left Luggage Alamo. With magnificent irony, the fash said it wasn't right that the other side wanted to fight them rather than debate the issues.

[satnav]

I was looking at the school library story earlier, the article has been carefully not to identify the school because the former librarian is autistic and worried about any repercussions if school is named. But reading between the lines it is clearly an academy because the article mentions a vice principal and a head of human resources two roles that are associated with academies.

When schools become academies they stop being part of the local authorities library service which is not great because the library service would be very helpful in a situation like this.

At the academy where I used to work we had an excellent librarian who really knew her stuff and made the library a really welcoming place especially for kids her needed a safe space. When she left to move to a school which was offering much better money she was replaced by the daughter of one of the maths teachers. She had no experience of working in a library and spent the first 6 months in post chucking out books and banning many kids from using the library. Senior managers at the school thought she was great even though she did absolutely nothing to promote reading in the school.
If they had asked her to remove certain books she would have done so without questioning the decision.

Whilst the academy trust had directors for all the various subject areas i don't think the trust had a director who was responsible for overseeing libraries so presumably individual academies are able to do what they like with libraries.

[davidjay]

And they're off:

[Youngian]

What's the beef with palm oil, is it woke?

[Bones McCoy]

Tommeh isn't a journalist.
Young Bob isn't an auditor (a protected title).
I'll lay money that John (above) isn't a Shepherd.

[davidjay]

Tommeh isn't a journalist.
Young Bob isn't an auditor (a protected title).
I'll lay money that John (above) isn't a Shepherd.

Steven is a grifter. Bob is a grifter. I've a fair idea what Bob is.

[satnav]

What's the beef with palm oil, is it woke?

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It is rather ironic that those who are most opposed to palm oil happen to be utter wankers.