<![CDATA[The Lead: The Drift]]>https://national.thelead.uk/s/the-drifthttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dKIU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe97753fb-c3e3-48b3-8ad5-1a9ce097bac8_1080x1080.pngThe Lead: The Drifthttps://national.thelead.uk/s/the-driftSubstackSat, 11 Apr 2026 05:49:22 GMT<![CDATA[How women are being recruited and radicalised by the far-right]]>https://national.thelead.uk/p/how-women-are-being-recruited-andhttps://national.thelead.uk/p/how-women-are-being-recruited-andThu, 23 Jan 2025 12:19:28 GMTWhat if radicalisation wasn’t a pipeline, but an ocean?

What if instead of an opening that we stumble into, or a rabbit hole that we tumble through, hitting different extremist ideas along the way, far-right recruitment was something much more vast, something we all occasionally dip our toes into, or stride out for a swim, before realising we’ve drifted…

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]]><![CDATA[What the facts actually say about the far-right’s ‘grooming gangs’ obsession]]>https://national.thelead.uk/p/what-the-facts-actually-say-abouthttps://national.thelead.uk/p/what-the-facts-actually-say-aboutThu, 16 Jan 2025 12:02:24 GMT
A sign held at the Blackpool far-right protests in summer 2024 Pic: Michael Holmes/The Blackpool Lead

Unfortunately for those living in the UK, our country has become Elon Musk’s latest fixation.

Having already weighed in on last summer's riots by saying shortly after that “civil war” in the UK was “inevitable”, the world’s richest man now seems to be ded…

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]]><![CDATA[From Clacton, to Washington, to Silvertown: the many engines of Britain's new Far Right ]]>https://national.thelead.uk/p/from-clacton-to-washington-to-silvertownhttps://national.thelead.uk/p/from-clacton-to-washington-to-silvertownWed, 25 Sep 2024 11:50:22 GMTThe story of the first months of the new Labour era, as told by our colleagues in the media and hammered home by politicians, was an alarming one. Within weeks of a progressive prime minister moving into Downing Street, ordinary streets across the country erupted in racist violence. Mobs trashed shops and libraries, rioters attacked police and passersby…

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]]><![CDATA[By targeting "multiculturalism", the British far right launches an attack on all of us]]>https://national.thelead.uk/p/by-targeting-multiculturalism-thehttps://national.thelead.uk/p/by-targeting-multiculturalism-theWed, 18 Sep 2024 10:12:26 GMT

By Diyora Shadijanova

Have you heard? Multiculturalism has “failed” in Britain. At least that seems to be the latest line bigots are singing from the far-right hymn sheet. Whether it’s Suella Braverman claiming that “a misguided dogma of multiculturalism” threatens the “security of society” or Britain First stating that “multiculturalism has failed” beca…

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]]><![CDATA[Riots show why British Jews must reject fake solidarity from the right]]>https://national.thelead.uk/p/riots-show-why-british-jews-musthttps://national.thelead.uk/p/riots-show-why-british-jews-mustWed, 18 Sep 2024 10:10:26 GMT

By Em Hilton

Last November, British politician and former parliamentary candidate Faiza Shaheen shared on Instagram three pieces of graffiti she saw on the London Underground in one day: “Death to Gaza, Death to Arabs, Death to Muslims,” read one. “FuckK Hamas Palestinian terrorists cowards, go fight for your country and get off our British streets,” rea…

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]]><![CDATA[Douglas Murray & Co are no allies of Jews]]>https://national.thelead.uk/p/douglas-murray-and-co-are-no-allieshttps://national.thelead.uk/p/douglas-murray-and-co-are-no-alliesWed, 18 Sep 2024 10:04:48 GMT

By Dimi Reider

November 10 2023, 15.31pm

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Dimi Reider

As if Palestinians and Israelis didn’t have enough of the usual conflict parasites to contend with, this week we were leeched onto by a new one: Douglas Murray. Clad in a kevlar vest and helmet, Murray materialised on the Israel-Gaza border to cosplay as war correspondent and defend collective punishm…

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