Pessimisn, decline and a rising Radical Right

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Our annual State of HATE report is out today. It brings together new research, polling and investigations covering everything from the rising Radical Right to the traditional and fringe far right.

One of our key findings was the pessimism among Brits. When asked to describe modern Britain in our poll, 43% chose ‘declining’. Only 6% of people strongly agree with the statement ‘the political system works well in the UK’ and 79% think that ‘politicians don’t listen to people like me’.

2023 was also the year the Radical Right in the UK came of age. The Radical Right is growing in confidence to push divisive, populist, anti-immigration, climate-sceptic policies in British politics. With the mood amongst the public in favour of change, a new Government needs to deliver change to shut out the Radical Right.

Get the inside scoop on the state of far-right extremism in the UK.

Read the report

Anti-migrant activism continues to dominate the far right. HOPE not hate researchers found that anti-migrant activity rose by 20% compared to 2022, itself the highest year on record. There was also an 18-fold increase in anti-migrant demonstrations from 2022, following the riot at the Suites Hotel in Kirkby in February 2022.

Another key feature of the landscape of the far right in the UK is the conflict in the Middle East. This has led to a huge rise in antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred, with the far right divided on the issue. Hardline Nazis like the BNP’s Nick Griffin and Patriotic Alternative’s Mark Collett have attacked ‘Zionist’ influence in the UK and stoked antisemitism. While, anti-Muslim activists like Tommy Robinson have used it as an opportunity to attack Muslims and Islam.

2023 also saw a record number of far-right activists and sympathisers convicted of terror-related offences. The average age was 32, whilst 4 convicted were teenagers. There is a very real, dangerous and growing far-right threat in the UK.

Read the full story in our report, including profiles of some of the main characters on the far right.

Read the report now

Thank you,

Georgie

Campaigns and Communications Director
HOPE not hate

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