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Dr William Allchorn
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Senior Research Fellow @ipppriataru.bsky.social, Assoc Prof @richmondunildn.bsky.social, & Gbl Far Right Co-Editor @manchesterup.bsky.social, researching Far-Right Movements and CVE Responses. https://www.aru.ac.uk/people/william-allchorn
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Great to be part of the Blue Sky community of researchers and practitioners in #extremism, #terrorism and #counter-terrorism studies - looking forward to posting more on forthcoming research on FRE movements and responses in due course!
Ex-BNP boss' sick message to nationalists to join army to be ready for 'civil war' www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
December 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“You might think this most secular country is vaccinated against Christian nationalism, when … only 37% call themselves Christians. But the Christian label offers a veneer of respectability to tribal racists unlikely to fill actual pews.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The hard right is claiming the cross – and true Christians should not allow it | Polly Toynbee
British church leaders have finally spoken out about the dangerous rise of Christian nationalism. But their message was far too timid, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reposted by Dr William Allchorn
Man arrested at Heathrow Airport after number of people believed to have been pepper-sprayed

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Heathrow live: Man arrested after number of people believed to have been pepper-sprayed
Five patients have been taken to hospital, while police are still hunting for suspects believed to be known to the victims.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Far-right extremism and gaming: how hate hijacks play dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/pub...
dr.ntu.edu.sg
December 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Reposted by Dr William Allchorn
The target is those expressing “opposition to law and immigration enforcement; extreme views in favor of mass migration and open borders; adherence to radical gender ideology.” It also will establish “a cash reward system” for info leading to the arrest of leaders in “these purported terrorist orgs”
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
National Guardsman 'slowly healing' after being shot in Washington DC www.bbc.com/news/article...
National Guardsman 'slowly healing' after being shot in Washington DC
Andrew Wolfe, 24, is expected to remain in acute care with a head wound for a few more weeks, his family says.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reposted by Dr William Allchorn
Kent-based far-right agitator Harry Hilden has embarked on a frenetic schedule of protests and online self-promotion since his 23 November arrest in Faversham.

At the same time, support for anti-migrant actions in the area is faltering, with diminishing numbers turning out.

Read more here:
Kent's 'fash Harry' goes into overdrive as support falters | Searchlight
Harry Hilden Kent-based far-right agitator Harry Hilden has embarked on a frenetic schedule of protests, self-promotion and online broadcasting in the wake ...
searchlightmagazine.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reposted by Dr William Allchorn
'Tis the season to be jolly – unless you’re Reform UK’s Deputy leader Richard Tice, who recently discovered that Croydon’s Grand Sapphire Hotel has more spine than his party’s vetting committee when the venue cancelled Reform’s Christmas knees‑up.

Read more here:
The bells ring out as Reform's Xmas party is cancelled | Searchlight
Croydon's Grand Sapphire Hotel - Reform turned away ’Tis the season to be jolly - unless you’re Reform UK's Deputy leader Richard Tice, who recent ...
searchlightmagazine.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Reposted by Dr William Allchorn
For over a decade, Beate Zschäpe was a leader of the terrorist National Socialist Underground, which went on a rampage of racist killings in Germany.

Now there are plans to release her, and families of the victims are outraged.

Read more here:

searchlightmagazine.com/2025/12/ange...
Anger over possible release of German nazi terrorist | Searchlight
Beate Zschäpe at the Munch trial This week, the German courts were again having to confront the case of the terrorist National Socialist Underground, which ...
searchlightmagazine.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🚨Next week, anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson will be holding a Saturday rally along Whitehall on the subject of ‘putting Christ back into Christmas’. premierchristian.news/en/news/arti...

📚CSBV have put together a ‘rapid response’ toolkit for churches: www.csbvbristol.org.uk/joy-for-all/
December 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
“Memes do not directly radicalize but create pathways: normalizing ideas, shaping group identities and increasing exposure to extremist messaging.” dailyfreepress.com/12/05/01/216...
Memes have become a counterterrorism problem | The Innovation Paradox
On March 15, 2019, Brenton Tarrant opened a livestream with a knowing reference to an internet joke — “Subscribe to PewDiePie” — before proceeding to massacre 51 people in two New Zealand mosques. His...
dailyfreepress.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM