Reform UK just can't seem to get their vetting right. Today, we've rounded up the worst of their Blackburn candidates. One said Oswald Mosley “was right”, another called Enoch Powell “prophetic”, and said Blackburn is “the biggest shithole in the UK”. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/04/22/o...

Meet Ben Rowe, Reform’s candidate for Ham ward on Plymouth City Council. Ben fantasises about impaling Muslims, enjoys crude anti-black stereotypes, and believes that Keir Starmer is beholden to a “Globalist zion cult.” All on his public Facebook profile. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/04/23/a...

Given the diversity of Reform UK candidates in some parts of London, one might think that the local branches in the capital were home to a more moderate, inclusive version of the party. Unfortunately not. Meet David Davies, Reform candidate for Wanstead Village. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/04/23/i...

Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain has been attracting more and more extreme figures, including fascists and ethnonationalists. Why do these people see Lowe as their man? And why has Lowe refused to disavow them? hopenothate.org.uk/2026/04/08/t...

🚨 BREAKING: Another racism scandal at Staffordshire County Council. HOPE not hate has uncovered racist posts from Reform councillor Lynn Dean, months after the council leader resigned over similar comments. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/03/26/m...

🚨NEW INVESTIGATION 🚨 A five-minute walk from Houses of Parliament, overlooking Westminster Abbey, is one of London’s most unusual addresses. The neo-Gothic building and the political base on its second floor share a name. Welcome to The Sanctuary. investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/the-sanctuary/

What’s got Nigel Farage so rattled? ❓ At a press conference yesterday he tried to dismiss new polling about Reform UK’s membership. But the survey was carried out by Survation, a respected polling company. 🧵

🚨 OUT TODAY: State of HATE 2026 Our annual deep dive into the British far right. The groups. The networks. The money. The rhetoric. The public mood. 🔎 Explore the report: hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...

Last week, former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe announced the official launch of his new party, Restore Britain. Many on the far right, who see Reform as too moderate, celebrated. Here’s all you need to know: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/02/17/r...

Our updated press briefing on Raise the Colours is out. One to watch this Saturday in Dover! For questions/interviews either dm or email [email protected]

🚨 NEW: HOPE not hate blows the lid on Aryan Front, a new neo-Nazi group pushing for “Racial Holy War”. While tiny, the group is aligned to a militant white supremacist cult and poses a violent threat. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/09/a...

🚨 NEW: Neo-Nazi group White Vanguard (WV) has suffered a major split. A series of calamitous errors has cost the group half its membership, forced a change in leadership and left its future uncertain. Read our report: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/07/t...

HOPE not hate CEO Nick Lowles joined Krishnan Guru-Murthy on Ways to Change The World to discuss the rise of the far right, how communities are fighting back, and why hope still matters. Watch the interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ8U...

🚨 UNDERCOVER AUDIO 🚨 Nick Tenconi is a “f*cking idiot”, Turning Point UK is “under-managed” and “will not go anywhere”, and Tommy Robinson’s support base is “brain dead” – according to far-right influencer Young Bob. 😬 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/12/r...

New @hopenothate.org.uk expose by @gregorydavishnh.bsky.social in the guardian !

🚨NEW: In a recent interview, Reform UK’s Ian Cooper declared that he wanted to carry out his role as leader of Staffordshire County Council with “competence and professionalism” and “keep under the radar”. Alas, that’s not what we found: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...

Nigel Farage has become increasingly vocal in his support for the crypto industry, declaring that “Reform’s Britain will lead the digital money revolution”. Reform now accepts crypto donations - the only major party to do so. Read our newest blog: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/19/r...

So happy to see this amazing piece of work by my colleague Anki Deo in the Guardian last week! We've done the biggest poll ever on who the Reform supporters are - and why for example immigration is not such simple issue for them as you might think 👇

Great piece in the Times about White Vanguard, featuring @dlhnh.bsky.social ! www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

🚨 NEW: The rapid spread of Active Clubs, a network of fascist martial arts groups, is among the most concerning trends on the British extreme right. We can now expose the figures behind AC Midlands - one of the best established chapters in the country.

UKIP leader Nick Tenconi presents himself as a defender of Britain, opposing the establishment for the working man. Radicalised during the pandemic, he has become the speaker of choice at anti-migrant protests. But who is he really? Here's all you need to know: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/21/n...

In June, Tory leader hopeful Robert Jenrick, who recently complained about not seeing white faces in a Birmingham suburb, declared he is an Anglofuturist. We got inside a secret Anglofuturist Discord server to find out what that really means 👇 🔗 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...

🚨NEW: After last year’s general election, Nigel Farage promised that “‘bad apples’ that have crept in will be gone” from Reform UK. But our team has exposed yet another so-called “bad apple” who has worked for the party since the election. 👇 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/01/e...

The Guardian has revealed today that Reform UK have now suspended John Allen after his comments came to light. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The far right say their anti-migrant protests are about “protecting communities”. Our new investigation shows the reality: violence, criminal records, and hypocrisy. 🧵 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/16/r...

‘There’s a basic decency among British people’: Hope Not Hate’s Nick Lowles on how to defeat the far right

“Hate breeds when those in power are silent. I implore you and other ministers to speak out urgently in defence of our migrant communities and our multicultural society more generally." — Nick Lowles, CEO, HOPE not hate www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Amazing news! Thanks to everyone who joined in building pressure and getting this cancelled

Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.” But the truth is very different. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...

HOPE not hate can reveal that Lee Twamley, photographed at the front of Britain First’s “March for Remigration” in Manchester this month, has served prison time for trying to smuggle Vietnamese migrants into the UK. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/19/e...

Another day, another Reform UK fail: Joseph Boam, one of the party’s youngest councillors, has been sacked from the job. www.leicester.news/joseph-boam-...

What are the pink protests? 🧵 In many of the anti-migrant protests taking place across the UK, there have been groups of women dressed in pink to protest against the perceived danger to women and girls posed by people seeking asylum.

Yesterday, Reform UK launched their ‘Women for Reform’ campaign, claiming they care about the safety and security of women and girls. The truth? Nigel Farage’s party has a serious problem with misogyny. 🧵

Everyone’s watching Nigel Farage, but it’s also worth keeping an eye on the man he forced out of Reform UK: Rupert Lowe. Lowe is positioning himself as a leading voice on the far right, launching his own rival Restore Britain movement this week. Read our blog: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/07/02/h...

Meet the Great British PAC 🧵 GB PAC is not a political party, but rather a group modelled on US-style political action groups that receive big sums of money to fund campaigns for or against candidates and issues. Read our newest blog: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/23/m...

New investigation out today!

NEW 🚨Reform UK’s newly appointed Director and Secretary Charlton Edwards has a history of promoting conspiracy theory and far right content online. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/12/r...

NEW🚨: In April, Nigel Farage made a surprise announcement on GB News: he’s “heavily invested” in fishing and owns a commercial fishing boat. But why is there no sign of the boat anywhere? 🚢 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/04/w...

🕵️ 🚨 We’ve unmasked Morgoth, one of Britain’s most extreme far-right influencers. • His real name is Michael Wright. • He’s 49. • He’s from Seaton Delaval, but now lives in Northern Ireland. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...

🔎 ICYMI: Two leaders of the nihilistic online exploitation cult 764 have been arrested by the FBI. Leonidas Varagiannis, aka “War,” and Prasan Nepal, aka “Trippy,” were charged with operating an international child exploitation enterprise. 🧵

From Lincolnshire to Leicestershire, Doncaster to Durham, we’ve uncovered Reform UK candidates posting hate, spreading racist lies, and praising extremists. Reform claim to have cleaned up, but the evidence says otherwise. ❌ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage is using AI to do his own job - will he automate yours too? Farage revealed yesterday that Reform UK used AI to vet their candidates. 😱 No wonder we found so many of them to harbour extreme and racist views.

See what we’ve found and don't let Farage rewrite the narrative: hopenothate.org.uk/reform-candi...

HOPE not hate can reveal that Tom Huburn-King, a key organiser for the Homeland Party, was an active member of a secretive neo-Nazi group described by a judge as having “a criminal and terrorist purpose”. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/04/24/e...

"Hope Not Hate’s investigation found that members of 764 chase the thrill of inflicting pain, coupled with a desire to carve out infamy as the most unhinged members of the group." www.thetimes.com/article/25a9...

*Warning - this video contains distressing content* A shadowy online network is pushing young people to commit unthinkable acts. Our investigation into 764 exposes the disturbing rise of this digital cult. 🔗 hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...

🚨 NEW from @dlhnh.bsky.social and me. We have identified the man known as "Zoomer Historian", a Hitler-apologist content creator and Homeland Party activist with over 171,000 subscribers on YouTube. Meet Sam Wilkes: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/03/03/z...

Lord Moylan, a Tory peer and a former advisor to Boris Johnson, sponsored a discussion event in the House of Lords this week. With him in the panel were two far-right activists. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/02/27/l...

HOPE not hate can reveal that a network of Russia-linked Telegram channels are offering cash to UK residents willing to commit acts of terror and vandalism. This network is responsible for a recent wave of vandalism against Islamic centres in London.