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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 1d

So will those eight councillors who left the party in September be a highpoint? Or will Reform keep shedding councillors at such an impressive rate going forward? We’ll keep you updated.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 1d

Reform managed to shed a remarkable eight councillors in September alone, and have lost 24 since May, for a range of bizarre reasons.

Doncaster and Durham lead the charts for councillor drop outs, losing four apiece since the May elections.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 1d

Reform UK's councillor numbers were steadily boosted by defections and by-elections, but they’re finding it somewhat hard to keep hold of the ones they’ve already got.
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Countdown: The steady shedding of Reform councillors and officials continues… – HOPE not hate

Drunken displays, racist rants and dodgy deals are just some of the reasons that Reform councillors and officials are dropping like flies… While Reform UK...

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 1d

So will the nine councillors who left the party in September be a highpoint? Or will Reform keep shedding councillors at such an impressive rate going forward? We’ll keep you updated.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 1d

Reform managed to shed a remarkable eight councillors in September alone, and have lost 24 since May, for a range of bizarre reasons.

Doncaster and Durham lead the charts for councillor drop outs, losing four apiece since the May elections.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 3d

Now Jenrick says "a lack of integration leads us into a very dark place as a country". His remarks and his apparent embrace of Anglofuturism demand an answer from the Conservative Party.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 3d

These fringe ideas don’t just stay on Discord. Former UKIP MP Douglas Carswell went on the Anglofuturist podcast to talk about “remigration” and how “some cultures are morally superior”.

He later posted on X: “From Epping to the sea, let’s make England Abdul free.”

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 3d

Aidan Todd, founder of The Anglofuturist Substack, articulates a strategy that seems aligned with white nationalism, writing that “we need to instill a racial consciousness in straight white men” and calls for the “desensitisation” of Hitler.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 3d

But behind the gimmicky AI images of an optimistic, high-tech Britain lay at the very least a desire for mass deportations, and, at worst, a whites-only nation.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 3d

At a glance, Anglofuturism is about reigniting the ambition of Victorian engineering on high tech projects in this century - AI-generated moon bases emblazoned with the Union Jack, giant spaceships hovering over Westminster, and Maglev trains zooming through idyllic countryside.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 3d

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 👇

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Robert Jenrick says he’s an Anglofuturist. What does that mean? – HOPE not hate

In late June, the shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick took the stand at a conference. Addressing the crowd of Tories and radical-right political figures, he made an unusual statement. “I am what c...

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 8d

Hate is on the rise, but on 18–19 Oct, thousands of us will take to the streets with one message:

Our communities are stronger when we stand together.

Join us: hopenothate.org.uk/weekend-of-h...

Join the Weekend of HOPE | 18–19 Oct

On 18–19 Oct, thousands of us will take to the streets with one message:our communities are stronger when we stand together.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 5d

HOPE not hate stands with the people of Peacehaven and all those targeted by extremism. Hate grows when we lose sight of our shared humanity. It’s on all of us to bring it back, to care, to act, and to stand together.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 5d

A place of worship should always be a place of safety. The attack on Peacehaven Mosque is a horrific act of Islamophobia that could have cost lives. Muslims across Britain are living with rising hate, from abuse on the streets to violence in their communities.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 6d

On 18–19 October, people across the UK will show that our communities are stronger together.

Hate is loud, but we’ll be louder.

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Join the Weekend of HOPE | 18–19 Oct

On 18–19 Oct, thousands of us will take to the streets with one message:our communities are stronger when we stand together.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 6d

The legend Jason Flemyng, who starred in ITV’s The Walk-In inspired by HOPE not hate’s true story, is backing the Weekend of HOPE. 💛

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 8d

Hate is on the rise, but on 18–19 Oct, thousands of us will take to the streets with one message:

Our communities are stronger when we stand together.

Join us: hopenothate.org.uk/weekend-of-h...

Join the Weekend of HOPE | 18–19 Oct

On 18–19 Oct, thousands of us will take to the streets with one message:our communities are stronger when we stand together.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 8d

Be Part of Britain's Weekend of HOPE 💛

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 8d

Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 9d

HOPE not hate condemn the appalling, violent attack at a synagogue in Manchester which has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Our thoughts are with the Jewish community and all affected.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 10d

Farage has claimed that Reform UK have the “most in-depth vetting procedure” of any party. We’re not so sure.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 10d

Bounds, from Cheshire, has been involved in Reform (and its predecessor Brexit Party) since 2019. He has since risen through the party’s ranks to take on a key role as national director, responsible for its voluntary wing operations.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 10d

On a since deleted X account, Bounds shared numerous posts by Steve Laws, an ethnonationalist “influencer” who has been closely linked to the neo-Nazi Patriotic Alternative and served as the fascist Homeland Party’s South East organiser earlier this year.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 10d

In 2021, senior Reform UK official Adam Bounds tried to recruit people to a “physical resistance group” for “gorillas by night tactics”, while promoting far-right content and conspiracy theories on social media.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 10d

🚨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. 👇

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Exposed: Reform UK national director planned ‘physical resistance group’ for ‘gorillas by night tactics’ – HOPE not hate

Reform UK national director Adam Bounds tried to recruit members to a “physical resistance group” for “gorillas by night tactics” and promoted far-right and conspiracy...

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