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The Far-Right Has Become a Bit Sad, Hasn’t It?

What I saw of the Unite The Kingdom rally wasn’t strength or patriotism. It was monetised grievance, imported outrage culture and profound second-hand embarrassment.

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May 17, 2026
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Yesterday wasn’t a particularly good day for a rally. When I think rally, I think hot summer days, not the miserably cold, rainy London that we all had to live through yesterday.

That, however, didn’t stop Tommy Robinson, aka. Stephen Yaxley-Lennnon, aka. Tiny-Tommeh-Ten-Names, from doing his thing, though. The Unite The …

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