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numuncular -> RE: the BNP, the UAF and free speech (6/17/2009 6:01:22 PM)
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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen
I found the article whilst idly surfing a week or so ago (a link from a link from a link sort of thing); from what I remember my first search was for Athena McHugh (one time East Anglia organiser for the BNP (or might have been NF)) after I found something else that said she had been a he, which I found interesting to say the least!
From what I recall, the premise was that Searchlight had been an MI5 agency for decades and was working both sides so to speak, by way of "honey traps" (a term the article used) to bring in extremists from right and left. It also claimed that the leadership of "Column 88" was MI5 and that Combat 18 was heavily infiltrated too. The article also said that of late many left wing groups and anti-nazi organisations had twigged Searchlight as being compromised.
Overall, it was poorly written but made a good conspiracy story - I have no idea as to its veracity, which is why I was asking N, who seems likely to be more clued up on this sort of thing
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its surely no secret that mi5 infiltrates everything but surely not c18, which was never more than football hooligans bored of not being able to kick off at the match anymore... and barely exists now.
but to answer your question I dont know very much about searchlight really, I've friends who have ran some far left groups you'd have heard of locally, but I'm not aware of searchlight doing much round here, I always thought it was a london thing.
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