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ANTI-RACIST activists in Scotland have reacted with disgust after it was revealed that Ukip used private investigators to “infiltrate” and spy on other political parties and organisations during the Scottish referendum campaign.
Ukip Scotland chairman Arthur Thackeray boasted that his party had “a very good intelligence service” and claimed it would “most definitely” continue in the run-up to the general election in May.
Glasgow Hope Not Hate secretary Rab O’Donnell told the Star: “These are the kind of disgusting underhand tactics you might expect from a party like Ukip.
The sheer number present on the day, estimated at half a million, points to organisational acumen and bodes well for developing the movement, says DIANE ABBOTT
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
Once again, our broad-based coalition outnumbered the anti-migrant protest in Faversham, but tackling the sentiment behind this wave of anger requires explaining the real reasons pushing millions into leaving their homelands, argues NICK WRIGHT
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe