New Historical Express

Category: UKIP

alt right, Conservatives, Fascism, Right-wing extremism/radicalism, Right-wing populism, UKIP, Uncategorized

Today’s right-wing talking points resurrect yesterday’s fascist tropes
anti-fascism, British History, British National Party, British Union of Fascists, Enoch Powell, Fascism, protest, UKIP, Uncategorized

Love Milkshakes, Hate Racism: A short history of throwing food at the far right
Anti-racism, Brexit, Britain-EEC/EU relations, British ‘race relations’, British far left, British History, Britishness, Contemporary history, European Union, Euroscepticism, Immigration, National Front, Racial discrimination, Right-wing populism, Strikes, Trade unions, UKIP

The last time the government evoked the ‘British Jobs for British Workers’ slogan
Announcements, anti-fascism, Anti-Nazi League, Anti-racism, Books, British far left, Communist Party of Great Britain, Enoch Powell, IS/SWP, Marxism Today, Media appearances, National Front, Public service announcements, Racist violence, Research, Right-wing extremism/radicalism, Right-wing populism, Trade unions, UKIP

From Powell to Brexit: My interview with the Weekly Worker on ‘race’, anti-racism and the British left
Brexit, British ‘race relations’, Conservatives, European Union, Home Office, Immigration, Margaret Thatcher, National Front, Parliament, Party manifestos, Right-wing populism, Theresa May, UKIP

Theresa May and UKIP: A repeat of Thatcher and the NF in ’79?
1989, Border control studies, Britain-EEC/EU relations, British History, Collapse of communism, Contemporary history, European Union, Euroscepticism, Immigration, Immigration Act 1971, Margaret Thatcher, Marxism Today, Modern European History, Thatcherism, Tories, UK Labour Party, UKBA, UKIP

‘Fortress Britain’ and the end of the Cold War
1985 riots, Archives, British ‘race relations’, British History, Britishness, Contemporary history, Enoch Powell, Fascism, Handsworth, Immigration, Margaret Thatcher, National Archives (UK), National Front, Public order issues, Racial discrimination, Racist violence, Right-wing extremism/radicalism, Right-wing populism, Thatcherism, Tories, UKIP

Enoch Powell and the immigration “challenge” to Thatcher (1985)
Biopolitics, Blood tests, Books, Border control studies, British ‘race relations’, British History, Colonial/Postcolonial History, Contemporary history, Criminology, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, HIV, Immigration, Immigration Act 1971, Medical tests/examinations, Profiling, Racial discrimination, UKBA, UKIP, Virginity testing

UK border control has long history of screening for ‘unhealthy’ migrants