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Rise of the Blackshorts
Splintering far right gives way to new wave of teenage fascists
TEENAGE neonazis are on the rise even as the British far right splinters into oblivion, anti-fascists warned yesterday.
In an end of year report, Hope Not Hate also raised fears of the danger of “lone wolf attacks” and the increasingly fertile ground for anti-Muslim propaganda on the back of the Paris attacks.
Report co-author Matthew Collins told the Star that while the leadership of fascist groups is younger it is also “less experienced.”
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