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Ray Hill – giant of the anti-fascist movement
‘Insider’ who wreaked havoc in the ranks of the far right and who will be much missed by his comrades

FOR a while, back in 1980, staff at the anti-fascist magazine Searchlight puzzled over the identity of the mystery caller who kept phoning with tasty bits of information about the extreme right in Leicester. 

He was obviously well placed — on one occasion, he read out to them the complete membership list of the British Democratic Party (BDP), a highly promising Leicester-based offshoot from the NF. 

But he wouldn’t say who he was. When he finally agreed to meet, it was something of a shock.  

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