Stand Up To Racism (25 July 2025). "Exclusive: Reform UK Vice-chair in Epping shares stage with member of Neo-Nazi group"
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Point: "Footage obtained by Stand Up to Racism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_Against_Fascism can exclusively reveal that Orla Minihane, vice-chair of Epping Forest Reform UK and Reform UK election candidate, shared a stage with member of neo-Nazi group at a recent Epping protest against refugees being housed in the Bell Hotel. Minihane is vice-chair of Epping Forest Reform UK and a leading figure in the protests against the Bell hotel. The video shows Minihane speaking on stage and sharing a megaphone with Callum Barker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Party_(UK) Stand Up to Racism this week exclusively revealed that Barker was a member of neo-Nazi group Homeland, and himself has been a key organiser the Epping protests. The speech was shared and celebrated by prominent neo-Nazis including Mark Collett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Collett and Homeland themselves. It suggests that local Reform UK officials are prepared to work with a known fascist activist to organise the protests at Epping" (standuptorac., 2025, July 25). Criticism: The notion that British women are under attack from 'invading migrants' can be seen as an 'othering' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_(philosophy) and http://trigg.gr/tag/OtheringDenialDehumanization#58209B586466.C1 tactic, which seeks to position two groups in adversarial relation. For example, a common contemporary example is used to attack LGBTQIA+ people known as http://trigg.gr/tag/PhenomnDogmaAntiGenderIdeologyGenderismGenderTheory where parents are characterised as heroes defending their child's innocence e.g. http://trigg.gr/tag/MetaphorWarfareHeroGuardianOfChildhoodInnocence#142422B899304.S2 In doing so, the racist overtones often follow the characterisation http://trigg.gr/tag/MetaphorPurityRacialWhiteWomenAndBlackMen The tactic often seeks to characterise immigrants negatively as supposed 'illegal migrants' as per the logic of 'crimmigration' e.g. http://trigg.gr/tag/PhenomnLegalCrimmigration of http://trigg.gr/tag/PhenomnImmigrationRefugeeAsylumSeeker and the issues surrounding their temporary accommodation e.g. http://trigg.gr/tag/PhenomnImmigrationRefugeeAsylumAccommodation while their claims are fairly adjudicated. Bibliography: standuptorac. (2025, July 25). 'Exclusive: Reform UK Vice-chair in Epping shares stage with member of Neo-Nazi group'. Stand Up to Racism. https://standuptoracism.org.uk/exclusive-reform-uk-vice-chair-in-epping-shares-stage-with-member-of-neo-nazi-group/
