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Antifascist Research Collective @arc-161.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

NEW ARTICLE ANNOUNCEMENT Introducing YouTube Grifters part of what could prove to be a very long series. Introducing Chris Messenger aka ‘English Ned’, Chris is 47, and resides in the Great Sutton area of his hometown, Ellesmere Port.

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

“A writer who will not lie cannot live or work under Fascism.  Because Fascism is a lie, it is condemned to literary sterility. And when it is past, it will have no history, except the bloody history of murder.” ~ Ernest Hemingway, Address, American Writers Congress, New York City (1937)

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Incredible interview from @socialistdogmom.bsky.social with @letsgomathias.bsky.social. There's a direct line from the demonization of antifascists to the recent murders in Minneapolis - the far-Right is hoping to grease of wheels of mass repression and state organized murder. Read the book!

Book cover of "To catch a Fascist" from Christopher Mathias

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

ReformUK Devon County Councillor for Newton Abbot, Michael Cockerham, in the wake of the executions of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, says -

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Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 29/01/2026

Where is Alex Pretti's phone?

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Still, stick to your story Reece and Lou - I'm sure it'll all work out in the end.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Which is where he still is. His partner is telling the French police that Reece went there independently - not with Danny Tommo or Raise the Colours - but the evidence tells us otherwise.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Unfortunately for Reece, he arrived in France on Sunday only to spend the entire day being ghosted and ignored by Tommo - and was then picked up by French police and thrown in a cell.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

He's livestreamed himself camping outside of the hotel, and harassing and intimidating women carrying children attempting to walk to the bus stop. His new scheme has been to join his idol Danny Tommo on his 'invasion' of France

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Reece Grant isn't having a great time in France. After a solid go at being a far-right YouTube grifter, it looks like our Reece is done. As we've previously mentioned, he's spent a lot of time trying to break into a hotel housing child refugees - facing arrest for one of his attempts.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Thanks to @arc-161.bsky.social for allowing us to use their platform to host the full report - arc161.noblogs.org

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Lastly, we can't forget Nigel Murfin. Nigel has a habit of ending up in the local news for harassing women, but he's currently banned from Exeter after an arrest in one of his attempts to assault refugees outside the hotel in Exeter.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

....harassed some refugees in Calais, got arrested, and is now housed in an immigration facility in France, awaiting deportation.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Reece Grant, aka STB (Stop the Boats) Audits is currently languishing in a French jail cell after attempting to join Danny Tommo in France. Reece spent the day desperately calling Tommo, who completely ghosted him. Reece decided to go it alone...

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Noticeably absent from the march were a couple of local fascists currently facing some legal trouble following recent arrests.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Veteran Exeter fascist Thomas Dunne was also present. Dunne has previous links to Turning Point UK, going back to at least September 2024 when he was interviewed regarding ‘two-tier policing’ after he was arrested for wearing a burqa and pretending to pray inside a branch of Debenhams.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Newly on our radar following UKIP’s visit to the city is Sam Smith, also of Exeter, who also goes by ‘Da Smix MC’ and ‘Sam Da Smix’

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Also making his comeback on the far-right street scene after a long absence was Reform member Frankie Rufolo, briefly famous for burning a Quran in a branch of Wetherspoon. He attended wearing a Reform badge, and a Marine Le Pen T-Shirt

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Britain First were represented on the march by Chris John of Torquay, and fascist thug Nick Hubble of Exeter. Hubble, like Bamford, is a relative of Nigel Murfin. Hubble was recently arrested for assaulting an SUTR activist that was attempting to stop him from harassing refugees.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Unfortunately for Bamford, his behaviour appears to be meeting some resistance from the local community. He arrived in Exeter to see his face splashed all over the city, referring to him as a “cowardly Nazi”. Bamford was overheard calling his Mum to let her know their address had been exposed.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Also making an appearance in Exeter was Troy Bamford of Barnstaple, who spent many a Saturday outside the Hampton hotel, shouting abuse at vulnerable women and children through a megaphone.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

These three, alongside Dean’s partner - Ellie Castle - are now the driving force behind the far-right’s renewed street presence in and around Exeter. Castle works at St Leonard’s pharmacy in the city, where we’re sure her patients are not yet aware of her far-right activity.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The other key members of the SWPA are Matt Dean of Exeter, and Charlie Finney of Torbay. Finney hasn't attempted to decouple his business - The Removal Man Torbay - from his far-right views and posts. Dean isn't shy - announcing himself as a "full on educated ethno-nationalist historian racist"

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Rowe has also been heavily involved – on a local level – in Operation Raise the Colours, organising the erection of flags in Cranbrook and Exeter, and leading a doxxing campaign against a local business owner who was pictured taking down flags.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

It was at these hotel protests that a new face began to emerge – Jordan Rowe – who is now the driving force behind the ‘patriot’ movement in south Devon. His group, the South West Patriots Alliance, have formed alliances with Britain First, as well as Flag Force Plymouth and Bristol Patriots.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

All of these characters made attempts to intimidate refugees attempting to leave the hotel, who were attempting to walk to the local bus stop with their children. Without the presence of local antifascists, Murfin, Grant and Heal presented a real threat of physical violence towards the refugees

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

These protests were led by Murfin, alongside Marie Townsend, regional organiser for BF in the south West, as well as YouTube ‘auditors’ Reece Grant and Troy Bamford, ReformUK’s Dutch Dudgeon, Tory Cllr Alison Sheridan (now of ReformUK), and Pete Heal.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Although the far-right could initially muster only a handful of protestors, heavily outnumbered by local antifascist and community groups who came out to defend the refugees - they built an alliance over the summer and were eventually able to present a sizeable force outside the hotel each week.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Nigel Murfin was concerned about the image of his party – Britain First – due to the type of refugees at the hotel being exclusively women and children, but became the main tormentor of these refugees, when the opportunity presented itself. Murfin has previous convictions for harassing women.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Despite acknowledging that the hotel was housing only women and children, the nascent fascist movement in and around Exeter made plans to begin protests outside.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

That all changed in summer 2025, with the wave of far-right protests outside hotels housing refugees, including the Hampton at Exeter airport. The individuals that marched through Exeter on the 17th of January first encountered each other in and around these protests.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Until the summer of 2025, Devon had been fairly quiet in terms of major far-right street activity this decade, outside of the racist riot in Plymouth in August 2024, which also happened to be led by Nick Tenconi.

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Devon Antifascist Research Group @darg16.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Who were the Devon men marching through Exeter on the 17th of January? They were very excited by the arrival of Nick Tenconi with UKIP, Patriots of Britain and Turning Point UK - so much so that they completely abandoned their 'unity' messaging, and switched to 'mass deportations'

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Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Get connected IRL. 🧵 1) If you are savvy at keeping up with current events & haven't connected with anyone locally, it's time to do that. Make a point of finding a local group to join for an event. Show up. Your own knowledge & skills are valuable, and there are so many folks happy to mentor and

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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The lesson of Minneapolis is that large scale community based resistance is possible, necessary, and beautiful.

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westonantifascists.bsky.social @westonantifascists.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Part 2: Criminal record is something Byron Taylor aka Patriotic Christian cannot debunk. Further proof of this with the two photos and link below. He wore a mask to conceal his identify, fully knowing he's scared and has something to hide. www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/glouces...

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westonantifascists.bsky.social @westonantifascists.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Part 1: Byron attempts to lie about his criminal record that he didn't assault three school pupils. As a result of his racially abusive violence he was jailed for 18 months, apparently this was "debunked 3 years", someone tell him you can't debunk a criminal record.

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Antifascist Research Collective @arc-161.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

White Vanguard thread 13/13 To finish off our first little exposé on White Vanguard, let's have a look at the newer recruits, and maybe dig into what kind of people White Vanguard draws in.

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👻 🎃 🦇 Bela Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Donald Trump is going to be 80 years old this year. Vladimir Putin is 73. Xi Jinping is 72. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is 71. Friedrich Merz is 70. We're being lead to our graves by men who are already half dead.

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Antifascist Research Collective @arc-161.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

White Vanguard thread 11/13 Finishing off our members collection for now with Shane Purchase from Essex. Shane as we can see on the left was also part of the White Vanguard precurser Youth Alliance.

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Antifascist Research Collective @arc-161.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

White Vanguard thread 10/13 Introducing Daniel Eccott, a wannabe Heanor football hooligan and part of White Vanguard. Daniel joined the group later into its growth and wasn't a leftover from the Youth Alliance. He is likely their youngest member but no less extreme than the rest of his "brothers".

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westonantifascists.bsky.social @westonantifascists.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

** Bluesky First before IG ** Nigel Christopher Michael Murfin aka Devon Audits has a history of harassing, threatening, abusing and misogynistic behaviour towards women that shouldn't be tolerated. He continuously instils this behaviour even today! One vile, horrid frauditor.

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Antifascist Research Collective @arc-161.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

First scalp so far? I guess if they were lies you wouldn't need to abandon your "vital model". Just as you face a group split and internal strife you decide to step away. If its anything like Kai's resignation, we will probably see him around very soon.

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Antifascist Research Collective @arc-161.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Time we speak about Kai Cunningham, the now disgraced hope of East London Reform UK. Much has been written about him already but we thought it was appropriate to give you some details that hadn't yet come out.

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Antifascist Research Collective @arc-161.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

7/13 White Vanguard So what was Steve doing? I guess we should start by talking about the MFFC chat. Set up in 2024 soon after the rioting, the chat paid members to target mosques and police cars.

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Antifascist Research Collective @arc-161.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

6/13 White Vanguard thread Starting with Harrison Ginola Leworthy from Portsmouth. We first came across him in 2023, he was stood with a friend holding an English flag in London while a Palestine march went by. Harry tried to argue with anti war activists but was quickly moved on by the police.

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Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 15/01/2026

ICE agents fled from the crowd and left behind their CONOPS battle plan for Minneapolis, including agent's names, hotel rooms, phone numbers, boxes of license plates, and tac radio frequencies.

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Antifascist Research Collective @arc-161.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

5/13 White Vanguard thread As we mentioned before, Youth Alliance had close connections to Tommy Robinson's team through the group Patriots of Britain.

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Antifascist Research Collective @arc-161.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

4/13 White Vanguard thread Previously we spoke about the violent tendencies White Vanguard and Youth Alliance share. This extended beyond targeting the left and minority communities, plans began to develop on how to prepare for conflict.

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Antifascist Research Collective @arc-161.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

3/13 White Vanguard thread The group always showed an inclination towards violent action even during the Youth Alliance days. Though this developed from "bashing the reds" rhetoric into a more organised threat.

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