Conflict ‘inevitable’: far right supporters

Far right supporters in the UK believe violent conflict between different religious, racial and ethnic groups is largely inevitable, according to a new survey on political extremism.

Appears in issue 57

Tags: British National Party, Dr Matthew Goodwin, English Defence League, extremism, From Voting to Violence? Far Right Extremism in Britain, Professor Jocelyn Evans, School of Politics and International Relations, UK Independence Party, University of Salford

Worrying legacy of Britain’s riots

The recent riots in the UK have left many people feeling that their safety — and the wider British society — is under threat, say experts at The University of Nottingham.

Appears in Issue 51

Tags: Academic Omnibus Project, Dr Eline de Rooij, Dr Mark Pickup, Dr Matthew Goodwin, Integrating Global Society, School of Politics and International Relations, YouGov-Cambridge

Norway killings ‘will be turning point’

The killing of nearly 100 people in Norway by Anders Behring Breivik will prove to be a watershed moment in how we approach, and seek to understand, far-right groups and their ideology, according to a leading expert in far-right politics.

Appears in Issue 50

Tags: Dr Matthew Goodwin, far-right, www.matthewjgoodwin.com

Voters turn to ‘polite party’

Could success in Oldham’s by-election see UKIP becoming a successful radical right-wing party?

Appears in Issue 45

Tags: Dr David Cutts, Dr Matthew Goodwin, Dr Robert Ford, Euroscepticism, French National Front, Nigel Farage, Strategic Eurosceptics and Polite Xenophobes: support for the UK Independence Party in the 2009 European Parliament Elections, UK Independence Party, UKIP