School of Politics and International Relations

Prof Rainbow Murray, Trump has raised an ultra-nationalist British group out of obscurity

29 November 2017

The far-right ‘Britain First’ party maintained a low profile until President Trump promoted it on Twitter yesterday, reports The Atlantic. Dr Rainbow Murray was quoted in the article, she said: “They’re a radical-right group with a low profile in the UK. For all the racism and jingoism in the UK, we’re still a bit wary of very far-right movements—partly due to our electoral system, partly due to a legacy of World War II and our pride in resisting fascism.”
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