The UK far right has reported links to both paramilitary enterprises and prominent far-right figures.

ISD Senior Analyst Ciarán O’Connor spoke to Al Jazeera about these connections, specifically the link between a far-right student group and other UK far-right agitators, including those who have led protests against migrants and LGBTQ+ rights.

“They use these events as wedge issues upon which to try and mobilise their support and try and attack the message or the meaning of the other side, and demonise the housing of asylum seekers in society,” Ciarán said.

The full article is available on Al Jazeera.