Immediate withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan will be one of the primary themes of the British National Party’s general election campaign.

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In a January cover story, "Fear and Loathing Grips Europe," Searchlight editor Nick Lowles examines the reactions to and the implications of the vote to ban the building of minarets in Switzerland.

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Nick Lowles and Sonia Gable report in the November 2009 issue of Searchlight that the British National Party is using money it receives from Europe to support its two Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to bankroll the leadership of its organisation. Of the 14 people employed by the two MEPs, only five actually live in the two regions they represent and most fulfil national posts for the party. In the latest abuse of the parliamentary expenses system, the British and European people are funding the BNP. Read the full article here.

The November 16 murder of Ivan Khutorskoi in Moscow underscores the growing threat of ultra-nationalist violence in the Russian Federation.

Elections in Europe’s poorest country, Moldova, at the end of July have brought changes to the political landscape and deepened the turmoil present since the heavily disputed re-election of a Communist government on April 5 was met with widespread rioting by pro-Romanian hooligans in the capital Chisinau, reports a Searchlight special corresponent in Chisinau.

British National Party leader Nick Griffin is engaging in contortions and sleight of hand to keep his members happy and ensure they keep on giving him their money. Sonia Gable investigates for Searchlight magazine.

On September 22, the Moscow City Court sentenced a group of ultra-nationalist young people to prison terms for three attempted murders and other crimes committed out of ethnic hatred.

“An absolute nightmare,” is how one Labour Party official described the political situation in June 2009.  In the weeks leading up to the European Parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom that June 4, internal polling indicated that the white nationalist British National Party (BNP) could benefit from a confluence of political events.