Looks Like They Have Some Problems Brewing In Wales.

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42450131
All in mikey's back yard too boyo!

[emmie]

Nigel Bromage, co-founder of the violent neo-Nazi group Combat 18, said Wales had traditionally been seen as a "safe haven" for the ultra-right, away from the authorities.

where's mikey when you need him, lol

[Khandro]

//where's mikey when you need him, lol//

I think he's on an anti-Trump demo :0)

[emmie]

he might be at that.. ^^

[vetuste_ennemi]

From the article:

"Just over 7,600 people in England and Wales were referred to the UK government's Prevent programme in 2015-16 - about 5,000 them over concerns about Islamist extremism. According to the Home Office figures - Wales accounted or just 2% of those referrals - 148 cases. But of those Welsh cases - 22% were for concerns about far-right extremism."

(NB: the misleading term "far-right" refers, of course, not to all far-right fascists, only to that section of them which is not Islamist.)

This for Mikey: let's try to get a handle on the scale of the threat posed by far-right extremism. Using the 2011 census figures we see that just 1.5% (OK, probably higher now) of the population, of Wales accounts for more than three quarters of the "referrals".

[mikey4444]

Mikey's here....just been up to Lidl !

Wales has its fair share of ultra right wing nasties and fascists, just like anywhere else in the world, so there is nothing remotely surprising about this news item

[ichkeria]

Nick Griffin lives in N Wales doesn’t he?

[mikey4444]

Apparently ::::::

"Griffin lives with his family in a farmhouse in Llanerfyl, near Welshpool, in Wales. He is married to Jackie Griffin, a former nurse who also acts as his assistant and a BNP administrator"

[ichkeria]

Charming man

[mikey4444]

Itchy....I agree, but he is a whole lot less charming since the BBC had the good sense to invite him on to "Question Time"

[ichkeria]

Griffin is ‘charming’ in the way an unwashed face flannel is.
Curious article really: on the one hand Wales has the right ‘landscape’ for right wing extremism (that’ll be all those Nazi mountains and valleys in the shape of swastikas!)
and yet on the other hand the violent side to fascism has to be covered up as Welsh people would not stand for it, which would seem to be a bit of a problem for your would-be Neil Nazi hoping to have them goose stepping round Cardiff castle

[Hopkirk]

Silly me, I thought this was going to be about home brew.

[ichkeria]

Fair play to Mr Bromage though. He certainly brings insider knowledge to the problem