7 - National Action

National Action was one of the most extreme groups on the far right before they were banned in 2016. One of their members recently came to prominence for have plotted to kill his MP and a police officer investigating him for grooming young boys for sex in an act of 'White Jihad' . Their combination of obscene stunts, unabashed racism and their full embrace of national socialism quickly led to both notoriety and their eventual dissipation. National Action members are still active today, and the threat of a lone wolf act of terrorism are ever acute, especially in the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks. We are joined by journalist James Poulter to discuss the history of the group, their extremist politics and how they fit into the international national socialist scene. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/3bjpbj/english-neo-nazis-were-humiliated-in-liverpool-this-weekend-943 https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/9b8ja7/is-banning-neo-nazi-groups-actually-going-to-be-effective https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/437pkd/the-obscure-neo-nazi-forum-linked-to-a-wave-of-terror https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-44798649