Radio 43 | The Unelectables: May 2026 edition

About this episode

The episode discusses the far-right extremists participating in the upcoming elections in the UK.

HOPE not hate explores the assorted extremists representing the far right at the upcoming elections, including Holocaust deniers, crank conspiracists and Crusader cosplayers 7 May will see elections in the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, as well as more than 5,000 council contests across 136 local authorities in England. Reform UK continues to dominate the radical right, anti-immigrant sphere and stands to win hundreds of seats. Nonetheless, as is tradition, a variety of reactionaries, oddbal...

Topics covered

• far right
• extremism
• elections
• Holocaust denial
• conspiracy theories

Keywords

• Reform UK
• Scottish Parliament
• Welsh Parliament
• local authorities
• anti-immigrant

Mentioned in this episode

Places: England

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