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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by chriswarbo on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @12:16PM (#26493213)
Yes, for a few years the Brexit Party was the I'mNotRacistBut Party. It looks like they've now been rumbled (hence becoming unelectable), so they're rebranding as Reform, which might last for another few years.

The previous I'mNotRacistBut Party was UKIP (featuring Stephen Yaxley-Lennon as advisor for racially-charged issues, and denounced as racist 24 years ago by its own founder)

Before that the BNP was scoring a few percent in general elections.

And around and around it goes, all the way back to Mosley's blackshirts.

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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by throwaways885 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @01:10PM (#26494040)
Nigel Farage left UKIP for that very reason. The Brexit party is fairly moderate and would be described as center-right, just shy of the conservatives.
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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by chriswarbo on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @02:16PM (#26494922)
The Brexit Party was just a face-saving rebrand for UKIP. It didn't take long for the mask to start slipping, with the party's founder resigning after retweeting racist posts from far-right figures.

Of course, Farage himself may denounce such things:

> I set the party up, she was the administrator that got it set up.

( https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/12/former-ukip... )

Which is an interesting contrast to his remarks when the party was being formed:

> This was Catherine's idea entirely - but she has done this with my full knowledge and my full support.

( https://www.independent.ie/business/brexit/the-new-ukip-nige... )

Friendly reminder that it's very easy, and very common, for racists to disavow their racism when it's expedient to do so (e.g. an extreme example https://youtu.be/zcoYKuoiUrY?t=1568 )

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