Joe Mulhall
Director of Research @hopenothate. Writer, historian, journalist, anti-fascist.
Latest book: Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance is out now!
- So Matthew Goodwin is Reform's candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election. I wrote this last year about how there is nothing he won’t say if he thinks it will get him more views and paying Substack subscribers. He’s an opportunist extremist. hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...
- The V&A Storeroom is the best museum I’ve been to ages! A wonderful slice of its staggeringly diverse collection, most presented without comment.
- While Farage was clearly tricked into recording a tribute to the infamous pedophile Ian Watkins on Cameo, it does go to show that this man will say literally anything for money. It makes you wonder what he's saying on behalf of his funders and employers when real money is involved.
- If you haven't signed up to the @hopenothate.org.uk Reform Watch Newsletter yet have a read of the last one and you will see why it's well worth it! hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/07/r...
- Maybe Tommy Robinson has developed a passionate interest in the wars in Sudan/Yemen. Maybe he has been brushing up on Turkish drone technology and the complexities of the Yemen conflict. Or perhaps something else is going on linked to the UAE? hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/12/w...
- Another important and worrying piece from the @hopenothate.org.uk research team. Aryan Front exposed: The new neo-Nazi cell pushing for “Racial Holy War” hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/09/a...
- We’re looking for someone to join the @hopenothate.org.uk research team for 3 months to work on our anti-Reform team. Have a look! hopenothate.org.uk/about-us/car...
- Explosive new article from @hopenothate.org.uk about the rise and fall of White Vanguard: How a neo-Nazi group tore itself apart. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/07/t...
- Reposted by Joe Mulhall🚨 NEW: Neo-Nazi group White Vanguard (WV) has suffered a major split. A series of calamitous errors has cost the group half its membership, forced a change in leadership and left its future uncertain. Read our report: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/07/t...
- My review of the new Antibalas album for Songlines magazine: ‘Second-wave Afrobeat pioneers Antibalas return with Hourglass, a vibrant, fully instrumental offering that sees the Brooklyn collective reconnect with their rhythmic roots.’ Full review here: www.songlines.co.uk/review/hourg...
- Reposted by Joe Mulhall🚨 NEW: Figures with violent pasts are gravitating to the British Democrats, a fascist political party seeking to embed itself within the growing anti-migrant protest movement. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/11/v...
- So Piers Morgan plays clips of Nick Fuentes saying he likes Hitler, is overtly racist, questions the Holocaust etc etc and yet STILL calls him a 'prominent conservative.' This is normalisation in action.
- The Piers Morgan interview with Nick Fuentes is a great example of why interviewing fascists to get views is idiotic/irresponsible. Absolutely nothing new in it. Fuentes had said it all before on his own show. Morgan has merely raised Fuentes' profile and introduced him to new audiences for views.
- When will people like Piers Morgan realise that by debating a Holocaust denier like Nick Fuentes he's fundamentally conceding that the reality of the Holocaust is something to be debated. It aids and amplifies denial. All because Morgan wants views for his irrelevant YouTube channel.
- A new generation of fascists are fusing combat training with extremist ideology. HOPE not hate investigates the Midlands chapter of the secretive Active Club network, and exposes the figures driving its expansion. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/30/a...
- New Reform UK youth wing leader attended Tommy Robinson rally. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/13/n...
- Reform UK receives millions from crypto investors – then champions crypto. Imitating Donald Trump’s MAGA playbook, Nigel Farage and his party Reform UK have spent this year cosying up to the crypto industry. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/19/r...
- Exposed: New Far-Right Research Unit Targeting Progressive Activists. Important new piece from @hopenothate.org.uk. More to follow soon! hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/20/e...
- Reposted by Joe MulhallSUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
- If you're tired of the biased BBC don't forget to tune in to GB News to watch shows hosted by Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson, Matthew Goodwin or Jacob Rees-Mogg. 🤣
- Of course the BBC has made mistakes but watching these right/far-right commentators pretending they care about impartiality and journalistic standards when they appear on/host GB News shows is laughable. I wish the BBC spent less time placating ppl who will hate it regardless of what they do.
- It was a pleasure to go on the @newint.bsky.social podcast, The World Unspun to discuss the rise of the global far right. newint.org/politics/202...
- Peter Thiel's lectures about the antichrist/Armageddon are unsurprising but wild! Claims that it being difficult for people to hide wealth in tax havens is one sign the antichrist may be amassing power. “It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money.” 🤣 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- The authoritarian crack down on American anti-fascists is deeply worrying to see. It's one of those moments when a fascist leader tells the world who he really is. There must be better ways that European anti-fascists can show our solidarity and offer support.
- Really interesting new article by @patrikhermansson.bsky.social and @harryshukman.bsky.social explaining what Anglofuturism is. Check it out! hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...
- Pulling together a list of anti-migrant vigilante / street patrol groups in the UK. Got a big list so far but let me know if you've come across any in case I've missed one! Thanks!
- Reposted by Joe MulhallAuthoritarianism is on the rise globally. Join us at #Lab25 to understand this challenge & build a movement to resist. @labourlewis.bsky.social, @minnierahman.bsky.social, Shabna Begum, Amna Abdullatif, @maybulman.bsky.social (@lighthousereports.com) & @joemulhall.bsky.social (@hopenothate.org.uk).
- Cover design by this genius!
- *COUGH COUGH* bsky.app/profile/joem...
- The paperback version of Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance is out now! It includes the amazing stories from the hardback but with a new afterword detailing how the far right shut down its promotional events last year. Need some hope in these difficult times? Order here: geni.us/RebelSoundsP...
- ‘Greedy and ruthless’ businessman fined over a man’s death among Reform UK’s latest donors. New from @hopenothate.org.uk hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/24/g...
- "Without the knowledge and without the critical thinking skills instilled by print, many of the citizens of modern democracies find themselves as helpless and as credulous as medieval peasants." Thoughts on the post-literate society by James Marriott. jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
- The paperback version of Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance with a new afterword is out this Thursday! The same day as @richardosman1.bsky.social new Thursday Murder Club book. Sure its a close race in the charts so help me out! 😂 geni.us/RebelSoundsP...
- Reposted by Joe Mulhall🚨 Yesterday we saw Britain’s largest ever far-right protest with police estimating 110,000 people in attendance for Tommy Robinson's “Unite the Kingdom” rally. Read our analysis of the day with all the details of just how extreme it really was. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/13/b...
- The paperback version of Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance is out on 25 September for the very reasonable price of £10.99. It includes a new afterword and is available for preorder from all bookshops now!
- Reposted by Joe MulhallIs it fair to call the Unite The Kingdom march far right? 🎥 @joemulhall.bsky.social, HOPE not Hate's Director of Research spoke to the BBC on why it's important to monitor who is at the event and what is being said.
- Today saw Britain’s largest ever far-right protest with police estimating 110,000 people in attendance for Tommy Robinson's “Unite the Kingdom” rally. Read @hopenothate.org.uk's analysis of the day with all the details of just how extreme it really was! hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/13/b...
- Reposted by Joe MulhallTommy Robinson and his friends at Rebel News couldn’t resist a final grift before his big rally on September 13th. 50 of his most ‘devoted’ followers are paying up to £4,099 for what looks like the worst school trip ever, complete with museums and allocated leisure time.
- More from Reform UK's recent conference. The homophobic aristocrat on Reform’s main stage. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/10/r...
- So @hopenothate.org.uk got inside Reform's conference and found a party riven by internal divisions, extreme views, and, perhaps most notably of all, a swirl of conspiracy theories. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/10/i...
- Tommy Robinson and Rebel Media have turned grifting into an art form. Rebel News is charging its most ‘devoted’ followers up to £4,099 to attend the demonstration this weekend. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/12/i...
- Reposted by Joe Mulhall🚨Last weekend, Reform UK held their party conference in Birmingham, and as expected, it was a magnet to a range of conspiracy theories and wild, fringe ideas. 🧲 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/10/i...
- Reposted by Joe MulhallReform and X are not Britain, as John Curtice shows, though this loud minority voice thinks it is Migration bad for economy? 32% of public - but 73% of Reform Bad for our culture? 31% of public - 81% of Reform Rights for ethnic minorities have gone too far? 18% of public - but 49% of Reform
- Lots of media coverage about the huge number of anti-migrant protests happening this weekend. It's obviously worrying but perspective is important. Across all the demos that happened today there were probably fewer than 1000 protestors combined. It's not a national outpouring.
- Reposted by Joe MulhallUnion Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.” But the truth is very different. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
- New from @hopenothate.org.uk. ‘Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists. While many instances of flags being raised are being carried out by ordinary people, many of the key organisers are well known far right activists. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
- Reposted by Joe Mulhall💥NEW: Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf promised “an embarrassment of talent.” So far, the embarrassment is showing. The talent? Still missing. 🔎 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/21/r...
- I was lucky enough to write an article about The Resistible Rise of the Reform UK for the new edited volume, The Starmer Symptom put together for @plutopress.bsky.social. Out now! www.plutobooks.com/978074535109...
- HOPE not hate can reveal that Lee Twamley, photographed at the front of Britain First’s “March for Remigration” in Manchester this month, has served prison time for trying to smuggle Vietnamese migrants into the UK. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/19/e...
- The British Movement’s North West Nazi Network Exposed. @hopenothate.org.uk reveals their core activists! hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/06/t...
- Meet the MAGA misogynist speaker at Britain First rallies. BF's decision to ignore Mannarino’s disgusting statements about women are indicative of a broader willingness to ignore any sexism which can’t contribute to a racist narrative. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/07/b...
- Tommy Robinson has been clear, he didn’t go on the run. But has Konstantin Kisin revealed that to be a lie? hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/11/h...
- Reposted by Joe Mulhall🚨NEW: Tommy Robinson has been clear, he didn’t go on the run. But has Konstantin Kisin revealed that to be a lie? hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/11/h...
- Reposted by Joe Mulhall🚨NEW: Britain First says it wants to defend women and children. So why do they keep handing the mic to Joey Mannarino, a MAGA troll who says rape victims lie and liberal women “beg to be raped?” hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/07/b...
- Reposted by Joe Mulhall🚨 Earlier this year, the leaders of neo-Nazi group Patriotic Alternative made an “explosive” announcement. Mark Collett, the self-described “Nazi sympathiser”, and his deputy Laura Towler described a ruse they had apparently pulled over the Electoral Commission. But it was a lie.
- Reposted by Joe Mulhall🚨 HOPE not hate can name the activists reviving the UK’s most openly neo-Nazi group and bringing dangerous new tactics to the streets. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/06/t...
- These new images of the total obliteration of whole areas in Gaza are beyond words. You can see why Israel has prevented international journalists entering Gaza to report on these indefensible scenes. www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
