The Rising Supremacy: Reform UK and the New Face of British Fascism

Exposing the Fear, Lies, and Contradictions Driving Modern Exclusion

By Sean Ash

You might think being white is something scientific, something rooted in biology or DNA.

It’s not.

Race, and particularly whiteness, is not a biological reality. It’s a social invention. A tool created to sort, rank, and control people. It didn’t come from nature. It came from power.

What we now call “race science” was developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, not to understand humanity, but to justify domination. European thinkers began classifying humans into “types” based on things like skin colour, skull shape, and facial features. They weren’t looking for truth, they were building a hierarchy. And surprise: white Europeans put themselves at the top.

It gave slavery a justification. It made colonisation seem like duty. It turned mass oppression into something that sounded rational.

But today, science has moved on. Modern genetics proves there is more variation within racial groups than between them. In short, race is not real in the way racists think it is. It’s not written in blood. It’s written in systems. In laws. In how we treat people.

And yet, despite the truth, we still see people clinging to this fantasy. Especially in far-right movements like Reform UK. They pretend to defend science when attacking trans people, claiming “you can’t change biology.” But when it comes to race? Suddenly they’re fine believing in an outdated, debunked lie. Race is NOT biology. Nationalism is NOT biology. Yet now it’s to do with trans people, biology suddenly matters?

It’s not consistency.

It’s control. It’s supremacy.

And it’s rising again.

This isn’t new. We’ve seen it before. In Nazi Germany, ordinary people were not all fanatics or monsters at the start. Many were simply afraid, misled, or swept up in the tide of nationalism. The far right began by dehumanising Jews, Roma, the disabled, and other minorities, stripping them of rights, dignity, and belonging. That early prejudice evolved into something much darker.

What began as fear and discrimination became passion. That passion, left unchecked, turned into violence. Neighbours betrayed neighbours. Civilians became killers. People lost their humanity, not overnight, but step by step. By the time they looked back, they had already crossed every moral line.

This is why warning signs must never be ignored. Supremacy doesn’t start in gas chambers. It starts in classrooms, in newspapers, in parliaments, and at the dinner table. It starts with a joke, a slogan, a law. And it ends with blood.

There’s a reason UKIP, the Brexit Party, Reform UK, the EDL, BNP, and Britain First all feel like the same movement. They may operate under different names and wear different masks, but their message is consistent: fear of the outsider, resentment of change, and a desperate clinging to a mythical version of Britain that never truly existed.

They claim they’re not racist. Yet their actions, their words, and the policies they promote tell a very different story. First, they went after legal EU migrants, claiming “they’re taking all our jobs.” But when many of those EU workers left after Brexit, how many Brits stepped up to replace them? Very few. Why? Because the jobs weren’t glamorous, they were hard, underpaid, and essential. Fruit picking, cleaning, caring, nursing. The truth is, EU migrants filled the gaps most people didn’t want to. So the issue was never really about jobs, it was about having someone to blame. 

Now, due to many leaving this country because of Brexit, the queues have worsened and still they blame the immigrant rather than acknowledge this was a product of their own design. 

When that scapegoat wore thin, the target shifted to refugees, asylum seekers, and increasingly, to Black and Muslim communities.

It’s no coincidence that complaints about African nurses have grown louder, or that some supporters of these movements attempt to smear Stephen Lawrence, even in death, by dredging up baseless rumours or calling him a “former drug dealer,” as if that could ever justify the brutality he suffered. The racism is thinly veiled, if at all. “His mother is worse”, they might claim. Refusing to acknowledge a mother’s pain for the son she lost. You see, all the targets of their problems look the same. They aren’t white. 

They say things like, “London doesn’t look white anymore,” as if whiteness were the natural default of Britishness. But here’s the truth: who made white the default? Britain has always been a patchwork. From the Romans to the Windrush generation, this island has been shaped by migration. It was never about whiteness, it was about survival, resilience, and shared values. Britain was built on the backs of immigrants, those who arrived seeking safety, offering labour, or contributing to the cultural fabric of the nation.

Yet these groups cling to the flag, waving it like a badge of entitlement. They might fly it high, but that doesn’t mean they have the right to speak on behalf of the nation. Patriotism is not owned by the loudest voices, it’s lived through values: compassion, service, justice, and inclusion.

And this is what we must ask: What are these movements actually for? We hear endlessly what they oppose; immigration, woke culture, the EU, diversity, trans people, climate activists. But when it comes to actual policy, to vision, to hope, what do they stand for?

Very little.

Their politics are built almost entirely on exclusion, who to deport, who to silence, who doesn’t belong. You won’t hear them fighting for better schools or a more just economy. They don't propose community-based solutions or equitable reforms. Their project is simple: keep others out. Everything else is noise.

This is how they hide their racism. Not through open hate, but through perpetual opposition. Not “we hate Muslims,” but “we’re worried about extremism.” Not “we hate immigrants,” but “we’re just asking questions.” It’s dressed in politeness. Wrapped in flags. Sold as “concern.” But at its core, it’s the same exclusion. The same fear.

Look at the statists, those who cry “we’re being taken over” without bothering to look at actual demographics. The white British population is still the overwhelming majority in the UK. So what exactly is being threatened? Culture? Language? No. What’s being threatened is the illusion of dominance.

If you spend time with many who insist they’re “not racist,” you’ll often find the mask slipping when they think no one’s judging. Sit with them long enough, maybe at the pub, over a pint and the jokes start. The labels come out. “Them lot.” “They don’t integrate.” “They get everything handed to them.” Suddenly, people become groups. Categories. Problems.

And when you call it out? The defensiveness floods in. “It’s just a joke.” “You’re too sensitive.” “I didn’t mean it like that.” But racism isn’t just about slurs and slogans. It’s about assumptions. “Banter.” Dog-whistles. Quiet hiring decisions. Biased policing. Media framing. It’s these everyday moments, dressed as humour or concern, that sustain the system.

This is the pattern: they always need a scapegoat. Someone to blame. Someone to hate.

First it was legal EU migrants. Then undocumented ones. Then refugees. Then Black people. Then Muslims. Then trans people. Then the left. Then the unemployed.

When there’s no one left to blame, they go after anyone who still dares to care.

Because it’s easier to punch down than to build up. It’s easier to mock the vulnerable than to confront power. And the truth is, they almost never argue for positive, constructive policies. You won’t hear them campaigning for better public housing, living wages, or community-led solutions. Their politics is grievance, weaponised.

Let’s be honest: equality makes them uncomfortable. They weren’t just indifferent when Black footballers took the knee, they were hostile. Booing. Mocking. Shouting that it “has no place in sport.” Funny, they don’t want race to be brought into sport but don’t mind taking about trans in sport? Now the contradictions are evident. 

They don’t want integration, they want assimilation. A version of Britain where others can exist only if they conform, stay quiet, and never question the order of things.

It’s not cultural preservation, it’s empire nostalgia. A belief that Britishness, their version of it, should reign supreme. They want a monocultural society with multicultural labour. Your curry, your carnival, your graft, but not your grief, not your politics, not your voice.

And here’s something else that rarely gets said: they champion this idea of a unified, white Britain, but they can’t even stand each other. They revel in hooliganism, backstab each other on forums and in pubs, and mock anyone who steps out of line in their own ranks. Their identity isn't built on unity, it’s built on alcohol and aggression. It's not culture they want to preserve; it's conflict they want to feed.

And as for those claiming they’re “defending Christianity” from Islam, let’s be honest, most of them don’t go to church, don’t read scripture, and wouldn’t recognise a parable if it hit them in the face. They talk like God is fragile. Like He needs them, football-shirt-wearing, rage-tweeting keyboard warriors to protect His legacy. If Christianity is true, do they not believe God is powerful enough to defend Himself? What kind of faith imagines a God so weak He needs Nigel Farage or Tommy Robinson to step in?

Examples of Exclusion in “White England”:

1. Booing of Black Players Taking the Knee (Euro 2020): After the final, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saka were subjected to vile abuse online. Cheered when they scored, hated when they missed.

2. The Windrush Scandal: Black Britons detained, denied services, or deported under policies designed to make the UK “hostile” to migrants, even ones who had lived here legally for decades.

3. Hostile Environment Policies: Introduced by Theresa May, these policies turned landlords, employers, and even doctors into border agents, embedding racism into everyday life.

4. Media Demonisation of Refugees: The language of “invasion” and “swarms” dehumanises real people fleeing war and persecution, fuelled by tabloids and repeated by MPs.

5. Attacks on Inclusive History: Efforts to teach Britain’s colonial past or celebrate Black History Month are called “woke.” But a country that hides its history cannot grow from it.

Psychology helps us understand why. People who feel insecure or anxious often turn to authoritarian beliefs and out-group hostility. It's a form of displacement, blaming someone else for pain you can’t explain. Add in social identity theory, and you get in-groups clinging to superiority and casting others as threats.

Far-right movements don’t offer solutions. They offer comfort through blame. They give people someone to point at so they never have to point within.

Some will say this is an exaggeration. That comparing these movements to fascism is unfair. But let’s be honest, they show all the signs. The scapegoating. The nationalism. The obsession with identity and purity. The constant attacks on education, media, protest, and truth.

They don’t like being compared to the far right of the past, but they follow the same script, just with better PR.

And while many are still asleep to it, Reform UK is gaining momentum. The politics of exclusion is no longer hiding in the shadows. It’s knocking on the doors of Parliament, sitting on talk shows, trending online. This isn’t about “free speech” or “British values”, it’s about who gets to belong, and who must be silenced to maintain that illusion.

There’s no guarantee of hope. Not unless more of us wake up. Not unless we speak out, vote with intention, educate, organise, and challenge the poison where it grows. Because silence won’t save us. And by the time everyone agrees it’s gone too far, it already will have.

Britain doesn’t belong to those who fear difference. It belongs to those brave enough to defend it.