Good morning. A few decades ago, it was pretty obvious who was in a far-right group. Maybe they had a skinhead, an 88 tattoo or were part of the National Front. Most likely, they knew as well as anyone that their own views were fringe. No more.
Last year, people took to the streets in Southport, setting a mosque, a Citizen’s Advice Bureau and a police van (among other things) on fire and smashing the windows of a hotel housing asylum seekers. Some of those arrested had been active on Facebook groups run by ordinary members of the public: people happy to post what once would have been viewed as extreme thoughts openly on Facebook.
