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Raise the Colours Sheffield – Meet the Racists Next Door

Raise the Colours Sheffield (RTCS) is the local variant of a national campaign which launched last summer. The campaign sought to appropriate our flags as symbols of anti-migrant sentiment, primarily by attaching cheap St George’s Crosses and Union Jacks to lampposts, or crudely painting mini roundabouts. For many the novelty wore off fairly quickly, but in some areas this simple act has become a galvanising force for racist activism more broadly. RTCS is a classic example of this; united by a fear of migrants and an interest in far-right politics, a small group of friends began decorating street furniture, mainly in the north of the city around Parson Cross and Southey Green. Sustained by “donations” from some of their more sedentary neighbours, the group set about flagging streets by request – provided the cash had been received upfront. The occasional pro-Trump flag was added to the mix, just to make their noble stance on the protection of women and girls extra clear, while fear-...
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Flagging Enthusiasm – Sheffield Raise the Colours Demonstration 4th April

On Easter Saturday 4th April, Raise the Colours Sheffield (RTCS) and skive-streamer Ryan Dales joined forces to put on a confusing and pointless demonstration outside Sheffield Train Station. A bizarre collection of flagheads, Iranian monarchists, conspiracy theorists and some actual out-and-out Nazis, numbering fifty at the most, clustered around a soundsystem playing the very worst of AI-generated slop, punctuated by lacklustre speeches. Does anyone know what this protest was for or against? John Drewett came all the way from Grimsby for this 🤣🤣🤣 RTCS is Sheffield’s most active flag raising group, primarily based in and around the Parson Cross area, but this was their first foray into protesting. Ryan Dales, also known as Ryan Rampage, is a Grimsby based purveyor of overpriced soap and a bottom-feeding fascist YouTuber. It wasn’t entirely clear in the build up to the demonstration what it was actually about, but since some publicity posed questions about inequality in our s...
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Countering the Flags-On-Lamposts Group in Sheffield - Saturday April 4th 2026

On Saturday 4th April, local “flags-on-lampposts” group Raise The Colours Sheffield, alongside bath bomb salesman turned far-right auditor Ryan “Rampage” Dale, are organising what they describe as a “protest” in Sheffield. Their stated aims are vague, framed broadly as opposition to “the government,” but their own organising pages tell a clearer story. The comment threads surrounding the event are filled with open hostility toward migrants, asylum seekers, and, in many cases, anyone perceived to be of Middle Eastern or Muslim background. Calls for violence and dehumanising rhetoric are not only present but go unchallenged by organisers, and are often echoed by prominent figures within the group. One particularly disturbing post comes from main organiser Lee Shipley, who wrote that he hoped windy weather would cause migrant boats to sink, resulting in their deaths. Some posts, particularly from a user called “Dave Tune,” include coded language such as “KTF NSE” which stands for “Keep Th...
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An Open Letter to Sheffield City Council: Operation Raise the Colours and Neighbourhood Intimidation

Dear Members of Sheffield City Council and Sheffield MPs, We are writing as concerned residents of Sheffield to demand urgent action regarding the flags that continue to appear on lampposts across Parson Cross, Southey, and other areas. These flags are part of a coordinated campa ign of intimidation and anti-immigrant hate. They are illegal, and allowing them to remain is an abandonment of public space and a toleration of harassment. The Council has acknowledged that Operation Raise the Colours has been discussed internally. Yet, it has refused to instruct its contractor, Amey, to remove the flags, citing concerns for staff safety. This reasoning is unacceptable. Sheffield has previous ly enforced highly unpopular policies when it chose to do so. During the Streets Ahead tree-felling programme, Amey was provided with full police support and security to continue work despite public protests. An independent report commissioned by the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner confirm...
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Hull Nuts – UKIP Continues Its March Towards Irrelevance

On Saturday 28th February, Nick Tenconi brought his dwindling band of fascists to Hull for a pointless stroll around town, which will have done little to halt his group’s precipitous decline. Since picking the UK Independence Party brand out of the bargain bin in early 2025, he has well and truly driven it into the ground in his attempts to rebrand the former Farage vehicle as a Christian Nationalist street movement. UKIP planned to arrive at 12pm, so local antifascists got up early to take the bandstand in Queen Victoria Square, denying Nick a stage and consigning his rabble to the fringes for the day. UKIP had advertised their demo beginning at the Cenotaph (confusingly described as 40 Paragon Street on their material), but it was clear if any content could be farmed from the day, it would be found a couple of hundred meters back up the road. As a result only a few of the more disciplined Kippers could be found at their muster point, while about 100 fascists hurled ins...
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Golding the Willy – Britain First Frustrated in Manchester

On Saturday 21st February, the streets of Manchester were once again disgraced by Paul Golding and his lumbering band of violent fascists known as Britain First (BF). Amid rising tensions and a forthcoming by-election in Gorton and Denton, Paul thinks he has an opportunity to drag us back to the bad old days – before he was kicked out of the British National Party and National Front, and racist street attacks were a common occurrence. As Nigel Farage, ‘Tommy’ Yaxley-Lennon, and Rupert Lowe hog the national limelight, BF is desperate to find ways to keep itself relevant. Through regular set piece marches, the occasional publicity stunt, and a willingness to say out loud the parts more mainstream figures can only hint at, Paul is seeking to carve himself a niche as Fuhrer maker of the North. Though, based on Saturday, this project isn’t going particularly well. FERGIE TIME Billed as a ‘March for Remigration’ the event was effectively a soggy restaging of  last August , with fas...
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Resist Britain First in Manchester 21st February

On Saturday 21st February Paul Golding's Britain First intend to march through the centre of Manchester, demanding "Remigration" and spreading their politics of hatred and fear. Locals intend to show that they and their divisive rhetoric aren't welcome. Britain First's deputy leader isn't particularly subtle about their political leanings  In some ways this is looking like a rerun of last August's march , with Britain First once again gathering near Piccadilly Station and heading to St Peter's Square to watch some terrible propaganda videos and incoherent speeches from Paul and his Reichsleiter Ashlea Simon. Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) has once again called for a counterdemo to muster at Piccadilly Gardens. A heavy-handed targeted policing operation saw many autonomous antifascists kettled near Piccadilly Station last year, allowing the fascists to march with minimal opposition. In an effort to mitigate state oppression this time around, Resist Britai...
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