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== Where does the name come from? ==
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obviously the people who started the magazine know why it was called that... but how to get something quotable? [[User:Authouredbyanybody???|Authouredbyanybody???]] ([[User talk:Authouredbyanybody???|talk]]) 13:41, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
:"Turning the searchlight on the extremists". Per the article about the magazine's founder [[Maurice Ludmer]] [[User:Grubstreet|Grubstreet]] ([[User talk:Grubstreet|talk]]) 05:13, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
== Encouragement of Violent Attacks ==
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Would you be happy calling [[Hitler]] far-right, or does his committment to [[vegetarianism]] indicate that he was just another hippy tree-hugger ? Any organisation which seeks to evict people from the UK on the basis of their race (even if this is only to be by "encouragement"- after all [[kristallnacht]] was encouragement) is going to be far right by any definition.--[[User:Streona|Streona]] ([[User talk:Streona|talk]]) 16:54, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
::: "publishes exposés about racism, antisemitism and fascism " - That's there self-description. But even a short look reveals that this is more than problematic. [[Special:Contributions/105.12.5.39|105.12.5.39]] ([[User talk:105.12.5.39|talk]]) 15:47, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
== Gerry Gable inconsistancy ==
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This section is inaccurate from start to finish:
"The veracity of some of ''Searchlight''’s claims has been called into question in court, occasionally resulting in [[damages|legal damages]], most notably in the cases involving libertarian writer Alexander Baron .<ref>Alexander Baron: ''Alexander Baron v. Gerry Gable and Others: Summary of One of the Libel Actions of the Decade (and Related Legal Actions)'' ITMA, {{ISBN
In Baron's case, as the Independent citation makes clear, the settlements were out of court, i.e. never got to caught, as the victims of Baron's litigation were small independent bookshops that couldn't afford legal action. (Baron a libertarian? He is desribed in the cited article rather as "an assiduous publisher of right-wing literature", and is someone who uses the rather un-libertarian tool of court threats to suppress free speech!) If there is another case were Searchlight claims have been "called into question in court", please insert that, using more precise language. In the meantime, I'm deleting it.[[User:Bobfrombrockley|BobFromBrockley]] ([[User talk:Bobfrombrockley|talk]]) 15:19, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
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== Recent report ==
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* 13% Active enmity
Interestingly as you go down the list educational levels drop. The report does a high level 25-50-25 split between liberal-mainstream-hostile. The report has a lot of material on identity and multi-culturalism and reports on attitudes to violence etc. It does not support the crude edit made by Ivor this morning hence my revert per [[WP:BRD]] --[[User:Snowded|<
:Here's how ''The Guardian'' covered the report, highlighting the same areas I did:
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http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Immigration-Searchlight-Populus-Poll-Finds-Support-For-Far-Right-Parties-If-They-Ditched-Violence/Article/201102415941796?lpos=Politics_First_Poilitics_Article_Teaser_Regi_0&lid=ARTICLE_15941796_Immigration%3A_Searchlight%2C_Populus_Poll_Finds_Support_For_Far-Right_Parties_If_They_Ditched_Violence [[User:Ivor Stoughton|Ivor Stoughton]] ([[User talk:Ivor Stoughton|talk]]) 07:02, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
::::: And ''The Daily Express'':
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/231657/Half-of-Britons-could-vote-for-the-far-Right/ [[User:Ivor Stoughton|Ivor Stoughton]] ([[User talk:Ivor Stoughton|talk]]) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|undated]] comment added 07:04, 3 March 2011 (UTC).</span><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
::::::''The Mirror'':
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/02/27/shock-poll-shows-rising-tide-of-right-wing-nationalism-115875-22951794/ [[User:Ivor Stoughton|Ivor Stoughton]] ([[User talk:Ivor Stoughton|talk]]) 07:06, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
::To continue quotations. "70% of all respondents said they would support a group that wants to campaign against religious and racial extreamism and promote better relations between ethnic and religious groups in England". The survey is also confined to England not Britain as a whole. I could go on. The point is that the report overall does not support the edit you made and I can't find the right wing party support point If it is relevant to this article, then it needs to be more fully covered and linked to the use Seachlight intend to make of it. Interestingly the same edition has a lot of new material on the funding and origins of the EDL which may be relevant to that article. --[[User:Snowded|<
::: It's pretty clear how the poll was reported, and it wasn't on the 70% who want to campaign against racial and religious extremism. Unfortunately, perhaps, but we musn't be Pollyannas here - or advocates for our personal preferences. [[User:Ivor Stoughton|Ivor Stoughton]] ([[User talk:Ivor Stoughton|talk]]) 07:10, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
::Ivor you can continue adding references my point is (i) is this relevant to the Searchight article and (ii) if it is then it needs to be balanced not sensationalized which require are more considered approach. I've given you a direct quote above, I can find the 60% one but not the right wing party support, the nearest is the the quote above. There is also other material there. So lets determine the relevance to this article first and then if it is relevant consider the wording. I'll be back tonight and happy to look at it again then, --[[User:Snowded|<span style="color:#801818;font-family:Papyrus;">'''Snowded'''</span>]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Snowded#top|<span style="color:#708090;font-family:Baskerville;">TALK</span>]]</sup></small> 07:12, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
::: (i) Searchlight commissioned the survey, in areas that are of central concern to it as a campaigning entity. (ii) Agree it should be balanced, but it should also reflect how the survey was widely reported. I'll wait until you're back before doing anything further. [[User:Ivor Stoughton|Ivor Stoughton]] ([[User talk:Ivor Stoughton|talk]]) 07:16, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
::::I don't think we are too far apart. I think it is relevant, but needs to give more detail on the survey referenced to Searchlight and also cover how it was reported. Will attempt a draft this evening if that is OK? Must dash for train now--[[User:Snowded|<span style="color:#801818;font-family:Papyrus;">'''Snowded'''</span>]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Snowded#top|<span style="color:#708090;font-family:Baskerville;">TALK</span>]]</sup></small> 07:31, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
{{od}}OK how about this
<blockquote>In 2011 Searchlight commissioned a survey within [[England]] to "investigate the level of fear, hate and hope in society". The survey involved over 5000 respondents and reported a shift in the politics of immigration to a politics of "culture, identity and nation". It identified six "tribes": Confident multi-culturals (8%), Mainstream liberals (16%), Identity ambivilants (28%), Cultural integrationists (24%), Latent hostiles (10%) and Active enmity (13%). Social class and voting intention did not stand as proxies for these groups. The report identified a growing preference for English identity, over British with that preference being aligned with increasingly right wing views. There was a strong aversion to violence and "70% of all respondents said they would support a group that wants to campaign against religious and racial extreamism and promote better relations between ethnic and religious groups in England". At the same time 60% of the population felt that immigration had been a bad thing and there was evidence that there is a "large pool of voters who would support a respectable right wing party steeped in English nationalism, while holding anti-violence, anti-immegration, anti EU, non-fascist, anti-islamic extremist views. These latter two points were extensively covered in the press (references per above). Searchlight is launching the ''Together'' project to build on the 3:2 majority who looked to a "more positive community-orientated response to extremism. </blockquote>
Overall reference to the executive summary pp16-18 Searchlight March 2011. I think that summarises the report, I think its important enough to justify this length of entry and I think this is balanced. I have tried to use quotes where there is any possible ambiguity. I have to leave 0600 tomorrow for a long day of meetings so may not get a chance to clarify/comment until Friday evening --[[User:Snowded|<span style="color:#801818;font-family:Papyrus;">'''Snowded'''</span>]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Snowded#top|<span style="color:#708090;font-family:Baskerville;">TALK</span>]]</sup></small> 22:05, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
:I think the balance within the proposed addition is right. But maybe the addition as a whole is a bit long, and might tend to unbalance the section of the article? [[User:Ivor Stoughton|Ivor Stoughton]] ([[User talk:Ivor Stoughton|talk]]) 23:27, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
::Good point, I wonder if its a new section or sub-section? --[[User:Snowded|<span style="color:#801818;font-family:Papyrus;">'''Snowded'''</span>]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Snowded#top|<span style="color:#708090;font-family:Baskerville;">TALK</span>]]</sup></small> 23:32, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
:::I'd say a new section. It's an important report, and merits it. [[User:Ivor Stoughton|Ivor Stoughton]] ([[User talk:Ivor Stoughton|talk]]) 23:48, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
::::Agree, very interesting material. I can't do anything until tomorrow evening, if you want to have a go feel free! --[[User:Snowded|<span style="color:#801818;font-family:Papyrus;">'''Snowded'''</span>]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Snowded#top|<span style="color:#708090;font-family:Baskerville;">TALK</span>]]</sup></small> 23:50, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::Unless anyone objects I will put the above into the campaigns section as it relates to that and the section is tagged for expansion anyway --[[User:Snowded|<span style="color:#801818;font-family:Papyrus;">'''Snowded'''</span>]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Snowded#top|<span style="color:#708090;font-family:Baskerville;">TALK</span>]]</sup></small> 07:12, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
==Alan Harvey==
I've once again removed the reference to [[Alan Harvey]] in the "Informants" section. Since he's a redlink, I fail to see what value there is in including him. Before anyone asks yes I know what redlinks are for, but that isn't my point. Unless there's actually an article on him, exactly what value is there in just including a random name? None that I can see, so there is zero loss of context by the removal of it. <span style="font-family:Celtic;">[[User:One Night In Hackney|<span style="color:#006600">2 lines of K</span>]]<sub>''[[User talk:One Night In Hackney|<span style="color:#006600">303</span>]]''</sub></span> 12:35, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
== RfC ==
{{bulb}}An RfC: [[Talk:Southern Poverty Law Center#RfC: Which descriptor, if any, can be added in front of Southern Poverty Law Center when referenced in other articles?|Which descriptor, if any, can be added in front of Southern Poverty Law Center when referenced in other articles?]] has been posted at the [[Talk:Southern Poverty Law Center#RfC: Which descriptor, if any, can be added in front of Southern Poverty Law Center when referenced in other articles?|Southern Poverty Law Center talk page]]. Your participation is welcomed. – [[user: MrX|MrX]] 17:16, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
== External links modified ==
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==Joan Lestor==
The document cited in support of this sentence: 'The current Searchlight magazine was preceded by a newspaper of the same name, which was founded in 1964 by left-wing Labour Party Members of Parliament Reg Freeson and Joan Lestor with Gerry Gable as "research director"' does indeed state that the newspaper was founded by Reg Freeson, but does not mention Joan Lestor at all.
I think that some wires may have been crossed here. In the 'flannel panels' of the newspapers, Freeson is credited as editor. In issue 1 as 'Reg Freeson' and in issues 2, 3 and 4 as 'Reg Freeson MP'. In the fourth issue, Freeson announces his decision to stand down after being promoted to a ministerial role in the UK government, and says that Joan Lestor will be taking over as editor. In fact, no further issues were published.
Unless anyone has evidence that Lestor was indeed a founder of the newspaper, I propose to edit this section accordingly.[[User:Grubstreet|Grubstreet]] ([[User talk:Grubstreet|talk]]) 04:31, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
:In the absence of any response, I have made this edit. [[User:Grubstreet|Grubstreet]] ([[User talk:Grubstreet|talk]]) 07:36, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
==Relationship with CARF==
In the history section the article talks about Searchlight's relationship with the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism, and goes on to say: "CARF merged with Searchlight in 1979, becoming an insert (with separate editorial control) at the back of the magazine…" This much does not really require a citation, as you can read pretty well any issue of the magazine from the 1980s and find a CARF section within it.
However the sentence continues: "but this arrangement ended following disagreements in the early 1990s over allegations that Searchlight was promoting pro-Zionist/pro-Israeli groups, whom the CARF Collective regarded as racists." Some might read this as reflecting badly on Searchlight, others as reflecting badly on CARF. Either way, it seems to me to be too strong an assertion to be made without any citation. Where did this assertion come from? [[User:Grubstreet|Grubstreet]] ([[User talk:Grubstreet|talk]]) 08:03, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
:At the time of the rift, CARF wrote quite a long letter to Searchlight explaining their decision to split away. When CARF launched their own publication, they led the first issue with the Searchlight communication, in effect turning it into as 'open letter'.
:I now have eyes on this text, and it does not accuse Searchlight of what is stated in the current Wikipedia account. In fact, it does not use the words 'Zionist/ism' or 'Israel(i)' at all. There clearly was friction between the two groups, but it centred on CARF being unhappy that Searchlight was, in its view, over-focused on antisemitism and not focused enough on anti-black racism.
:Unless someone can come up with a more reliable citation than CARF's own words, I propose to edit the current assertion to reflect the disagreement outlined in the CARF open letter. [[User:Grubstreet|Grubstreet]] ([[User talk:Grubstreet|talk]]) 16:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
::In the absence of any response, I have made this edit. [[User:Grubstreet|Grubstreet]] ([[User talk:Grubstreet|talk]]) 08:23, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
==Editorship==
The article currently says: "After Ludmer's early death in 1981, British academic Vron Ware briefly took over the editorial role until 1983." This much is accurate. It continues: "Following this Gable returned as editor, in a role he held until 1999." This is, at least in part, incorrect.
Gable has certainly been in and out of the editor's role like a game of musical chairs, but following Vron Ware's departure in 1983 the editorship was taken up by Andy Bell, who continued until, I think, 1989 – I'm checking those dates. I intend to add this detail, with a citation, and to conjure up a 'stub' biography of Andy Bell. There are currently 10 Andy Bells and another 10 Andrew Bells with biographical articles on Wikipedia, and this guy ain't none of them, so a stubby biog is, I think, necessary to avoid a reference to him in the Searchlight article leading readers to identify the wrong Andy Bell as the editor in question. (At least two of the A Bells with current biogs are journalists, so confusion is very likely).
It is, I believe, common knowledge that in the 2000s the magazine was edited for periods by Nick Lowles and Steve Silver. I am trying to chase dates and citations so that I can add these. (The tail-off of Gable holding the post "until 1999" leaves a quarter-century unaccounted for – which is, I think, an unacceptably long hiatus).[[User:Grubstreet|Grubstreet]] ([[User talk:Grubstreet|talk]]) 10:16, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
▲::To continue quotations. "70% of all respondents said they would support a group that wants to campaign against religious and racial extreamism and promote better relations between ethnic and religious groups in England". The survey is also confined to England not Britain as a whole. I could go on. The point is that the report overall does not support the edit you made and I can't find the right wing party support point If it is relevant to this article, then it needs to be more fully covered and linked to the use Seachlight intend to make of it. Interestingly the same edition has a lot of new material on the funding and origins of the EDL which may be relevant to that article. --[[User:Snowded|<font color="#801818" face="Papyrus">'''Snowded'''</font>]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Snowded#top|<font color="#708090" face="Baskerville">TALK</font>]]</sup></small> 07:00, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
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