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Suella Braverman may be comfortable taking a hardline stance against refugees and asylum seekers, but the Home Secretary has been lamented by anti-fascist groups this week, after a notorious Neo-Nazi was allowed to enter into the UK.
Isabel Peralta is an extreme-right campaigner from Spain. Her views are so unpalatable, she has been banned from entering Germany. Her reputation certainly precedes her. However, it seems she was able to attend a pro-fascism gathering in Preston.
Unverified reports claim that she was initially held-up by the UK Border Force, before she was allowed through the gates. Critics are now pressing Suella Braverman for an explanation, given the high-profile attached to Peralta.
Searchlight Magazine, a publication committed to exposing figures on the far-right, reported on Friday that she was invited to speak at the Lancashire event by Heritage and Destiny – a well-known organisation run by Neo-Nazis. They are livid with the Home Secretary.
“Suella Braverman has some explaining to do. Last weekend a notorious Spanish neo-nazi, Isabel Peralta, was allowed into the UK to speak at a Nazi gathering in Preston. She is banned from entering Germany because of her extreme views.”
“She was allowed enter the UK to address the annual gathering organised by the neo-Nazi magazine and website, Heritage and Destiny. If she is too extreme for Germany, why was she allowed to enter the UK? Over to you, Suella Braverman.” | Searchlight Magazine
Unite Against Fascism (UAF) also placed the blame on Braverman, asking the top Tory why Peralta was allowed entry. The gathering itself was reportedly attended by 80 people, and there was a ceremony to commemorate the fascist leader Oswald Mosely.
Figures associated with the BNP, National Front, and Patriotic Alternative – known for its efforts to recruit youth to its white nationalist ideology – were also present. Activists have vowed to continue pushing Suella Braverman until they receive a response.
