A convicted British neo-Nazi – described as the “master propagandist” of a banned terror organisation – had links to far right activists in Scotland. Ben Raymond was co-founder of racist group National Action which wanted to wage a “white jihad”. He was convicted under terror laws last week at Bristol Crown Court. Described in court as the “head of propaganda” for National Action, The Ferret can reveal the 32-year-old fascist from Swindon had links to outlawed terror group Scottish Dawn, as well as a former far right activist from Aberdeenshire. National Action was a white nationalist group founded in 2013 that promoted ethnic cleansing and a race war. During the trial the court heard its members had access to rifles, a pump-action shotgun, machete, crossbow and teargas. Prosecutor Barnaby Jameson QC told Bristol crown court that Raymond’s role with National Action was akin to “Joseph Goebbels of the original cabal of Nazis, the natural head of propaganda”. National Action was banned in 2016 after glorifying the murder of MP Jo Cox by white supremacist terrorist, Thomas Mair – becoming the first British far-right group outlawed since Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists.
via theferret: ‘Master propagandist’ neo-Nazi’s links to Scotland’s far right