What is being claimed?
Examine public speeches, posts and publications. Preserve the words, date and surrounding material, and check what supports or contradicts the claim.
Civil Liberties Action / CampaignsFar-right influence.
Campaign 01 · Democracy & civil liberties
Far-right influence.
Public accountability.
Follow the claims. Examine the connections. Put significant evidence where people can scrutinise it.
CLA is developing a research campaign into influential far-right actors, organisations and support networks. Our focus is what people say and do in public, how influence operates, and what the evidence can establish.
Why this campaign
Public influence deserves public scrutiny.
People should be able to assess influential political claims using material they can inspect for themselves. That means seeing the original statement, its context, the evidence behind an allegation and the response to it.
Our aim is to turn scattered public material into clear, documented accounts. We will test claims about discrimination, intimidation and threats to equal rights against observable evidence, and explain the limits of what can be concluded.
We will state the criteria behind contested descriptions such as “far right” when we use them in a case study. A political label cannot stand in for evidence of a specific claim or action.
The research agenda
Four questions guide the work.
How does it spread?
Examine publicly observable mobilisation, events and online amplification. Separate an original statement from later edits, reposts and interpretations.
What supports the activity?
Use lawful public records to examine organisations, funding, venues and media relationships. Explain what a connection establishes and what remains unknown.
What can be established?
Assess significance and public-interest value. Distinguish documented conduct from allegation, inference and opinion before making a finding.
The publication standard
Every claim should be traceable.
Keep the original
Retain the source URL, publication date and a preserved copy where lawful. Record enough surrounding material to avoid changing the meaning of a quotation.
Check and contextualise
Look for corroboration, contradictory evidence, corrections and subsequent developments. A clip or screenshot is a starting point for verification.
Separate fact from interpretation
Make clear what a source shows, what someone alleges and what CLA concludes. Public associations alone do not establish shared beliefs or responsibility.
Invite a response
Seek an appropriate response before significant adverse publication. Report material answers fairly and distinguish a lack of response from evidence of wrongdoing.
Publish and correct
Include sources, dates and limitations. Assess challenges to the work and make material corrections visible. Apply the same standard across political alignments.
Planned outputs
Useful evidence.
Clear accounts.
The first public outputs will follow evidence review. This campaign page sets out our approach; it makes no findings about named people or organisations.
- Source-backed explainersA focused question, a documented answer and the material needed to check it.
- Evidence chronologiesA clear sequence showing how a statement, event or campaign developed.
- Research briefingsContext, limitations and public-interest findings for readers, journalists and policy-makers.
The principle behind the work
Equal rights.
Accountable influence.
These campaign messages express CLA’s position on equality and racism. The research will support specific findings with evidence that readers can examine.
Questions & answers
What readers can expect.
Who might the research examine?
Influential public actors, organisations and networks where there is a specific question relevant to civil liberties or equal treatment. Selection should reflect evidence, significance and public interest.
Will you publish a list of allegations?
We intend to publish reviewed findings with their sources and limitations. An allegation, research lead or association will not be presented as an established fact.
Does a donor, host or follower share every view?
A connection does not by itself establish ideological agreement. Any account of a relationship must explain the evidence and avoid guilt by association.
Can I challenge a claim or send a correction?
Yes. Email policy@civillibertiesaction.org.uk with the page or claim, the proposed correction and supporting material. We will assess substantive challenges to the work.
What evidence is most useful?
Public source links, original publications, dated records and relevant context. Explain what the material shows and how you found it. Do not send private addresses or other people’s confidential information.
Contribute to the work
Help make the evidence stronger.
Researchers, journalists, organisations and members of the public can contribute sources, context and informed criticism.
Start with a short summary and public links. Please leave out identifying details about other people and confidential records.