"The borough council had spotted the work the young academic had been doing on the rise of the British National party the subject of his pioneering PhD and requested that he dig deeper into the local dangers of what Goodwin was describing as a new British fascism emerging in disaffected parts of northern England. Regarded by colleagues as ambitious to a fault, he was certainly not one to turn down such interesting work."
"Goodwin's co-authored report to Tameside council identified the areas most at risk' of far-right extremism and the factors that have driven this support. The paper argued that it was largely white neighbourhoods close to areas of high immigration where fears might be fruitfully played upon by the extremists. The underlying logic is that citizens turn to the far right as part of an instrumental attempt to defend' their neighbourhood from threatening groups nearby,"
In autumn 2011 Dr Matt Goodwin documented the potential reach of the racist far-right in Tameside, in east Manchester within the Gorton and Denton constituency. The borough council asked him to investigate local dangers of a new British fascism emerging in disaffected parts of northern England. Goodwin's co-authored report identified areas most at risk of far-right extremism and argued that largely white neighbourhoods close to high-immigration areas were vulnerable. The report said citizens may turn to the far right to defend their neighbourhoods and preserve demographic composition. Goodwin later worked with Conservative figures on anti-BNP campaigns and was announced as the Reform candidate for Gorton and Denton while facing accusations of extremist views.
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