Why the Church needs to denounce the far right

As Christian symbolism becomes increasingly common at far right rallies, Chine McDonald urges church leaders to condemn racism and misogyny 

A few weeks ago, I was invited to Channel 4 for a secret preview screening of the explosive documentary Undercover: Exposing the Far Right. The film went behind the scenes of the modern workings of modern far right extremism in the UK and Europe, and included an undercover investigation conducted by the anti-fascist movement Hope not Hate.

In the film, we got to see what the Far Right say when they think no one is listening. The violent misogyny, the abhorrent racism and the eugenicist ideas. But there was something else that I found particularly disturbing: the Christian symbolism.

When the cameras pan across at Far Right rallies in British towns…