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Many tried to join White Vanguard but only a few got in. White Vanguard was very strict with who could join, and how active they should be to retain membership.

Introducing one of the failures. Meet Harry Jackson from Beverley. Harry is young far-right activist that first appeared to get involved in protests in 2024.

Harry then became part of the National Rebirth Party and was at one point the branch organizer. Not exactly sure what it is about the National Rebirth Party that makes people turn to groups likely to start terror campaigns.

Harry took on a role as a streamer at protests where he would film and try to antagonize people. It is likely that Harry first interacted with White Vanguard when he filmed them at the Britain First rally in May last year at Birmingham.

Its difficult to determine why Harry didn’t make it into the group. Perhaps it was his prominence in the National Rebirth Party or his behaviour as a streamer. Most likely he didn’t meet Kai on one of their Telegram vetting calls and was failed as was a common policy.

Tomorrow our next thread will focus on four other individuals who faced the vetting process.

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White Vanguard Part 13

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Finishing off our members collection for now with Shane Purchase from Essex. Shane as we can see on the left was also part of the White Vanguard precursor, Youth Alliance.

Shane joined White Vanguard under the pseudonym “Jack” and as we explained before, he attempted to moderate the group when it became a bit too illegal at times.

Shane is a part of the National Rebirth Party and was photographed attending their national conference last year.

Shane Purchase was likely the initial contact between Youth Alliance and the National Rebirth Party, and its leader Alek Yerbury.

Shane was at this point also believed to be part of Vanguard Britannica, though this couldn’t be fully verified.

Shane was the fella who in previous threads felt no concerns for non-white children and indicated he would be willing to take that extra step in killing a child himself.

Shane was part of the White Vanguard outing at Birmingham that gave the group its notoriety. He was also part of the failed attempt to target Community Camp 4 Palestine opposite the US embassy.

From that point, things weren’t so great for Shane.

Internal strife grew, with Kai struggling to find work, getting removed from Reform UK, and then getting arrested at the Northern Irish border. Shane was immediately suspected to be behind many of the leaks. He was accused of betraying the group and subsequently ousted.

Tomorrow our next thread will move onto a far right activist desperate for fame that tried to join the group.

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White Vanguard Part 12

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Introducing Daniel Eccott, a wannabe Heanor football hooligan and member of White Vanguard. Daniel joined the group later into its growth and wasn’t a leftover from the Youth Alliance. He is likely their youngest member but no less extreme than the rest of his “brothers”.

Daniel was one of the those we came across attending the White Vanguard outing in Birmingham for the Britain First demo. Daniel’s interest is not limited to White Vanguard, this is an activist that was raised up around the far right.

Daniel’s dad, David Eccott is the branch organiser for the National Rebirth Party. Daniel himself is also a member and likely also part of the British Movement.

This will surprise many as the National Rebirth Party was a consistent source of tension in White Vanguard, with Alek Yerbury calling out Kai for his military service (or lack of) and White Vanguard in turn accusing the party of constant failures.

It also didn’t seem to concern Daniel when fellow members were referring to British Movement members as drunk and messy. He was one of the rare few stupid enough to use his full name in chats. Daniel didn’t learn any family tricks on not getting caught, and he was also part of conversations to procure crossbows.

Tomorrow our next thread will discuss another member also part of the National Rebirth Party.

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White Vanguard Part 11

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This time we’ll speak about Kai Cunningham, the now disgraced former hope of East London Reform UK. Much has been written about him already, but we thought it was appropriate to give you some details that haven’t yet come out.

As we previously mentioned, we consider Kai to be the radicalising force within Youth Alliance. He moved the chat away from a ‘football lads’ style group, as seen with the DFLA and South East Division, into something more sinister.

Kai also pushed for Youth Alliance to become a devout Christian organisation as he became more invested in Orthodoxy.

Going by “Stanley”, Kai was the face of the organisation. He ran all of White Vanguard’s videos, while wearing that ridiculous face covering.

Kai, along with Harrison, held the primary leadership roles in White Vanguard. They organised events together, and Kai was often responsible for vetting group members joining. He also liked to vet people with that face covering. 🤡

The release of Kai’s links to ReformUK was earlier than we anticipated, but what was missed was one of Kai’s favourite hobbies. Kai liked to go “hunting” but not rabbiting, lamping or anything in that spirit – Kai liked to film Black and Asian individuals in his community to “expose” them. He would film and verbally abuse them, then when the phone wasn’t out he would violently attack them.

Kai would regularly search Castle Green recreation ground for new victims.

It seems only fair we look at Kai’s safe places. Kai is a part of Brothers of Christ, a fitness and training group with heavy Christian overtones.

Kai also likes to run around one of the parks he “hunted” – with Dagenham runners – who also sport the Youth Alliance logo.

Kai trains at Joe’s Fight Gym and Barking Jiu Jitsu.

All of these sessions and groups are run by Joseph Bayes. Joseph is a heavy Trump supporter and has been seen at March for Life rallies. Joe has probably been a safe bet for someone of Kai’s beliefs, as no respectable organization would risk this Neo-Nazi association.

Can the same be said for the safety of Black and Asian attendees of Joe’s sessions? Do they know what he thinks of them? Would St Cedd’s Church know that one of their attendees wants people in their church to suffer?

Tomorrow our next thread will discuss a member who’s Dad holds a senior role within the National Rebirth Party.

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White Vanguard Part 10

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Introducing Archibald Redding from West Bromwich. Archi came out of football culture and was part of many of the 2024 Tommy Robinson protests around London.

Archi like his friends helped to create Youth Alliance and one its key organizers during its short life. Surprisingly Archi was often seen as a moderate by others, he would apologise and make excuses for some of the more reckless actions by Harry Leworthy and Max Cleeve.

He later used this moderate approach to sabotage his former friends within Football Lads Protecting Britain while in a prominent role within their group

Archi however was not by any means a moderate, during in his time in Youth Alliance, he targeted a Palestine stall in his local area punching one of the PSC organisers. As seen in our previous threads, he did not believe that this could be won any other way then on the streets.

Archi turning from football hooliganism down a far right rabbit hole though ain’t a major surprise. Some of his family such as Matt Redding were supportive of the EDL and the Chelsea Headhunters. He would’ve grown up around this racist rhetoric throughout his childhood.

Tomorrow our next thread will discuss one of the main faces of White Vanguard and take a look behind some of the public facing stuff we already know.

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White Vanguard Part 9