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# For Fact’s Sake podcast: How is the British far right weaponising misinformation?
- URL: https://www.theferret.scot/for-facts-sake-british-far-right-misinformation/
- Published: 2023-04-06T12:17:29.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-17T15:27:41.000Z
- Author: Alastair Brian
- Tags: Fact Checks, #davesutton2gmail-com, Podcast, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-10-15 12:08, #older_unmetered

This week’s podcast looks at the far right in Scotland and the UK.

Ali and Paul interview Jamie Mann, a fellow Ferret journalist who regularly reports on the activities of the far right.

He told us about the activities of Patriotic Alternative, a far right group which has gained a high profile attaching itself to various protests across the UK, and explained how the far right uses misinformation tactics to spread its message.

Ali and Paul also examined what has been described as the “first mass-level AI misinformation case,” a fake picture of the [Pope dressed in a fancy jacket](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/03/fake-ai-generated-puffer-coat-pope-photo/673543/?ref=theferret.scot).

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2d/e2/2de2844d-80a7-4c7b-8025-6f1f39724aa6/content/images/2025/10/screenshot-2023-04-06-131542.png)](https://player.captivate.fm/episode/3e82edbe-e123-4051-b8f3-4a5db671cb1c?ref=theferret.scot)

#### Show notes:

- [Our reporting](https://www.theferret.scot/tag/patriotic-alternative/) on Patriotic Alternative.
- More on the [AI picture of the Pope](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/03/fake-ai-generated-puffer-coat-pope-photo/673543/?ref=theferret.scot).