Scots political activist who performed the Nazi salute will remain a member of Restore Britain

Is this former Viking outpost a model for a fairer Scotland?

The tiny Danish island of Bornholm was the site of one of the world’s first offshore wind turbines back in the 1940s. Now its citizens are fighting to build one of the largest community wind farms ever, and raise the benchmark of what’s possible for locally owned energy.

Glasgow college spent £14k on Tartan Week – including a limousine trip – while staff at home were refused PPE

A freedom of information request has revealed that City of Glasgow College spent almost £14k on a trip to Tartan Week. Meanwhile, staff at home raised concerns about being refused protective equipment to do their jobs.

A Scots political activist who shared white supremacist views and performed the Nazi salute has claimed he will remain a member of Restore Britain, despite internal party concerns over his past behaviour.

James Munro, from Tayside, is a former member of the Homeland Party and a defunct neo-Nazi group called Scottish Nationalist Society (SNS).

Last week Munro was told his involvement with Restore Britain "not good for the party's values and direction due to past associations that are incompatible with our principles".

Owned by readers. Built for accountability.

The Ferret is member-owned journalism. That means we can follow leads that matter even when they’re uncomfortable for the powerful.

Join as a member

According to Munro, the email was sent by a "local organiser" and did not reflect the views of the party.

He posted on X that he was “pleased to say that the email“ was not a party decision. “My local organiser made an understandable but hastily thought out decision. I will continue on as a member of Restore Britain, and as an activist. You can stop chimping."

Restore Britain, whose activists held a meeting in Dundee recently, is a far right political party led by Rupert Lowe MP, a wealthy businessman who was with Reform UK until he was expelled last year.

Restore Britain currently has the support of the billionaire Elon Musk who owns the social media platform X. The party has a candidate in the upcoming Makerfield by-election involving Andy Burnham.

Munro was previously a member of the far right Homeland Party and in 2023 he spoke at a demonstration against asylum seekers in Erskine, Renfrewshire, as reported by The Ferret.

During his time with the Scottish Nationalist Society, Munro posted its propaganda on his Facebook page, as well as images of him attending the group’s demos, and posing with its flag.

In one image, Munro is performing the Hitler salute outside a cafe, which, like SNS, incorporated the commonly used ancient celtic triskele symbol into its logo.

He reportedly defended the photo of him making the Nazi salute and said: 'This picture was from about ten years ago. It was a different time. There were no legitimate avenues for young men in nationalism, so back then you had to get dirty."

Much of the group’s publicised activity was in the Tayside area. Stand Up to Racism Tayside claimed then that Dundee University’s school of business was targeted due to its high proportion of overseas students, after the group put up stickers advertising its website on lampposts outside the building.

Stand Up To Racism Scotland said "this clearly shows that tensions are already on the rise between the members of Restore".

The anti-racism group Hope not hate said that since launching in February, Restore Britain has “attracted the extreme right like moths to a flame”, claiming it has links to fascist and neo-Nazi groups like Blood & Honour, the British National Party, and the National Fron t.

Restore Britain has been asked to comment.

Help us keep digging.

If this reporting mattered to you, you can help fund the next one. The Ferret is independent, member-owned investigative journalism, backed by readers who want accountability in Scotland.

Become a member