Matthew F. Collins

Matthew Collins is an activist and author born in London in 1972.[1]

Far Right Politics & Role as Informant

In his youth, Collins was the South London organizer for the National Front, a volunteer for the British National Party’s head office and a member of Combat 18.[2]

Collins took part in the Battle of Welling after which he became a mole for the anti-fascist Searchlight magazine. Collins was paid in book tokens for his role as an informant.[1] When his role as a Searchlight informant was exposed, Collins went into hiding in Australia from 1993 to 2003 with the assistance of Special Branch.

He returned to the UK as the subject of a BBC documentary Dead Man Walking (2004).[1]

In 2012, Collins wrote a memoir of his youth, entitled Hate: My Life in the British Far Right.[3]

Hope Not Hate

Matthew Collins is currently a researcher and Head of Intelligence for the anti-fascist and anti-racist campaign group Hope Not Hate.[4] Hope Not Hate is described as a non-sectarian, nonpartisan third party organisation.[5] He manages Hope Not Hate's intelligence network.[6]

Collins managed Robbie Mullins, a mole in National Action, in foiling a plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper in 2017.[7] In 2019, Matthew Collins wrote his second book, Nazi Terrorist: The Story of National Action with Robbie Mullins.[8]

References
  1. "Back from the Front: Inside the mind of a reformed UK far-right". The Independent. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. Matthew Collins, Hate: My Life in the British Far Right, Biteback Publishing, 2012
  3. Pindar, Ian. "Hate: My Life in the British Far Right by Matthew Collins – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. "Matthew Collins | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. Anonymous (6 December 2016). "HOPE not hate". Migration and Home Affairs - European Commission. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. "Our Team". HOPE not hate Charitable Trust. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  7. Duncan Gardham, Fiona Hamilton, Crime & Security Editor | John Simpson, Crime Correspondent | (19 July 2018). "We faced arrest after revealing plot to kill MP, say anti-fascists". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 1 April 2019. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  8. Matthew Collins, Nazi Terrorist: The Story of National Action, Hope Not Hate Publishing, 2019
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