Far-right activist builds “white enclave" village in mid Wales, UK

Simon Birkett, a Wiltshire-based tattoo artist and veteran fascist, is developing a “village” on two plots of land near Llanafan Fawr in mid Wales for followers of The Woodlander Initiative (TWI), a land-buying scheme aimed at creating white-only communities.

Birkett, who has been involved with fascist parties including the British National Party and the National Front over the past 30 years, leads TWI in an effort to establish enclaves across Britain. The initiative has raised £162,000 towards a £1 million goal to purchase land in every British county, Caliber.Az reports per The Times. 

At Patriotic Alternative’s annual conference last October, Birkett outlined his vision:

“We need to start building that alternative, our own businesses, our own institutions. We need our own schools with our own rules. We need our own areas, we need our own land, we need our own buildings, we need our own conference centres. We need our own communities for our own culture. And it is down to us to start building it.”

Birkett also encourages infiltration of mainstream politics through Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party:

“You could become a councillor, you could become an MP … we need people in positions of power. If we can get enough of our guys in there talking the right talking points we may be able to drag that already existing party further our way.”

After failed attempts to buy land in Cumbria and East Sussex, Birkett has adopted secrecy in his land purchases. Locals in Llanafan Fawr, where the first “family camp” is scheduled for September 13-14, were initially unaware of the new landowners. Farmer and community councillor Rhys Jones said:

“It is a bit worrying. This is a peaceful, farming community. People here have good family values. We don’t want these sorts of people living here.”

Birkett hopes the mid Wales enclave will become a model similar to white separatist communities abroad, like Orania in South Africa and Free Sweden Movement villages in Sweden, describing it as:

“It stands as a beacon surrounded by darkness where every other town around becomes more diverse, more corrupt and the people can see it and they’re like, ‘That’s what we want.’”

Anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate has warned that land bought by extreme right groups must be closely monitored to prevent further polarization. Meanwhile, far-right groups including Britain First and British Movement are organizing protests against migrant accommodation in the UK.

By Sabina Mammadli