EXCLUSIVEInside Britain’s secret neo-Nazi network: Ex-National Front spy whose life was made into Netflix drama warns ‘it’s never been so EASY to be a terrorist in this country’
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An ex-National Front member-turned informant whose life was made into a hit TV series has claimed it has ‘never been so easy to be a terrorist’ in Britain.
Matthew Collins joined the far-right group as a teen growing up in south London during the 1970s and 80s.
But the constant violence he witnessed was ‘sickening’ and it slowly dawned on him that they ‘were not the good guys’.
What followed was an extraordinary journey that saw Collins, who is now head of intelligence at anti-racism charity Hope Not Hate, flip sides at great personal risk to his own safety.
He worked undercover, supplying information to the anti-fascist magazine Searchlight.
However, Collins was eventually exposed and was forced to flee to Australia.
On returning to the UK years later he worked for Hope Not Hate and went on to led a spy network that imprisoned scores of leading far-right figures and helped bring down the British National Party.
But his most notable feat was the takedown of British neo-Nazi terror group National Action, working as a handler of whistleblower Robbie Mullen.
A five-part ITV series called The Walk-In, following the lives of Collins and Mullen, quickly became one of Netflix’s top ten programmes after it was added to the streaming platform late last year.
But Collins has warned the reality is far from entertaining.
He told MailOnline: ‘What is concerning for me is that so many people reject achieving their desires by the political process and go in search for the extreme actions and solutions.
‘We have a real problem with that in this country. People at bursting point whose idea of society is completely warped by lies and disinformation that they feel there is no democratic path to change.
‘Of course, there is. But you have to be able to swallow defeat. We don’t seem to be able to do that.
‘If you want to be a terrorist or join a terror gang in this country, it’s never been so easy.’
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