Mark Collett

For other people with similar names, see Mark Collet (disambiguation).

Mark Collett
Leader of Patriotic Alternative
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 2019
Personal details
Born
Mark Adrian Collett

October 1980 (age 44)[1]
Rothley, England
Political partyPatriotic Alternative (2019–present)
British National Party (2002–2010)
EducationLoughborough Grammar School
Alma materUniversity of Leeds
OccupationPolitical activist
Known forFormer chairman of Youth BNP, founder and leader of Patriotic Alternative

Mark Adrian Collett (/ˈkɒlɪt/; born October 1980) is a British neo-Nazi political activist.[2][3] He was formerly chairman of the Young BNP, the youth division of the British National Party (BNP), and was director of publicity for the party.

Collett first drew media attention after his appearance in a 2002 British TV documentary, where, in his role as a representative of the BNP, he made statements celebrating the death of Africans and homosexuals from HIV-AIDS, specifically referring to them as "AIDS monkeys". After the documentary was aired on Channel 4, resulting in negative publicity for the BNP, Collett was temporarily expelled from the party. He later rejoined the BNP, until his membership was suspended in 2010, following an internal conflict with party leadership.

Since 2010, Collett has concentrated on his online political commentary, in which he promotes white supremacy, neo-Nazism, and conspiracy theories about Jews.[4] In 2019, Collett founded a far-right, fascist and white nationalist hate group called Patriotic Alternative.[5][6]

In 2020, he was suspended from Twitter.[7]

  1. ^ Nigel Morris and Tom Peck (5 April 2010). "BNP official arrested over claims he threatened to kill Nick Griffin". The Independent. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ^ "YouTube cashes in on neo-Nazi's hate videos". The Sunday Times. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Mark Collett: Britain's Alt Right Social Media Propagandist". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Anti-fascists warn of new antisemitic group with neo-Nazi adherents". Jewish News. 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ Townsend, Mark (2021). "How far right uses video games and tech to lure and radicalise teenage recruits". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  6. ^ "British far right 'becoming more racist' after Black Lives Matter protests, report finds". The Independent. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  7. ^ Collett, Mark. "Mark Collett Banned on Twitter". Patriotic Alternative. Retrieved 24 January 2021.