Masked far-right organising, falling small-boat numbers, Girlguiding’s trans-membership deadline, a real protection for exploited migrant workers and a diplomatic row over antisemitism: today’s Truth Vs Hate briefing separates the evidence from the fear and asks who benefits when division is made louder than context.

James White, previously identified as part of Britain First leader Paul Golding’s security team, was jailed for 24 years after convictions for rape and a catalogue of domestic-abuse offences. The case matters not because one offender defines a movement, but because movements that moralise about protecting women should face the same scrutiny when abuse is inside their own orbit. “Protect women and children” is one of the most emotionally powerful slogans in.