Simon Sheppard (far-right activist)
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Simon Sheppard is a far-right activist from Hull, England and an ex-member of the British National Party (BNP).
Sheppard presents himself as a psychologist and claims to have applied game theory and evolutionary psychology to the analysis of competition between the sexes and between different races, and runs a website, heretical.com, devoted to publicising his theories of "procedural analysis" and his interests. His website expresses hatred of Jews and women, with black people and others as its secondary targets. One section contains photographs of Jews in Nazi extermination camps, with mocking captions.
On June 8 1999, Sheppard and David Hannam were arrested in Hull for distributing racist election literature on behalf of the British National Party. He was expelled from the BNP the same day (though not Hannam, who remains a senior administrator in the party), and on June 14 2000, Sheppard was convicted at Hull Crown Court of publishing or distributing racially inflammatory material. According to his own website, Sheppard has been banned from every public library in Hull, Hull University and Hull College "merely for expressing opinions".[1]
Sheppard was one of the founders of Redwatch, a far-right site that claims to mirror the activity of the Anti-Nazi League (ANL) in publishing names and addresses of political opponents. The site is divided into sections, mostly by region, featuring photographs and contact details (including emails, telephone numbers and addresses) of left wing, anti-racism and anti-fascist activists. Groups commonly targeted include the ANL, Unite Against Fascism and left wing parties such as RESPECT. Since its creation, it is claimed many people have received death threats including Members of Parliament and their families.[1]
In 2005 Sheppard's house was raided by police in connection with death threats made by others towards various figures, including Billy Bragg and left wing comedian Mark Thomas.[2]
