Matthew F. Collins

Matthew Collins was born in London in 1972.[1]

Far Right Politics & Role as Informant

In his youth, Collins was the South London organizer for the National Front, a volunteer for the British National Party’s head office and a member of Combat 18.

Collins took part in the Battle of Welling after which he became a mole for the anti-fascist Searchlight magazine. Collins was paid in book tokens for his role as an informant.[1] When his role as a Searchlight informant was exposed, Collins went into hiding in Australia from 1993 to 2003 with the assistance of Special Branch.

He returned to the UK as the subject of a BBC documentary Dead Man Walking (2004).[1]

Hope Not Hate

Matthew Collins is currently a researcher for Hope Not Hate.[2] Hope Not Hate is described as a non-sectarian, nonpartisan third party organisation.[3] He manages Hope Not Hate's intelligence network.[4]

Collins managed Robbie Mullins, a mole in National Action, in foiling a plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper in 2017.[5]

References
  1. "Back from the Front: Inside the mind of a reformed UK far-right". The Independent. 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  2. "Matthew Collins | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  3. Anonymous (2016-12-06). "HOPE not hate". Migration and Home Affairs - European Commission. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  4. "Our Team". HOPE not hate Charitable Trust. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  5. Duncan Gardham, Fiona Hamilton, Crime & Security Editor | John Simpson, Crime Correspondent | (2018-07-19). "We faced arrest after revealing plot to kill MP, say anti-fascists". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
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