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Is this Britain's most influential far-right activist?
Jim Dowson has been described as Britain's "most influential" far-right activist by UK anti-racism campaigners, having founded the nationalist group Britain First and in recent years been a central figure in Knights Templar International - a Christian militant group based in the UK.
Now the BBC, in collaboration with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, has seen evidence suggesting he is behind a network of Facebook pages with about 2.5 million followers.
You have probably never heard of Jim Dowson, which is how he prefers it.
He likes to fly under the radar and is not as well-known to most people as his close ally and fellow former British National Party activist Nick Griffin.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43924702