Paramilitary hitman linked to British right-wing group Turning Point UK

A violent paramilitary linked to a proscribed terror group has close ties to a right-wing student group in the United Kingdom, an Al Jazeera investigation has revealed.Allan Nesbitt, a convicted criminal who is a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), is linked to Turning Point UK (TPUK).Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Garvaghy Road standoff brings Northern Ireland’s old wounds back to surfacelist 2 of 3Northern Ireland protesters block Orange Order march in Portadownlist 3 of 3‘Trauma still there’: A decades-old standoff returns to Northern Irelandend of listOur investigation, Contract Killers and the Far Right, began in 2021, when an undercover reporter from Al Jazeera joined TPUK, an independent offshoot of the right-wing US activist group Turning Point USA. TPUK has close ties to several senior British Conservative Party members, as well as to leaders of Reform UK.TPUK’s CEO Jack Ross stood as a Conservative Party candidate in 2023. Ross introduced Al Jazeera’s undercover reporter to Nesbitt, who is from Glasgow, Scotland.Ross made clear that he and Nesbitt had a long history together. Ross was filmed by our undercover reporter agreeing to pay Nesbitt thousan...