Veteran commie organisation searchlight have now split from Hope Not Hate which is run by Nick Lowles. Gerry O Hara a long time searchlight activist claims that the split was due to Nick Lowles demanding more money "for his services", the Hope Not Hate postal address is now different from the Searchlight one.
Gerry Gable (main photo) is the man in charge of Searchlight who stood as a candidate for the British Communist Party in the 1960`s, Gable has convictions for burglary. Gable attempted to burgle Paul McCartney`s flat in the 1960`s, due to the song "Hey Jude". Gable had been informed by "reliable sources" that the song was an "Anti Semitic" song called "Hey Jew". Early in the morning Gable broke into an apartment that he thought belonged to McCartney in order to steal the master tapes of the song. Foolishly Gable burgled the wrong apartment and targeted camp actor Frankie Howard`s flat, Gable ran out screaming and flagged down a police car to save him, Gable was arrested and convicted of Burglary. A police psychiatrist examined Gable and stated that "Gerry`s problems were a direct result of his mum not buying him a bicycle for his 6th birthday" the psychiatrist recommended a non custodial sentence.
Gable later went on to produce "documentaries" for London television on the far right, Gable even planted his own wife into the Nationalist movement as an infiltrator. One other problem for Gable is that he his of Jewish origin and is Pro Zionist, whilst the British left are now Pro Palestinian and Anti Israeli, this has left Gable and Searchlight isolated from groups like the UAF who have taken on a Pro Palestine approach to politics. The split from Hope Not Hate has left Searchlight even more in the dark and eventually they will fade into obscurity.
