Ben Jones, third from left, is co-leader of Gi UK, which campaigns against the ‘great replacement’ of white people in British cities

A 23-year-old City banker leads a movement of young “hipster fascists”, which is “breathing new life” into the British far-right, according to anti-racism campaigners. Middle class and well-spoken, dressed in skinny jeans and New Balance trainers rather than bomber jackets and boots, members of Generation Identity (GI) are accused of using slick branding and coded language to “normalise” extremist views.

GI’s new British co-leader, Tom Dupré, is the son of an insurance broker from Sevenoaks, Kent. Educated at the Judd School and Bristol University, where he studied psychology, he works in the City for Standard Chartered.

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The group is part of a 13-nation European GI movement with significant numbers in France, Germany, Austria and elsewhere. Last month two senior GI figures, Martin Sellner from Austria