Entity: James Allchurch (Sven Longshanks)

Semantic Summary

Welsh neo-nazi podcaster from Pembrokeshire who, under the alias "Sven Longshanks" (a reference to King Edward I, who expelled Jews from England in 1290), ran the "Radio Aryan" podcast, later rebranded "Radio Albion". Jailed for two and a half years at Swansea Crown Court in May 2023 on 10 counts of distributing recordings stirring up racial hatred — content that included talk of hanging black and Jewish people, songs lauding Hitler, and advocacy of racial segregation — in the first major hate speech prosecution of its kind in Wales; the sentencing judge called his offending a "stain on our humanity". Since release he has joined Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain party (as of April 2026), one of multiple fascists identified by Searchlight as rallying behind Restore Britain, demonstrating the party's willingness to welcome convicted neo-nazis, and part of a far-right realignment alongside figures such as Mark Collett.

Basic Information

Type: Person / Neo-Nazi / Podcaster / Convicted racist
Status: Active (since release); member of Restore Britain
Known aliases: Sven Longshanks
Background: Welsh neo-nazi who ran Radio Aryan (later Radio Albion) podcast; jailed 2023 for distributing racist and antisemitic content; now a member of Restore Britain
Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales
Age: 54
Platforms: Radio Aryan / Radio Albion (podcast), X/Twitter

Role in Ecosystem

James Allchurch, who operated under the alias "Sven Longshanks" (a reference to King Edward I, who expelled Jews from England in 1290), is a Welsh neo-nazi podcaster who was jailed for two and a half years in May 2023 for distributing racist and antisemitic content through his "Radio Aryan" podcast (later rebranded Radio Albion).

His podcasts included talk about hanging black and Jewish people, songs lauding Adolf Hitler, and advocacy of racial segregation. At sentencing, Judge Rees said the offending amounted to a "stain on our humanity" and that Allchurch "had an agenda of racial hatred". He was found guilty of 10 charges of distributing a recording stirring up racial hatred.

Since his release, Allchurch has joined Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain party — demonstrating the party's willingness to welcome explicitly convicted neo-nazis. He is one of multiple fascists identified by Searchlight as having rallied behind Restore Britain.

Known Associations

Person/Org	Relationship	Evidence
Restore Britain	Member (joined 2026)	Nation.Cymru, Searchlight
Rupert Lowe	Party leader	Nation.Cymru
Radio Aryan / Radio Albion	Founder and host	Nation.Cymru
Mark Collett	Patriotic Alternative leader; both part of far-right realignment	Searchlight

Legal Issues

Date	Offence	Sentence	Status
May 2023	10 counts of distributing recording stirring up racial hatred	2.5 years imprisonment	Served

Notes

Operated "Radio Aryan" podcast, later rebranded to "Radio Albion"
Alias "Sven Longshanks" references King Edward I (expelled Jews 1290)
Convicted of 10 charges of distributing racist content
Content included: advocating hanging black and Jewish people, songs lauding Hitler, racial segregation advocacy
Prosecuted by Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division
Jailed at Swansea Crown Court, May 2023
Now a member of Restore Britain (as of April 2026)
His case was the first major hate speech prosecution of its kind in Wales