Raise the Colours (organisation)

Raise the Colours is a far-right British group whose members attach flags to lampposts and engage in anti-migrant vigilantism. It is one of a number of organisations behind the campaign Operation Raise the Colours, which rose to public prominence in England in autumn 2025. The organisation was co-founded by Ryan Bridge and Elliott Stanley, two businessmen from Birmingham and north Worcestershire, England.

Raise the Colours has collected financial donations, using them to fund the attachment of Union and England flags to lampposts in a number of suburbs in Birmingham and villages in Worcestershire, without the necessary permission of the highways authority. Some residents of these suburbs and villages have experienced intimidation and non-white residents have said that they are scared to leave their homes since the flags went up. In some places, residents have organised to take down the flags. In one Birmingham suburb, Stirchley, Raise the Colours have returned repeatedly to replace flags taken down, leading to confrontations with locals.

In November and December 2025, the group made multiple visits to northern France and Paris, where its members filmed themselves harassing migrants, posting videos on the group's social media pages, stating that the "indigenous white population" is being "replaced in our own country". The group were joined on some of these visits by Tommy Robinson associate Danny "Tommo" Thomas. They made appeals to "firms" of British football hooligans to join them in vigilante action against migrants in France. Robinson has shared the groups' social media posts. On one visit to France, the group were joined by former football hooligan Jason Marriner. They have also posed as journalists and offered to pay migrants to interview them.

The group has been criticised by some Church of England bishops for coopting references to Christianity in relation to its vigilante actions and for using the England flag as an anti-migrant symbol. In January 2026, it was reported that the French authorities were considering arresting members of the group for their activities in France. Members of the group were subsequently banned by the French interior ministry from entering the country. The group has said it "does not support violence or any unlawful activity".