Skinheads as a group aren't
hypocrites. The wide
variety of political
opinion within skinhead culture, however, can sometimes give
outsiders that
impression.
Skinhead culture began in the early 1960s in England, arising from Jamaican immigrant culture and British working class culture, and went through many subsequent changes, spawning many subcultures.
One Skinhead FAQ at http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/5712/skinhead_faq.html says,
"After a hard day's work the original Skinheads tended to dress in their most respectable clothing and congregate at the mostly Jamaican run dancehalls where they mingled with the West Indian community, many of whose members would be their workmates from the docks, and adopted Ska as the musical sound of choice. Other staples of the Skinhead culture are a love of generous quantities of beer and soccer." (Which I believe they would have called football.)
Some of the different skinhead subcultures include