Britain First

Britain First is a far-right and fascist hate group and political party in the United Kingdom. It is against Islam and immigration in the UK, has spoken out against LGBT equality, and opposes abortion. The group was founded in 2011. It sometimes holds protests against the building of mosques, Islamic extremists, child grooming and hebephilia. It holds what is calls "Christian patrols", however, every major Christian denomination in the UK has publicly spoken out against the party.

Paul Golding is the leader of the party. He is a former British National Party councillor.

They had three candidates in the local election on 5 May 2022, in Salford, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Greenwich. In the 2022 Wakefield by-election their candidate, Ashlea Simon, got 311 votes.

In the 2023 local elections they put up two candidates in Bideford.

References

  1. ↑ "Britain First: inside the extremist group targeting mosques". Channel 4 News. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
    - Palmer, Ewan (20 May 2014). "Who are Britain First? The far-right party 'invading' mosques". International Business Times.
    - Gadher, Dipesh (25 May 2014). "Far right invades mosques to hand out Bibles". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ↑ McCall, Chris (7 May 2021). "Far-right bigot Jayda Fransen humiliated after winning just 46 votes in Glasgow Southside". Daily Record. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Trump attacks UK PM over criticism of far right support". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-04-16. Brian Klass, an academic at the London School of Economics, wrote: "Here in the UK, Britain First is (correctly) seen as a neo-Fascist hate group".
  4. ↑ Palmer, Ewan (20 May 2014). "Who are Britain First? The far-right party 'invading' mosques". International Business Times.
  5. ↑ Duffy, Nick (14 March 2018). "Far-right group Britain First banned by Facebook". PinkNews. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Homepage: frequently asked questions". britainfirst.org. Britain First. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Gadher, Dipesh (25 May 2014). "Far right invades mosques to hand out Bibles". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Burke, Shani. "Please protect the Jews." Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 5.1 (2017): 134-155.
  9. ↑ York, Chris (30 January 2016). "Britain First denounced by every major Christian denomination in the UK". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Wakefield by-election result: Labour's Simon Lightwood wins seat back from Tories". ITV News. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  11. ↑ Merritt, Anita (2023-02-22). "Britain First candidates stand for election in 'unlikely' Devon town". DevonLive. Retrieved 2023-03-08.