Britain First

Britain First is a far-right[1] street protest group and political party in the United Kingdom.[2] It is against Islam and immigration in the UK. The group was founded in 2011. It sometimes holds protests against the building of mosques, Islamic extremists,[3] child grooming and hebephilia.[4]

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.[5]

In the 2023 local elections they put up two candidates in Bideford.[6]

References

  1. "Britain First: inside the extremist group targeting mosques". Channel 4 News. 19 June 2014. http://www.channel4.com/news/britain-first-far-right-anti-muslim-extremists-mosques. Retrieved 20 June 2014. 
    - Palmer, Ewan (20 May 2014). "Who are Britain First? The far-right party 'invading' mosques". International Business Times. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-are-britain-first-far-right-party-invading-mosques-1449289. 
    - Gadher, Dipesh (25 May 2014). "Far right invades mosques to hand out Bibles". Sunday Times. http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/article1414751.ece. Retrieved 9 January 2018. 
  2. Palmer, Ewan (20 May 2014). "Who are Britain First? The far-right party 'invading' mosques". International Business Times. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-are-britain-first-far-right-party-invading-mosques-1449289. 
  3. Gadher, Dipesh (25 May 2014). "Far right invades mosques to hand out Bibles". Sunday Times. http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/article1414751.ece. Retrieved 9 January 2018. 
  4. Burke, Shani. "Please protect the Jews." Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 5.1 (2017): 134-155.
  5. "Wakefield by-election result: Labour's Simon Lightwood wins seat back from Tories". ITV News. 24 June 2022. https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2022-06-24/labour-win-wakefield-by-election. Retrieved 8 March 2023. 
  6. Merritt, Anita (2023-02-22). "Britain First candidates stand for election in 'unlikely' Devon town". DevonLive. Retrieved 2023-03-08.