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. 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. Palmer, Ewan (20 May 2014). "Who are Britain First? The far-right party 'invading' mosques". International Business Times.
  3. 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.
  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. 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.
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