Britain First

Britain First is a far-right^[1] and fascist^[2] hate group^[3] and political party in the United Kingdom.^[4] It is against Islam and immigration in the UK, has spoken out against LGBT equality, and opposes abortion.^[5][6] The group was founded in 2011. It sometimes holds protests against the building of mosques, Islamic extremists,^[7] child grooming and hebephilia.^[8] It holds what is calls "Christian patrols", however, every major Christian denomination in the UK has publicly spoken out against the party.^[9]

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.^[10]

In the 2023 local elections they put up two candidates in Bideford.^[11]

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.