“Well, he’s been warned”
That’s what we wrote in our article only two days ago about Paul Golding and his Britain First ‘battle bus’ being stopped by police in Manchester.
Adorned with the oh-so-humorous banner saying “Keir Starmer is a wanker” he was driving through Altrincham, in Greater Manchester, only to be stopped, quite rightly, by officers from Greater Manchester Police who deemed it likely to cause offence and therefore a possible violation of the Public Order Act.
He was issued a 12-month Section 59 warning, and, more to the point, so was the bus.
And it was explained to him, ever so clearly, twice, by the officers involved, that if the bus was used for a similar purpose within the next 12 months, it would be seized.
And that message was reiterated on the written warning he was served.
Fast forward to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool today, where Golding turned up with his bus, still bearing the offending banner, knowing full well that it would in all probability be seized.
And then whinged on unbearably that he was being victimised as as it was towed away by Liverpool’s Old Bill.
Like he didn’t know that would happen.
Well, there are really only two possible explanations: either Paul Golding is even more stupid than he looks, or (more likely) with the warning from GMP ringing in his ears he engineered this quite deliberately, knowing the van would be seized, so that he could plead the free speech victim. Again.
Quite pathetic, really.
