The anti-migrant march in Faversham last November led to some unfortunate consequences for up-and-coming local musician Dylan Kirk after he was unwise enough to take part – and to pose for a photograph with Paul Golding, the visiting leader of the far-right group Britain First.
Kirk, a Rockabilly singer and pianist with a band called the Killers, had been making a name for himself locally and nationally, until his open support for the far right led to the cancellation of six gigs (out of an eight-date tour), one of which was to have been at Liverpool’s Cavern Club. We wrote about it here.
Career stalled
Since then, his career, which had been gaining significant momentum, has stalled badly. Subsequently-deleted posts on the Facebook page for his musical activities spoke of having to manage his own bookings and of fleeing to Poland.
Last Wednesday, Kirk posted on his Facebook page a supposedly exculpatory message from Golding and vowed to make Merseyside Anti-Fascist Network and Searchlight “accountable for the slander and harassment I’ve faced” since we exposed him.
Kirk reposted it just 15 minutes after it appeared on Golding’s Twitter feed, announcing “Ladies and gentlemen, I give you solid proof of the lies told by the media to try and blacklist me from venues!!”:
However, Kirk can hardly claim not to have known who Golding is and what he stands for.
The leader of Britain First gave a typically ranting speech at the demonstration in Faversham, to which he had been invited by the organiser, Harry Hilden, who introduced him as “an absolute legend”.
Moreover, the fact remains that Kirk was himself an enthusiastic participant in the demonstration.
It is notable that among those wading in to support Kirk on the comments thread below this post was Sittingbourne far-right activist Gaynor Banyard – who was prominent in the demonstrations that led to the disruption of the last two meetings of Swale Borough Council, in December 2025 and January 2026.
And Kirk’s reposting of Golding’s tweet has been reposted on Facebook by Ian Maggs – another prominent anti-migrant activist who is a Facebook friend of Kirk’s.
And Kirk has continued to make no secret of his support for the anti-migrant campaign in Faversham.
He is also a Facebook friend of Harry Hilden, Faversham’s council disruptor in chief, and of Faversham’s leading Reform UK activist, Jess Valentine.
On 9 December 2025, Kirk left the following comments below a post on Valentine’s Facebook page drawing attention to the Lib Dem pro-asylum motion (beginning “This Council believes that: Everyone deserves to live in safety, free from fear and discrimination”) that led anti-migrant protesters to disrupt the following day’s meeting of Swale Borough Council and seriously damage the council’s offices:
So, not much in our earlier article that might reasonably be considered ‘slanderous’ (sic). But, nevertheless, we await with interest contact from his lawyers.
There has been none yet…
