As Britain First’s 17 May Birmingham demo approaches, co-leader Paul Golding is getting increasingly desperate. His bizarre antics over recent weeks suggest he may be heading for a political and nervous breakdown. He now claims that his last big event, ‘the rally to end all rallies’ in March in Nuneaton, which occupied the corner of […]
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Britain First leader Paul Golding in ‘You’re nazis’ attack on Homeland Party
Hostilities between groups on Britain’s extreme right have taken a bizarre turn with Paul Golding, leader of Britain First, launching into a furious attack on Homeland Party boss Kenny Smith, accusing him of being a nazi with a swastika tattoo on his chest and challenging him to show his chest and prove it’s not true. […]
Britain First’s Nuneaton humiliation
A thousand flags. £10,000 on PA system, staging and a dozen portaloos. Much boasting. Claims that hundreds would be attending. Six coachloads… which turned out to be minibuses. Everyone was emailed multiple times pleading for members and supporters to chip in a tenner for what turned out to be a humiliation. Few did, and now […]
Britain First leaders convicted of religiously aggravated harassment
Searchlight joins Unite Against Fascism (UAF) in welcoming the guilty verdicts on the notorious leaders of the fascist group, Britain First. Leader Paul Golding and deputy leader Jayda Fransen have been found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment. Both were arrested in May last year for distributing leaflets and posting online videos during a trial at […]
Britain First suffer washout in Bromley
Saturday saw a pathetic turnout from Britain First in Bromley, reports Unite Against Fascism. Less than 50 turned out to see their leaders, Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen, sign on at the police station, as part of their bail conditions on charges of religiously aggravated harassment. The fascists had hoped to march from Bromley North […]
Fascist EDL – not wanted in Rochdale, this Saturday, 29 July
Just seven days, after the fascist group Britain First held a hate gathering in Rochdale, another group of fascists, the EDL, will be making an incursion into the town. The EDL are, like Britain First, trying to create division by racialising the issue of crimes of sexual exploitation. Our thoughts must be with all those […]
Protest against fascist Britain First, Rochdale, 22 July
Pictured below, alongside Paul Golding (second from left), leader of the fascist group Britain First, is Jason Marriner (blue shirt), an ex Combat 18 fascist thug and convicted football hooligan. This is the sort of person that Britain First keep company with. One reason, among many, to demonstrate against Britain First next Saturday. Unite Against […]
Oppose fascist and Islamophobic Britain First in Birmingham – 24 June
Birmingham Unite Against Fascism is calling upon anti-fascists to oppose another fascist attempt to inflame race hate in Birmingham. The Islamophobic and fascist sect, Britain First, plan to visit the city of Birmingham on 24 June. They had aimed at an earlier, unwanted intrusion, but had to postpone this, as their leaders were arrested on various […]
Ex-leader of Britain First Paul Golding jailed for breach of High Court injunction
The former leader of Britain First was jailed for breaching a court order banning him from entering mosques or Islamic Centres in England and Wales, TellMAMA reports. Paul Golding, 34, was served with a court summons by Bedfordshire Police on 2 November after breaching a High Court injunction granted on August 11. He will serve […]
More questions than answers: a Searchlight investigation
Thomas Mair has been jailed for the brutal murder of Labour MP Jo Cox. But serious questions about the police approach to a fascist group remain. I write as Nazi assassin Thomas Mair begins a whole-life sentence for the murder of a well loved MP, wife and mother and an advocate for the long-suffering people […]
Britain First extremist filmed joining hate-filled vigilante group hunting down asylum seekers in Bulgaria
An anti-Muslim extremist has been filmed joining a hate-filled group hunting down asylum seekers in Bulgaria, the Daily Mirror wrote on 24 October. Far-right Jim Dowson donned camouflage gear to join the heavily-armed Shipka Bulgarian National Movement stalking migrants who cross the Turkish border. Dowson, founder of the Britain First group, has made a series […]
Turning the searchlight on the enemies of democracy
Welcome back to the Searchlight website. After we posted several reports that exposed the increasing violence of the British extreme right and their international links, we were bombarded with attacks. As we were planning a relaunch of Searchlight later in the year, we temporarily suspended the website, but of course carried on with our work […]