Today was a very bad day for Britain First in Manchester – and an expensive blow to Paul Golding’s personal and political retirement fund. Anti-fascists began gathering beneath the Duke of Wellington statue near Piccadilly Gardens from 11am. Police had expected up to 1,000 fascists and deployed in massive numbers from 9am, possibly up to […]
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Britain First organiser guilty of assault at hotel protest
Nick Hubble, one of the most prominent figures in Devon’s anti-migrant street protests, has been convicted of racially-aggravated assault after an incident at a far-right demonstration last November. Hubble, from Exeter, is a Britain First member who has been a visible presence at anti-migrant demonstrations across the West Country at hotel demonstrations and at a […]
Britain First’s ‘battle bus’ – the grift that keeps on giving
The Britain First ‘battle bus’ saga has taken yet another predictable turn, with Paul Golding now launching an online appeal claiming he faces a driving ban and needs supporters’ cash to “help”. It is, in effect, the latest attempt to spin a self‑inflicted farce into a persecution narrative, and raise a few quid in the […]
Fascists attack Manchester Stop The War meeting
After Britain First’s distastrous day out in Manchester last weekend, local fascists have tried to up the ante with a cowardly attack on a Stop the War meeting in the city centre on Thursday evening. One of the speakers was MP Zarah Sultana, herself the target for constant threats and harassment. The meeting had been […]
Paul Golding blames police conspiracy for Manchester humiliation
After Saturday’s Britain First march through Manchester, the one that, as Searchlight reported yesterday, was repeatedly stalled, split, and ultimately overshadowed by a far more organised anti‑fascist mobilisation, Paul Golding has finally emerged from his hotel room to deliver his verdict. And, in a twist that shocked absolutely nobody, he has concluded that the real […]
Making history in Manchester: confronting Britain First on Saturday
Next Saturday, 21st February, the fascists of Britain First will march into Manchester’s city centre, shielded by a costly police operation. The financial, political, and moral cost of allowing an organisation run by convicted criminals – whose ranks attract domestic abusers, drug dealers, and neo-Nazis – will make our city a temporarily unpleasant place to […]