Britain First
| Britain First | |
|---|---|
| Party leader | Paul Golding |
| founding | 2011 |
| Headquarters | London |
| Alignment |
Right-wing extremism , nationalism , Christian fundamentalism , EU skepticism , Islamophobia |
| Colours) | Red , white , blue |
| Parliament seats |
0/650 |
| Website | britainfirst.org |
Britain First is a far-right party in the United Kingdom . According to its own statements, the main goal of the party is the “defense of British and Christian values”. The party is strongly anti-Islamic .
history
Britain First was founded in 2011 by Jim Dowson and other former members of the British National Party (BNP). Paul Golding has been chairman since 2014 . The vice chairman is Jayda Fransen . She was convicted in 2016 by a British court of insulting a Muslim woman.
After numerous supporters of Britain First marched in Luton in January 2016, quarreling with local residents and distributing anti-Islam leaflets, Bedfordshire Police obtained an injunction from the High Court in the summer of 2016, prohibiting activists from entering Islam for three years Places of worship banned in England and Wales. The leaders Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen were also banned from entering the city of Luton or sending their followers there.
In June 2016, a violent criminal shouted the words "Britain First" after he had murdered the parliamentarian Jo Cox .
US President Donald Trump shared three videos by Jayda Fransen in November 2017. The videos, the authenticity of which is heavily questioned, portray Islam as violent and cruel. British Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said it was wrong for Trump to spread tweets from Britain First. “ Britain First seeks to divide communities through its hateful narratives that spread lies and fuel tension. They create fear in righteous people, ”he said. Jayda Fransen, vice chairwoman of the movement, thanked Trump via Twitter for the publicity he had given BF.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Trump shares anti-Islamic videos. In: tagesschau.de. Retrieved November 29, 2017 .
- ^ Gabriel Samuels: Britain First banned from all mosques in England and Wales. In: The Independent , August 18, 2016, accessed December 5, 2017
- ^ Anti-Islam videos: Donald Trump spreads tweets by British right-wing extremists. In: Spiegel Online. November 29, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Dan Bilefsky, Stephen Castle: British Far-Right Group Exults Over Attention From Trump. In: The New York Times , November 29, 2017, accessed December 5, 2017
† Sinn Féin's MPs do not take their seats in Westminster