The Conservative Party membership confirmation email sent to Paul Golding (PA) “He is getting Brexit done but, as well as that, he has made a lot of … [24], In September 2017, Golding and acting leader Jayda Fransen were arrested and charged with religious harassment. Not to mention the fact that its leader Paul Golding has previously been jailed for hate crimes and the party recently hit the headlines for organising a crew to patrol Dover to deter asylum seekers. ', (C) Britain First, PO Box 2242, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT13 9DB. The pair were convicted over an incident at a takeaway in Ramsgate, Kent, during which Fransen screamed “paedophile” and “foreigner”, while Fransen was also convicted for approaching a mistaken address she believed to belong to a Muslim defendant on a rape trial. They were both sentenced to prison, with 9 months for Fransen and 18 weeks for Golding. 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[7], In 2008, it was reported that Golding had been expelled from the BNP for physically attacking Lawrence Rustem, a BNP Barking Borough Council councillor who is half-Turkish. [2], In December 2016, Golding was sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment for breaching a court order banning him from entering a mosque or encouraging others to do so in England and Wales. [10] Golding had been a member of the neo-Nazi National Front and once attended a Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday wearing women's underwear on his head. [citation needed], On 29 November 2017, US president Donald Trump retweeted three anti-Muslim videos shared by Jayda Fransen on her Twitter account supporting her views. [20] In July 2014, he tried to have himself arrested at Bexleyheath police station over an incident at Crayford Mosque, but failed, an act widely considered to be a fund-raising publicity stunt. [15], In December 2019, Golding announced that he was a paid-up member of the Bexleyheath and Crayford Conservative Association. Paul Golding's application for membership of the Conservative Party has not been approved. While we welcome new members from a wide variety of backgrounds, we are vigilant against those seeking to join the party who do not share our aims. On 7 November 2017, Golding was sentenced to a 120-day suspended prison sentence and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid community work by Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court after admitting a charge of assault by beating. The satirical news web site, The Rochdale Herald, capitalised on the incident by inviting readers to sponsor his incarceration[30] to raise money for refugees. Britain First leader Paul Golding has had his bid to join the Conservative party rejected. He explained that he intended to "help solidify Boris Johnson's control on the leadership, so we can achieve Brexit and hopefully cut immigration and confront radical Islam". Britain First urges supporters to join Conservative Party 'to make Boris Johnson's leadership more secure' Far-right group's chief of staff is among extremists who claim to have become Tory members Far-right Britain First is urging its supporters to join the Conservative Party in order to “make Boris Johnson‘s leadership more secure”. 'I have joined the Conservative Party to help solidify Boris Johnson's control on the leadership, so we can achieve Brexit and hopefully cut immigration and confront radical Islam. [4], Golding was a British National Party (BNP) Sevenoaks District councillor for St Mary's Ward in Swanley from 2009[5] to 2011. Paul Golding says he applied to show support for Boris Johnson's comments on Islam, but a Tory source said his application is likely to be revoked. He was subsequently sentenced to a conditional discharge for nine months and ordered to pay a £21 victim surcharge and £750 in costs. Their arrests followed an investigation by Kent Police into the distribution of leaflets in the Thanet and Canterbury areas, and the posting of online videos during a trial at Canterbury Crown Court in May 2017. [36], In February 2020, Golding was charged under the Terrorism Act for refusing to provide police at Heathrow Airport with the PIN codes for his phone and computer. The leader of Britain First has joined the Conservative Party, the far-right group has claimed. The Conservative Party membership confirmation email sent to Paul Golding (PA) “After the London Bridge attack, he said he wanted to crack down on the early release of terrorist prisoners. He took six months leave from the party and Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader, acted as leader during his absence. [3] On 7 March 2018, Golding and Fransen were both imprisoned for religiously aggravated harassment. Paul's membership number is 529268366 and he is a member of the local 'Bexleyheath and Crayford' association: Paul intends to attend Conservative meetings in his local association and speak out in support of Boris Johnson. Golding was stopped at Heathrow airport in October 2019, while returning from a trip to the Russian parliament, by officers from the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism command. "[39], After an investigation, Greater Manchester Police decided to take no further action due to the lack of evidence. Golding responded by calling the ASA a "toothless quango with no power which no one takes any notice of" and refused to change Britain First's logo. A restraining order was issued against Golding and he was fined for both offences. [28] Fransen claimed that Golding was taking 6 months leave as leader of the organisation "to address some important, personal family issues".[29]. Last year, Golding was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison and his deputy, Jayda Fransen, to 36 weeks, for religiously aggravated harassment. The leader of Britain First, Paul Golding, also claimed to have joined the Conservatives, though the party said his membership application had not been approved. Britain First leader Paul Golding claims to have joined the Conservative Party in a bid to “solidify” Boris Johnson ’s grip on power. [21], In August 2014, the Advertising Standards Authority accused Britain First of illegally using an image of the royal crown in its logo, ordering all images of the crown to be removed from Britain First's official website, marketing materials and merchandise "with immediate effect". Golding was a British National Party (BNP) Sevenoaks District councillor for St Mary's Ward in Swanley from 2009 to 2011. We like the cut of the cloth on Boris Johnson. Paul Golding’s application for membership of the Conservative party has not been approved Conservative Party spokeswoman. [27], Leadership of Britain First was passed on to the former deputy leader Jayda Fransen in November 2016. Paul Golding (born January 1982) is a British convicted criminal, far-right political leader and the leader of Britain First. He was also a communications officer for the party. I’ll do this for you, that for you. Mr Golding shared a … They feared the situation could have escalated if prayers had still been going on. [31], In December 2017, on a reported visit to Belfast to support Jayda Fransen, Golding was arrested by the Police Service of Northern Ireland for a speech he gave in the city in August,[32] and was later charged. Summing up, magistrate Alan Austen described it as "a really nasty and vicious assault in a public place". [38] Graham Morris, a former Britain First member, had claimed that the deputy leader, Jayda Fransen, had encouraged the victim to stay quiet, saying, "I can give everything you need, a platform. [25], Golding's Twitter account is withheld in Germany. She said Golding had been “calm, compliant and respectful” during questioning under what she claimed was a “predetermined operation”. [6] He was also a communications officer for the party. He was also found guilty of wearing a political uniform, an offence under the Public Order Act 1936. Thousands of Britain First members and activists have done the same. The Independent reported, “A Conservative Party spokesperson said: ‘Paul Golding’s application for membership of the Conservative Party has not been approved.’” [33], On 7 March 2018, Fransen and Golding were found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment at Folkestone Magistrates' Court, as a result of an investigation concerning the distribution of leaflets in 2017 in the Thanet and Canterbury areas. The far-right figure tried to join the party in a bid to “solidify” Boris Johnson ’s grip on power. [8], He stood in the 2014 local elections[9] and as a Britain First lead candidate in the 2014 European Parliamentary election for Wales; the party received 0.9% of the vote. Britain First leader Paul Golding convicted of Terrorism Act offence Paul Golding refused to give police access to his mobile phone on his return from a political trip to Russia. Britain First leader Paul Golding has been found guilty of an offence under the Terrorism Act after refusing to give police access to his mobile phone on his return from a political trip to Russia. They said: "Paul Golding's application for membership of the Conservative Party has not been approved. [19], In May 2014, Golding was arrested for criminal damage and breach of the peace during an Al-Muhajiroun protest outside the Indian Embassy in London. The leaders of Britain First, Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen, were jailed last year for hate crimes against Britain’s Muslim minority. Last year Golding was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, and his deputy, Jayda Fransen, to 36 weeks, for religiously aggravated harassment. Paul Golding told police he had been in Moscow under the invitation of ... conservative, patriotic group” who were not “extreme”. However, the party said that his application had not been approved. The Conservative Party membership confirmation email sent to Paul Golding (PA) “He is getting Brexit done but, as well as that, he has made a lot of … [34], In November 2018, Golding was charged with a number of offences related to anti-immigration leaflets distributed in Ballymena, County Antrim, and was charged with three counts of publishing written material intended to stir up hatred and one count of using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour. [14] He came eighth with 31,372 votes (1.2% of those cast) while Labour's Sadiq Khan was elected as mayor. [26], In December 2016, Golding was sentenced to eight weeks in prison for breaching a court order banning him from entering a mosque or encouraging others to do so in England and Wales. [22], In March 2015, he was arrested on suspicion of assault during a Britain First march in Derby, as was an opponent who Golding had claimed assaulted him. Speaking at a meeting in Manchester, Paul Golding said that he would be trying to gain press coverage of Britain First’s activities, and said that even bad press has helped grow the far-right organisation’s membership. Tommy Robinson has joined the party, encouraging his supporters in the English Defence League and the Football Lads Alliance to follow him in. [12] At the Britain First Annual Conference in November 2015, Golding and his then deputy, Jayda Fransen, led the meeting which agreed a number of policies including banning the media from using the word 'racism' and abolishing the BBC. [16] Shortly after the announcement, a Tory spokeswoman said that "Paul Golding's application for membership of the Conservative Party has not been approved. [40] Three weeks later, on 18 December, Twitter suspended the accounts of Golding, Fransen and Britain First for inciting racial hatred. Golding said he had not met any representative of the Russian government, the court heard. It is now official, Britain First leader Paul Golding has joined the Conservative Party. [13], He stood as a candidate in the London mayoral election in 2016. The leader of Britain First, Paul Golding, also claimed to have joined the Conservatives, though the party said his membership application had not been approved. They were both bailed to appeared before Medway magistrates in October 2017. [23] Also in 2015, Golding was convicted of harassing a woman, after mistakenly arriving at her home instead of that of a man allegedly linked to the 2005 London bombings. He was also told to pay £750 compensation to his victim, plus £115 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs. "[17] In January 2020, Golding released a letter that he had received from the Conservative Party, informing him that his membership had been rejected. Britain First leader Paul Golding recently joined the Conservative Party to help consolidate Boris Johnson's grip on the Tory leadership. “While we welcome new members from a wide variety of backgrounds, we are vigilant against those seeking to join the party who do not share our aims. The far-right leader of Britain First has revealed how he intends to use the media to “grab publicity” and “propel” the movement.. The leader of Britain First, Paul Golding, also claimed to have joined the Conservatives, though the party said his membership application had not been approved. Paul Golding, 38, was stopped at Heathrow Airport on October 23 last year on his way back from Moscow by officers from the Metropolitan Police. A Conservative Party spokesperson said: “Paul Golding’s application for membership of the Conservative Party has not been approved. [35] In June 2019, he was sentenced to three months imprisonment, suspended for two years. The Conservative Party membership confirmation email sent to Paul Golding (PA) “After the London Bridge attack, he said he wanted to crack down on the early release of … Paul's membership number is 529268366 and he is a member of the local 'Bexleyheath and Crayford' association: Paul intends to attend Conservative meetings in his local association and speak out in … [18] In June 2020 Golding spoke at a far-right protest in central London. For more details about how we handle your information, please read our Privacy Policy, GDPR Statement, Cookie Policy and Terms & Conditions. It is now official, Britain First leader Paul Golding has joined the Conservative Party. [37], In late 2017, accusations were made against Golding by a female under the age of consent, who attended one of the group rallies protesting against the sexual abuse of young girls, that Golding had sexually abused her. Nine days after the imposition of the court injunction, Golding drove others to a mosque in Cardiff; they entered and mosque members found their behaviour provocative and unnerving. [11], In May 2015, Golding threatened to bury a pig at the site of proposed mosque in Dudley, mistakenly believing this would contaminate the site and render it unsuitable. Subsequently, Britain First's leader, Paul Golding, announced that he had joined the Conservative Party, hailing Johnson's remarks on the burqa as evidence that Johnson is a "populist nationalist under the surface". 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