EDL spread false information ahead of Preston rally

The English Defence League (EDL) plan to protest in Preston on 20 February.

To promote the rally, the EDL claim that Preston was “the same City that removed the Nations flag to raise the flag of Palestine…” The statement is on promotional banners and videos and on event descriptions.

However…

The nation’s flag was never “removed”

The fact is… the nation’s flag was never removed as the EDL claim. The Palestinian flag was raised in solidarity with the people of Gaza for a short period of time, and the UK flag was still raised throughout and was never taken down from the Town Hall.

A video published in 2014 proves how EDL are misinforming the gullible. The UK flag remains on top of the Town Hall.

Britain First try to blame sex assault on migrants

Far right hate group Britain First are a deceptive bunch of bigots, and will do anything to pass off false information to mislead the gullible.

On 6 February, Britain First shared a Daily Mail story on Facebook which reported on a female journalist who was groped live on television reporting from the Cologne carnival in Germany.

Britain First, blaming refugees and migrants as usual, wrote ‘deport these migrant fiends’, and went on to ask supporters to ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ the post.

But…

The same Daily Mail story mentioned that Ms Labye… “a broadcast journalist with 20 years experience behind her, knows her attackers were German.”

RT also wrote that “several men of apparently European appearance were making obscene gestures behind her. They tried to grope her and reportedly asked her to sleep with one of them.”

Shameless Britain First attribute fake quote to Sir Christopher Lee

Far right hate group Britain First have been known for attributing fake quotes to people who never actually said them. They’ve already done it to Vladimir Putin, a Navy veteran, and a Muslim scholar, to name a few.

Today they stooped to a new low, by attributing a fake quote to English actor, singer, author, and World War II veteran, Sir Christopher Lee, who sadly passed away earlier this year at the age of 93.

We found that he never said these words. Even a simple Google search makes no reference to anything of the sort being ever said.

With no source cited, Britain First have deceived people yet again and proved to the world how disrespectful, shameless and foul they truly are.

The truth about Britain First’s “Protect the Poppy” day of action

Far right hate group Britain First has been leading the gullible to believe its activists were “standing watch over poppy sellers to ensure they don’t get any hassle from leftwing anarchists and Islamists.”

But here’s the truth about their supposed “day of action”.

1. Poppy sellers were not being hassled

There have been no recent reports of anyone hassling poppy sellers in the UK and no protection was required or requested by the poppy sellers.

ThatsNonsense.com wrote that “there has been no surge of reports of either of those two groups [leftwing anarchists and Islamists] hassling poppy sellers, it seems that Britain First may have been misleading their followers…”

2. Britain First members asked for a photograph

Britain First ‘activists’ shown in the photos did not “stand watch” over poppy sellers. Rather they just asked for a photograph for shameless marketing purposes.

ThatsNonsense.com wrote that “many of the poppy sellers pictured in the Britain First posts have since claimed that Britain First didn’t “stand watch” over them at all, instead they approached the sellers – many of whom were children – and asked to have their picture taken. Most – if not all – of the sellers had no idea who Britain First were or what they represented.”

The Nottingham Sea Cadets also confirmed: “Please rest assured we do not support Britain First. The cadets were approached by these and asked for a photo. They were not aware who they were.”

3. Britain First published photos of youngsters without consent

The youngsters in the photographs did not know they would be used by Britain First and despite public pleas by individuals and cadets, Britain First have not yet taken down the photos they shared.

Here is a plea from a mother of one of the cadets, which proves that Britain First did not ask for permission and the youngsters were exploited.

Britain First accused of exploiting children

Far right hate group Britain First have been accused of exploiting children after having pictures taken alongside members of young Sea Cadets who had no idea they would be used for their cause.

On 7 November, Britain First published a photo on its Facebook page of two Britain First members with two young Sea Cadets in Nottingham.

Britain First wrote: “Today, across the country, Britain First activists are standing watch over poppy sellers to ensure they don't get any hassle from leftwing anarchists and Islamists.”

Soon after the Nottingham Sea Cadets posted up a statement on Facebook stating: “Please rest assured we do not support Britain First. The cadets were approached by these and asked for a photo. They were not aware who they were. We are on the case with our HQ in attempting to get the photo removed. Please help us by reporting the photo. Thank you.”

In Chesterfield, Britain First members posed with more children.

None of these youngsters knew they were to be used for Britain First’s shameful propaganda, and many people were rightly disgusted.

Further reading:

1. Britain First Accused Of 'Exploiting Children' Over 'Protect The Poppy' Facebook Pictures

Britain First recycles false news story to spread hate

According to Political Scrapbook, the Daily Express removed a false story recently suggesting that 1.5 million British Muslims support terror group ISIS based on an inaccurate poll from the Mirror.

Britain First knew the Daily Express story was removed, as shown below.

Some days later, Britain First’s affiliate page, Knights Templar International, shared the same story with a similar headline to the Daily Express. Britain First shared it.

Britain First has no regard for truth. They know people will believe this garbage.

Note: BuzzFeed also reported on the fake Daily Express story.

Britain First’s cover photo fail

Far-right Britain First now claims itself as ‘Britain’s Premiere Patriot Movement’. It is not. It is just a group of thugs who know how to buy Likes on Facebook.

Here is their cover photo on Facebook.

Notice the 'PREMIERE'.

According to the dictionary, ‘premiere’ normally means the first performance of a musical or theatrical work or the first showing of a film.

What we think Britain First meant was ‘premier’ which means the best or most important, or the first in importance, order, or position, or leading.

We wonder how long it will take for them to find out.

Britain First leader urges young followers to ‘produce’

Not too many Britain First supporters came into Luton on 27 June.

In a video taken of a speech yesterday, Britain First leader Paul Golding was caught urging his younger supporters to produce the ‘next generation’.

Talking of immigrants and Muslims (who Britain First have been accused of scapegoating), Golding said they “have a very high birth rate, whereas our people prefer to go out and get drunk, and to have careers etc etc but we’ve lost that touch…we need to produce the next generation.”

He later said: “I’m looking specifically at the young men here and the young women because you’ve got to get out there and you’ve got to produce the next generation of our people!”

People in the crowd started laughing throughout his speech, in which he used words like ‘our people’ and ‘DNA’.

The video has been uploaded on Vimeo and is titled “White Supremacy speech”. You can watch it here.

Britain First offer condolences for some of the dead

The three attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait shocked the world yesterday.

And of course, far-right group Britain First attempted to cash in on the news by sharing news links and even a video of deputy leader Jayda Fransen expressing condolences.

Screengrab from Britain First/Facebook.

The caption along with the video mentioned the attacks in Tunisia and France, but absolutely nothing about the attack in Kuwait – when innocent Muslims were killed whilst praying in a mosque. Over 100 people were also injured.

Even in the video no mention was made to Kuwait.

Maybe because Muslims were the victims?

Britain First share bikini ban image to stir hate

Britain First deliberately attempt to stir up hate and get some Likes on their page (as well as other secret pages that belong to them).

On 24 June 2015, they shared an image showing two seemingly Muslim teens holding up a flag that said “Respect Ramadan No Bikinis”.

Britain First wrote in the caption “How about respect the West! Don’t like it, go back to an Islamic country.”

Photo wasn't taken in the West

This image wasn’t even taken in the West. Two teenagers took this photo in the Muslim-majority country of Morocco. And authorities took this poster down soon after.

Moroccan Minister of Tourism Lahcen Haddad was quoted by Moroccan news website Le360 saying: “We cannot allow people on their own to begin to dictate their law. Nobody has the right to set themselves up as guarantors of virtue, and still less to tell tourists how they should dress on a beach.”

Britain First get patches made in Pakistan

Britain First might lose many supporters after they find out that their embroidered badges are actually made by a company in Pakistan.

Someone asked the company whether they make the Britain First patch and someone from the company confirmed “Yes price is GBP 2.00 only”.

From IRBF Hate Page Awareness and Reporting

The company’s website also states it is based in Sialkot, Pakistan.

Coincidentally, the company even promoted itself last year by sharing a photo of Britain First. And deputy leader Jayda Fransen can be seen in the background.

Britain First featured on nonsense website

Far-right hate group Britain First is nonsense, but did you know it has even been featured on a site which highlights nonsense from around the web?

ThatsNonsense.com, which aims to debunk hoaxes, rumours, as well as Internet and email scams, has featured Britain First at least twice.

In 2014, the site noted how important it was for people to check their sources.

Speaking of Britain First’s Facebook page, it said that the page “posts a consistent stream of hypocrisy, misinformation, urban legends and outright lies.”

It also said that “in the same way as Like-Farming pages exploit social media users to gain followers, Britain First continually post – amongst the hate-filled bigotry and misinformation – a series of wholly irrelevant information that is designed purely to accumulate Likes, Comments and Shares.”

In 2015, the site featured Britain First after they photoshopped an image aimed at inciting racial hatred.

An image showed a Muslim holding a sign that said “Boycott Bigotry and kill all non-Muslims” and was shared over 600 times by Britain First supporters and the gullible.

In reality, the image was of a war veteran who was holding up a sign that said “Boycott Bigotry”.

ThatsNonsense.com rightly pointed out that “radical groups like Britain First are not a reliable source of truth, which is why it is important on social media that you fact-check your sources before hitting share, if not for any reason than to avoid embarrassment when you find out you’ve shared information with your friends that simply isn’t true.”

Some more nonsense

1. Britain First share fake quote of Vladimir Putin
2. Britain First make up fake story to slander Muslim
3. Britain First shares fake Islamic scholar quote

Britain First affiliate shares fake image again

Just last month we caught Britain First attributing a quote to Russian President Vladimir Putin which he never even said. As shameful as it is, Britain First have yet again recycled the image.

Knights Templar International, which Britain First has close ties to and openly advertises on its website, posted up an image that quoted Vladimir Putin.

No proof of quote ever being said

According to Hoax-Slayer, this is part of a viral hoax that claims in a 2013 speech to the Duma, Putin advised Russian minorities that they should adapt to Russian culture if they wish to live in the country.

However, there is NO RECORD of Putin making such a speech nor are there any credible news reports about Putin’s supposed words.

This is yet again another reason why Britain First cannot be trusted.

Note: This Knights Templar International group, which is associated with Britain First, is not linked to the REAL Knights Templar.

Britain First leader doesn’t turn up to debate

Far-right group Britain First makes it out to be a force to be reckoned with, when it well and truly isn’t as we have wrote about in this blog.

Picking on the elderly during their 'mosque invasions'.

Yesterday on 12 June, the Islamic Education and Research Academy (iERA) held a cross-panel debate entitled, “Does Islam Clash with British values?” where Tommy Robinson (former leader of the English Defence League), Paul Golding (Britain First) and Anne Marie Waters (ShariaWatch) were invited to speak on the panel. 

According to 5Pillars, Golding informed iERA on Thursday evening that “upon further reflection, security considerations and other issues, I have decided to decline the attendance.”

When assured by iERA that three security guards would be allocated to Golding upon entering and exiting the venue, he said “unfortunately it’s a leadership decision” - even though Golding is supposed to be the leader.

Robinson did not turn up to the event, and Waters did turn up to the event but did not participate in the debate.

Event coordinator for iERA, Mohammed Hussain, told 5Pillars that Robinson and Golding were “last resort” after exhausting every other option to get more “mainstream” intellectuals or academics on the panel to discuss Islam and British values.

He also said: “The Quilliam Foundation, the Henry Jackson Society, Sam Westrop from Gatestone Institute, the National Secular Society, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the British Humanist Association, Melanie Phillips, David Starkey, Yasmin Ali-Bhai Brown, Richard Littlejohn, Andrew Gilligan, David Aaronovitch are just some of the individuals and organisations who iERA personally invited, but were either unavailable, declined to participate or did not reply.”

Britain First associate group shares ISIS propaganda

Not long ago, we discovered how hate group Britain First had shared ISIS propaganda to spread fears about immigration.

Knights Templar International, which Britain First has close ties to, recently posted up an image that said: “ISIS have said they are going to flood Europe with half a million Islamic extremists” before telling supporters to share the image.

Coincidental link to Britain First

A similar quote was also shared in the Britain First newspaper to promote anti-immigration views. The newspaper column said: “ISIS has threatened to flood Europe with half a million migrants from Libya.”

According to the Independent, a researcher said the above propaganda “could not be taken as fact”.

So it seems as though groups like Britain First will do anything to promote themselves, even if it involves sharing propaganda from terrorists.

Note: Britain First are so closely tied to the Knights Templar International they publicly promote them on their website.

How Britain First makes itself look big, when it isn’t

Britain First claims it is political party and a street defence organisation. In this post we prove to you that this ‘movement’ is not as big as it makes out to be, and is nothing but a joke.

95% of Britain First's team

3. Britain First invaded mosques - when no-one was in

Britain First got a lot of media attention when it led a pointless campaign of ‘mosque invasions’ last year, storming into places of worship and recording it on camera.

But the fact is, they went in when hardly anyone was in, and the only people they could really pick on were innocent old men.

2. Britain First gain support through deception

Apparently, Britain First has the highest number of Likes than many political parties on Facebook.

It might give them bragging rights, but no other party is really so low that it shares pictures of starving dogs just to get Likes...

Or how about a patriotic dog - which has no relation to Britain First whatsoever?

According to Exposing Britain First, Britain First also have ‘feeder’ pages. They can use other pages with similar content to merge Likes giving their main page a boost, and people have no idea.

Courtesy of Exposing Britain First

1. Britain First exaggerate newspaper circulation

On 21 May, Britain First wrote on Facebook: “BRITAIN FIRST NEWSPAPERS ARE STARTING TO APPEAR IN NEWSAGENTS NATIONWIDE! KEEP AN EYE OUT!”

However, not a single paper has really been spotted. The only people who seem to have the papers is Britain First.

A small team of them even gave them out for free on the streets, taking photos of people they met to make it look as though people were interested.

Image courtesy of Britain First/Facebook.

For your information, Britain First make people pay for these cheap papers.

Britain First share fake quote of Vladimir Putin

Far-right hate group Britain First has a history of misleading the public, and they have done it again by sharing a fake quote of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

No record of said quote

According to Hoax-Slayer (as well as Snopes), this is part of a widely circulated message that claims in a 2013 speech to the Duma, Russian President Vladimir Putin advised Russian minorities that they should adapt to Russian culture if they wish to live in the country and that, if they prefer Sharia Law, then they should go somewhere else to live.

However, there is NO RECORD of Putin making such a speech nor are there any credible news reports about the Russian President’s supposed words.

Britain First have yet again deceived people. And this wouldn't be the first time!

Further examples of Britain First lies

1. Britain First shares fake Islamic scholar quote
2. Britain First make up fake story to slander Muslim
3. Britain First share ‘true’ Ayatollah quote to spread hate

Britain First leader turned up to cenotaph with knickers on head

Everyone who willingly or unwillingly shares any ‘Support Our Troops’ posts from Britain First should well know that the group isn’t all that it seems.

Paul Golding, the leader of the group once turned up to a Remembrance Sunday march at the cenotaph with a pair of women’s knickers on his head.

How respectful...

Source: politicalscrapbook.net 

This was when he was in the racist National Front (NF) group, according to HOPE Not Hate. But in an interview to Channel 4, he said that someone else “had put them” on his head.

“Oh this was ages ago, it doesn’t matter anymore”

Well, Britain First recently disrespected the war dead by sharing a photo of a funeral of a WW2 veteran to whip up fears on immigration and Muslims.

They used the image of a funeral taking place of a 92-year-old veteran and community activist who had passed away. He served in the British Indian Army.

EDL division shares fake Islamic scholar quote

We all know the English Defence League (EDL) is on its knees. Yet the dozen members who think high of themselves still update their unpopular Facebook pages to stir hate.

This week, we wrote about how hate group Britain First shared an image of an Islamic scholar named Dr Zakir Naik, which quoted him saying something he didn’t even say.

Well, the Yorkshire EDL Leeds Division has regurgitated that very same image to its followers!

The truth - The quote was never said

Dr Zakir Naik never said what is said in this image. An obvious Twitter troll using his name wrote it, but brainless hate sites picked it up and passed it off as the truth in an effort to ridicule Muslims.

The UK’s far-right network constantly proves itself stupid.

We cannot count the amount of posts on this blog that have exposed lies they have shared.

Britain First newspaper fail of the day

Britain First have decided to print newspapers to further their hateful cause. Readers can expect the same posts they publish on Facebook in print version, with a rip-off price attached.

The stories are strategically taken from news sites, with highly opinionated text attached targeting the Muslim community and brainwashing far-right supporters.

It is a poor attempt at a ‘newspaper’ and is not worth a single penny (the group is even trying to get donations to get them printed).

We looked at it online and found a silly mistake, where Britain First mentioned Halifax town being in South Yorkshire, when it isn’t.

If this was a copy paste job, then Britain First can’t even do that right!