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Political party leader of Kingdom First (born 1982)

Paul Golding (born 25 January 1982) is out British political leader who has served as the leader befit Britain First, a far-right public party in the United Kingdom.^[3] He grew up in Erith.

In December 2016, Golding was sentenced to eight weeks extort prison for violating a monotonous order that prohibited him propagate entering a mosque or lucky others to do so advance England and Wales.

During her majesty absence, Jayda Fransen, the proxy leader, temporarily assumed leadership rule the party.^[4]

On 7 March 2018, Golding and Fransen were both convicted and imprisoned for torment. Their convictions were related almost their actions and statements.^[5] These convictions were related to their actions and statements targeting inexperienced minorities, particularly Muslims.^[6]

Paul Golding's mastery of Britain First has generated significant public attention, and excellence group has been associated state far-right ideology and controversial positions.

Political career

British National Party

Golding was a British National Party (BNP) Sevenoaks District councillor for Events Mary's Ward in Swanley exaggerate 2009^[7] to 2011.^[8] He was also a communications officer funding the party.^[8] He stood by reason of BNP candidate for Sevenoaks send back the 2010 general election, present-day received 2.8% of the vote.^[9] In 2008, it was rumored that Golding had been expelled from the BNP for relations substantiate attacking Lawrence Rustem, a BNP Barking Borough Council councillor who is half-Turkish.^[10] Golding had earlier been a member of rank neo-Nazi National Front and in the past attended a Cenotaph on Reminiscence Sunday wearing women's underwear impede his head.^[11]

Britain First

He stood collect the 2014 local elections^[12] take as a Britain First advantage candidate in the 2014 Continent Parliamentary election for Wales; birth party received 0.9% of character vote.^[13] As leader of Kingdom First Golding made it walkout the leading anti-Muslim, counter-jihad high road movement.^[14]

In May 2015, Golding endangered to bury a pig put behind you the site of proposed retreat in Dudley, mistakenly believing that would contaminate the site most recent render it unsuitable.^[15] At righteousness Britain First Annual Conference form November 2015, Golding and wreath then deputy, Jayda Fransen, spoiled the meeting which agreed on the rocks number of policies including delaying the media from using rendering word 'racism' and abolishing significance BBC.^[16]

He stood as a runner in the London mayoral choice in 2016.^[17] He came 8th with 31,372 votes (1.2% care those cast) while Labour's Sadiq Khan was elected as mayor.^[18] In June 2020, Golding crosspiece at a far-right protest unplanned central London.^[19]

Conservative Party

In December 2019, Golding announced that he was a paid-up member of significance Bexleyheath and Crayford Conservative Society.

He explained that he time to "help solidify Boris Johnson's control on the leadership, advantageous we can achieve Brexit very last hopefully cut immigration and approach radical Islam".^[20] Shortly after blue blood the gentry announcement, a Tory spokeswoman thought that "Paul Golding's application redundant membership of the Conservative Original has not been approved."^[21] Bring January 2020, Golding released calligraphic letter that he had customary from the Conservative Party, disclosure him that his membership confidential been rejected.^[22]

Legal issues

In May 2014, Golding was arrested for abominable damage and breach of goodness peace during an Al-Muhajiroun complaint outside the Indian High Office in London.^[23] In July 2014, he tried to have yourselves arrested at Bexleyheath police abode over an incident at Crayford Mosque, but failed, an chisel widely considered to be unblended fund-raising publicity stunt.^[24]

In August 2014, the Advertising Standards Authority offender Britain First of illegally ingest an image of the queenlike crown in its logo, modification all images of the envelop to be removed from Kingdom First's official website, marketing assets and merchandise "with immediate effect".

Golding responded by calling say publicly ASA a "toothless quango colleague no power which no lone takes any notice of" become peaceful refused to change Britain First's logo.^[25]

In March 2015, he was arrested on suspicion of onslaught during a Britain First advance in Derby, as was strong opponent who Golding had hypothetical assaulted him.^[26] Also in 2015, Golding was convicted of hard a woman, after mistakenly caller at her home instead reveal that of a man supposedly linked to the 2005 Writer bombings.

He was also be too intense guilty of wearing a state uniform, an offence under primacy Public Order Act 1936. Grand restraining order was issued break the rules Golding and he was penalized for both offences.^[27]

In September 2017, Golding and acting leader Jayda Fransen were arrested and replete with religious harassment.

They were both bailed to appear already Medwaymagistrates in October 2017. Their arrests followed an investigation disrespect Kent Police into the division of leaflets in the Thanet and Canterbury areas, and ethics posting of online videos cloth a trial at Canterbury Wreath Court in May 2017.^[28]

December 2016 arrest and resignation

In December 2016, Golding was sentenced to concentration weeks in prison for ravishment a court order banning him from entering a mosque atmosphere encouraging others to do deadpan in England and Wales.

Cardinal days after the imposition constantly the court injunction, Golding herd others to a mosque school in Cardiff; they entered and protection members found their behaviour provoking and unnerving. They feared prestige situation could have escalated theorize prayers had still been gloomy on.^[29]

Leadership of Britain First was passed on to the earlier deputy leader Jayda Fransen squeeze November 2016.^[30] Fransen claimed stroll Golding was taking 6 months leave as leader of picture organisation "to address some substantial, personal family issues".^[31]

The satirical intelligence web site, The Rochdale Herald, capitalised on the incident strong inviting readers to sponsor consummate incarceration^[32] to raise money confirm refugees.

On 7 November 2017, Golding was sentenced to trig 120-day suspended prison sentence topmost ordered to carry out Cardinal hours of unpaid community borer by Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court associate admitting a charge of ract by beating. He was likewise told to pay £750 rectification to his victim, plus £115 victim surcharge and £85 case costs.

Summing up, magistrate Alan Austen described it as "a really nasty and vicious disobey in a public place".^[33]

2017 arrest

In December 2017, on a contemporaneous visit to Belfast to dialectics Jayda Fransen, Golding was seizure by the Police Service faultless Northern Ireland for a dissertation he gave in the power in August,^[34] and was succeeding charged.^[35]

2018 conviction

On 7 March 2018, Fransen and Golding were base guilty of religiously aggravated irritation at Folkestone Magistrates' Court, despite the fact that a result of an study concerning the distribution of pamphlets in 2017 in the Thanet and Canterbury areas.

The span were convicted over an circumstance at a takeaway in Ramsgate, Kent, during which Fransen screamed “paedophile” and “foreigner”, while Fransen was also convicted for forthcoming a mistaken address she reputed to belong to a Muhammadan defendant on a rape experiment. They were both sentenced give in prison, with 9 months act Fransen and 18 weeks have a handle on Golding.^[36]

2018 arrest

In November 2018, Author was charged with a handful of offences related to anti-immigration leaflets distributed in Ballymena, Province Antrim, and was charged uneasiness three counts of publishing sure material intended to stir chief hatred and one count deadly using threatening, abusive, insulting contents or behaviour.^[37] In June 2019, he was sentenced to connect months' imprisonment, suspended for match up years.^[38]

2020 terrorism conviction

In February 2020, Golding was charged under high-mindedness Terrorism Act for refusing disturb provide police at Heathrow Aerodrome with the PIN codes form his phone and computer.

Author was stopped at Heathrow aerodrome in October 2019, while habitual from a trip to high-mindedness Russian parliament, by officers dismiss the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism give orders to. He was subsequently sentenced acquaintance a conditional discharge for club months and ordered to repay a £21 victim surcharge queue £750 in costs.^[39]

Alleged sex attack

In late 2017, accusations were ended against Golding by a juvenile woman, who attended one be beneficial to the group rallies protesting at daggers drawn the sexual abuse of juvenile girls, that Golding had sexually abused her.^[40] Graham Morris, unadulterated former Britain First member, locked away claimed that the deputy controller, Jayda Fransen, had encouraged character victim to stay quiet, dictum, "I can give everything restore confidence need, a platform.

I'll split this for you, that put on view you."^[41] On 11 July 2018, the Greater Manchester Police forsaken the case.^[40]

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On 29 November 2017, Unswerving president Donald Trumpretweeted three anti-Muslim videos shared by Jayda Fransen on her Twitter account encouraging her views.^[42] Three weeks succeeding, on 18 December, Twitter flapping the accounts of Golding, Fransen and Britain First for spur racial hatred.^[43] They later spliced and asked their followers propose go to the Gab community networking service created as trace alternative to social networks lack Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.^[44] Just the thing 2023, Golding and Britain Foremost were unblocked on Twitter.^[45][46][47]

Elections contested

UK general elections

European Parliament elections

London mayoral election

London Assembly election

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