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|position = Far-right |international = |european = |europarl = |colorcode = |colours = Red, white and blue |website = |seats1_title = House of Commons |seats1 = |seats2_title = House of Lords |seats2 = |seats3_title = European Parliament |seats3 = |seats8_title = Local government |seats8 = }} Britain First is a far-right〔 British nationalist〔 political party and movement formed in 2011 by former members of the British National Party.〔 The party is led by a former BNP councillor Paul Golding, and was founded by Jim Dowson, an anti-abortion campaigner linked to Ulster loyalist militants.〔 Britain First campaigns primarily against mass immigration, multiculturalism and what it sees as the Islamisation of the United Kingdom, and advocates the preservation traditional British culture. The group is inspired by Ulster loyalism and has a vigilante wing called the "Britain First Defence Force". It attracted attention by taking direct action such as protests outside homes of Islamists, and what it describes as "Christian patrols" and "invasions" of British mosques,〔〔 and has been noted for its online activism.〔 It has contested elections to the House of Commons, the European Parliament and the mayoralty of London, but has not held any elected posts. ==History== Britain First was created by Jim Dowson, who ran a call centre in Dundonald, East Belfast, for the British National Party (BNP). Dowson's links with the BNP as a fundraiser ended acrimoniously in October 2010 when he was accused of groping a female activist.〔(BNP money man quits after model accuses him of groping her in hotel room ). ''Daily Record''. 31 October 2010.〕〔(Exposed: Scottish BNP No.2 unmasked as man behind Britain First Defence Force's sickening invasion of mosques ). ''Daily Record''. 26 May 2014.〕 A former Calvinist minister,〔 Dowson is a Scottish Christian fundamentalist. Based in Ballygowan, Northern Ireland, he also led an anti-abortion campaign, the UK Life League. Other former officials from the British National Party joined Dowson in the formation of Britain First. Its current chairman Paul Golding, had been a councillor in Sevenoaks, Kent, in 2009–11 representing the BNP,〔Sophie Madden, ("Former BNP Councillor Paul Golding heads Britain First nationalist movement" ), ''News Shopper'', 8 June 2011〕 as well as the BNP's Communications Officer.〔(BNP website )〕 Britain First was launched through the "British Resistance" website in May 2011.〔(Introducing Britain First ) British Resistance. 26 May 2011〕 Others involved in Britain First's launch included the former South East regional organiser of the BNP, Andy McBride, and Kevin Edwards, a former BNP councillor and organiser in Wales. In November 2015, Britain First claimed that its Facebook page had over a million "likes", more than any other British political party and the British Prime Minister, David Cameron. Hope not Hate estimates that two million people per day interact with material from the Britain First Facebook page.〔 At the end of November Facebook briefly closed the Britain First page for breaching its terms and conditions. The group also had to remove two photos published without permission. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Britain First」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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