Britain First and the history of European Nazism

The problem with making historical comparisons is they’re never precise enough to satisfy the pedants and rarely obvious enough to catch the attention of most people. That’s because the majority of us have enough to deal with just coping with the necessities of everyday living. People haven’t time to go around studying political history and most don’t have the inclination to search for comparisons and similarities between modern UK and the worst of European thought.

EBF understands that. We know that to many this article will seem like an over-reaction to current events. But we think it important that we highlight the broad trends of 21^st century ideologies even if the exact details differ from the precise events of the past. Modern Europe is very different from that of 80 or 90 years ago. Mass communication is easier and less controlled which accelerates the speed of social change. Deceitful propaganda is more easily spread and ideas, even dangerous ones can take hold of a population like wildfire.

But people are still essentially the same. Their fears are the same, their vulnerability to manipulative ideologues is the same and their tendency to look for scapegoats to blame is the same. Our species hasn’t evolved at all in a few decades. We are as we were and what we were was frightening.

In 1920s Germany economic hardship was rife. People were literally starving to death as food became more and more expensive and wages, even for those lucky enough to be employed at all couldn’t keep up. Many felt hopeless and helpless.

In post 2007 Europe whole countries went bankrupt and others, like UK saw the weakest citizens, those suffering from disabling conditions or those who were unable to find work stripped of their incomes, sanctioned by civil servants or forced to work for nothing to ease the wage burden on large companies like Tesco, Asda and even’ the Biffers’ favourite’ – Gregg’s the baker’s. Many argue that this was little more than state-sponsored slavery designed to increase private, corporate profits at the expense of the public purse as several employers cut jobs, replacing paid employees with unskilled, forced (workfare) labour instead. Many at the bottom rungs of society felt hopeless and helpless.

In Post WW1 Germany a group of veterans calling themselves the Frei Corp (Free Army) began releasing propaganda explaining that Germany’s predicament was all the fault of international Jewry. This wasn’t true but it suited the emotional need of some of the people to scapegoat someone other than themselves.

In post-recession UK groups like Britain First began releasing propaganda blaming Muslims for all the country’s problems. This isn’t true either but it suits the emotional need of some of the people to scapegoat someone other than themselves.

In 1920s Germany Adolf Hitler joined a small group of far right nationalists and quickly rose to prominence within what was one day to become the Nazi party.

In 2010 a relatively minor official in the British National Party (a far right nationalist group) broke away from the party to form his own rival group – Britain First.

In 1920s Germany the government largely ignored the Nazis. They were only one of many far right factions and they seemed too busy fighting amongst themselves to be of any significance.

In 2010 the UK government largely ignored Britain First. They were only one of many far right factions and they seemed too busy fighting amongst themselves to be of any significance.

In 1920s Germany Hitler’s Nazi party made very little impact. The demonstrations they held were violent armed conflicts and so the authorities eventually acted. When Hitler tried to begin an armed revolution and held hostage two government officials he was overwhelmed, tried and imprisoned for sedition.

In modern UK, Britain First incites violence against Muslims and immigrants but Golding et al have learned from history and never personally involve themselves in such crimes.

In 1930s Germany the Frei Corp became the Brown Shirts – the organised street fighters who persecuted Jews – their most infamous incident was ‘The night of broken glass’ or ‘Kristalnacht’ during which Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues were attacked in a domestic atrocity ordered by Hitler himself.

In modern UK we have not seen anything on the scale of Kristalnacht yet. We have however seen attacks against Muslim shops, Mosques and businesses, including arson and several Muslim deaths. At least one 81 year old Muslim was beaten to death by Britain First supporters whilst on his way to his local Mosque for morning prayers.

From the 1920s onwards Hitler and his cronies used dehumanising propaganda to isolate and encourage violence against German Jews.

From 2010 onwards Britain First has used dehumanising propaganda to isolate and encourage violence against British Muslims.

The German Nazis relied upon nationalism and a sense of ‘taking back control’ to fuel their hatred.

Britain First relies upon nationalism and a sense of ‘taking back control’ to fuel its hatred.

The internet and the speed with which social media spreads ideas around means that the popular nationalism that took the Nazis 15 years to achieve has taken Britain First with its social media savvy operation a third of that time. What they lack is political clout but there’s time for that and they’re certainly trying hard.

And it’s not just Britain First. There are other, equally disturbing groups at work in the UK. Nationalists organisations echo the same message of hate. Groups like the English Defence League and countless others also rely upon the same propaganda to fuel a nationalism that seems hell bent on taking this country back to a past that only really existed in their imaginations. Respectable political groups like UKIP seem almost to legitimise the nationalist agenda and may well be the key to political influence for all the other nationalist groups.

It’s no coincidence that ‘Vote UKIP’ is a common refrain from the racist nationalists we interact with across social media. Britain First is unlikely to gain any political power but that doesn’t mean they can’t support UKIP. Golding and Fransen have already created something like a Frei Corp in waiting. Their own website describes Britain First as a ‘Street defence organisation’ and their regular calls for civil war against Muslims and their (admittedly laughable as yet) attempts to train their members in combat skills seems to point very clearly in one particular direction. Might they become UKIP’s Brown shirts in time?

If the problem was only UK based that might be less of a concern but similair trends can be seen across Europe. Some countries are further along this dark path and it’s not hard to see where we’re all being driven. This week in Austria a far right party using the slogan ‘Austria First’ (there’s a coincidence) narrowly failed to become the ruling political party in the country’s national election.

In the style of their Austrian predecessor, Adolf Hitler they are now forcing a new election. Hitler’s Nazi party also forced elections until they got the result they wanted. We’d hoped that Austrians would know better, given their country’s part in WW2 but seemingly not. Like Brits and many other European nationals they have short memories. It remains to be seen how prophetic the result of the UK’s recent ‘Brexit’ referendum may be. The result (48% v 52%) is strikingly close to the Austrian result after a campaign that was fought much more along nationalist and racist lines than any other issue. We believe that there is very real cause for concern both here in the UK and abroad.

Holland, a country defeated by the Nazis and subjected to all the horrors of occupation is currently seeing the rise of its own brand of Nationalism. Even Germany, the birthplace of Pegida has a growing number of fascists within its population. Similair stories can be told about many Western nations from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean. The far right hasn’t won yet but it’s making remarkably good headway.

There’s still time to turn this around. Please help us to spread the word and stop the neo-Nazis from dragging us back into the darkness of former decades.

Further relevant reading from EBF

An overview of Britain First (PDF)

Britain First’s Nazi policies (PDF)

Britain First’s general Nazism (PDF)

Jayda Fransen’s Anti-Islamic propaganda – just Like Julius Streicher’s anti-semitic ‘Der Sturmer’ (PDF)

Britain First has blood on its hands

How Britain First profits from violence

Britain First inciting civil war

Britain first as a uniformed, paramilitary militia

 

They fought for us

Today is the 100th anniversary of the first day of the battle of the Somme. Here is EBF’s tribute to the brave men and women of all races and religions who fought alongside Britain over the years. This PDF download was originally posted as a series of articles on the EBF blog throughout Armistice Day 2015.

Britain First: A grown up political party?

In the wake of unprecedented numbers of attacks on ethnic minorities, their persons and their property, representatives of all the major political parties have issued statements of condemnation. Even UKIP, small though the party is has joined the chorus of voices expressing shock and horror as the violence against British minorities escalates. This is the grown up thing to do.

Don’t waste your time waiting for BF to make any similar statements though. That’s not what they’re about at all. Having spent 5 years inciting racial and religious hatred they’re hardly likely to condemn it now. Instead the Biffers’ reaction to these appalling events was to publish this.

On Tuesday the news broke about a petrol bomb attack on a halal butcher in Walsall. It’s important not to misunderstand this attack. The homemade bomb was not just thrown into the premises – it was thrown directly at the butcher himself. Fortunately it bounced off him before smashing on the floor, causing extensive fire damage to the building. Had it smashed against the man it was deliberately thrown at he would have been covered in accelerant and burned alive.

This was attempted murder. Once again the British far right inflicts serious violence on an innocent citizen going about his normal, lawful business.

If ever there was a time for us all to cry “Not in my name”, that time is now!

Not in my name!

Not in our name!

Not in the name of this wonderful country!

Not in the name of human decency!

Not in the name of anything worth having.

Britain First must take some responsibility for inciting the wave of hate crime currently terrorising many British citizens. They deliberately and cynically misled their followers, whipping them up into murderous rage by falsely promising them that all their fears would be assuaged by a vote to leave Europe. It’s no surprise that the sense of frustration those ‘footsoldiers’ now feel is being directed at the people whom Paul and Jayda have been scapegoating for half a decade.

We call upon Britain First to join the proper political parties of UK in condemning these outrageous attacks on innocent citizens…

We’re waiting…

 

Wear a safety pin

This is brilliant!

Yesterday we posted a number of T-shirt suggestions to reassure ethnic minorities that we’re not all racist. But forget that – this is better. It’s easier, it’s more permanent (you don’t need to keep washing it) and it can be distributed around your friends for just pennies.

Wear a safety pin to show that you’re safe. Get it – a SAFETY pin. Let the whole of the country know that you’re not going to abuse ethnic minorities. Let the world know that you’re not racist. Let your neighbours know that you’re safe!

Wear a safety pin!

EBF’s statement on Brexit & Britain First

We need unity now more than ever

The decision is made and the consequences, whatever they may be will be best faced as a united nation. The campaign leading up to yesterday’s referendum has been bitter and in some quarters violent. Commentators on both sides of the debate made exaggerated claims and strove hard to alienate their opposing camp. None of this was ever going to be helpful post-referendum.

As a staunch Remain advocate I won’t pretend that I’m not disappointed. But so what? Who gives a flying f**k about that? Emotions are irrelevant in this situation. The decision is made and Britain faces an uphill task to re-establish our identity as a nation, to re-establish our entire legal framework and to re-establish our relationship with the rest of the world.

Given that we might just have slammed the door on the international cartel that buys almost half our exports it seems certain that greater austerity is ahead. Equally worrying, especially for the low paid or those on zero-hour or casual contracts is the fact that many of their EU derived employment rights will cease to have any legal basis in UK law. Those workers who thought that their rights couldn’t be eroded any more than they already have been over the last few years may well be about to get a very large shock as they lose the protection the EU afforded them in the past.

The temptation for the Remain camp to blame the Brexiters for the sudden drop in the pound’s international value and for Brexiters to find a way to claim it’s all Remain’s fault really over the next few weeks, months and possibly years will be almost irresistible for many. The need for those workers who may soon begin to see their rights eroded to blame each other, whether they voted in or out will be equally strong. But we must avoid that temptation.

I won’t deny that I fear for this nation’s future today. But we must not fight each other. One of the most significant long-term consequences of the decision to leave the EU may well be the loss of the European Convention on Human Rights. Many of our current conservative leaders, including the Home Secretary have expressed their desire to reject both the ECHR and the British Human Rights Act that supports it in UK. This move opens the door for those who would remove those rights, potentially to replace them with an as yet unspecified ‘British Bill of Rights’. Potentially we have lost the framework that has hitherto defended the rights of working people, of religious and ethnic minorities and that has guaranteed us fair recourse to law. It’s too soon to know precisely what will happen next but the risk to our rights, especially to the rights of minority groups, to working people and to those who are out of work for whatever reason has suddenly become much more credible.

Not all Brexiters were far right sympathisers but all the far right sympathisers we interacted with were Brexiters. And there’s a reason for that. The loss of the EU means that far right groups like Britain First have just received a massive legal shot in the arm. As this country extricates itself to a greater or lesser extent from European legislation it will become easier for so-minded politicians to erode minority rights. And the thing that will make it easiest of all for them in this post-referendum Britain is sustained division.

If this nation continues to fight against itself, if we cannot find a way to come together and heal the divisions of the last few months of furious campaigning we will be too distracted in hating each other to notice the wholesale erosion of our protections.

The result is what it is. Britain, for better or worse has left the European Union. Now the task is to come together in unity.

Most people I know, be they Remain or Leave voters want to see a strong nation, not a divided one.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Marcia

View from a barstool 28 by Landlord

Another lovely week in publand, topped off by an incredibly enjoyable weekend of watching the biffers (and other fash) getting humiliated all over social media. Beers were flowing on Saturday night as the Cricket players looked to win another test match with a big score by Moeen Ali (that’ll confuse the biffers) who kissed the 3 lions as he completed a well earned Century. And also my football team has been taken over by a man who is even richer than Roman Abramovich.

So the biffers… 2 leafleting sessions in Leicester, 2 times kicked out by the police after being countered by Anti Fascists. Added to this, the wonderful news that Goldibollocks got arrested for breaching his bail conditions. No doubt there’ll be a spin on their next video, and how he made the police look like idiots, the 20 unwashed scummy lefteyes (which looked a lot more like 100 or so) were intimidated by him. And the democratically elected mayor of Leicester is an appeaser when he apparently told Goldibollocks and his Security brigade to fuck off.

Well Goldibollocks, when will you learn that everyone is not supporting you, towns don’t want you and you just look as bigger cockwomble than we knew you were? You have minimal support despite your Facebook likes and the good people of this beautiful. diverse. multicultural country have had enough of your buffoonery.

In York, the lovely fellows of National Action turned up, all 15 of them only to be met by Antifa ensuring that their sick message didn’t get spread. These are the cuntwafflers who are under investigation by the German Police for filming themselves at Buchenwald concentration camp giving a Nazi salute. I suppose this is the state of some of our youth today.

Pie and Mash turned up in Dover, all 20 of them, tried to have a demo and again were met by Kent Antifa. Although they took a couple of photo’s which looked like they were being kettled by the police their 5w appears now to mean ‘No One wants you here’.

One thing I have noticed, and it appears so have you guys, is the absence of Screechy the past two weeks. Much conjecture in the office over this and we have had several ideas. I’m sure you have your own thoughts but here are ours:

a) she’s given it all up and entered a nunnery. As such a devout woman she would be welcomed with open arms;
b) she met up with the guy she was flirting with at the ELM a few weeks ago and has converted to Islam;
c) although she gives the bluster and plays the hard girl she’s shit scared of breaking her bail conditions;
d) she’s busy moving home as we all know she has to move every 6 months for security reasons;
e) she’s had enough of being humiliated and is plotting a Screechy takeover with the rest of the high command;
f) she’s taken up Uncle Jim’s invitation and has become the first to become an immigrant in the new far right enclave;
g) she’s gone to rehab.

Whatever it is it does seem strange the poster girl of the far right is absent from the biffers’ latest shennanigans.

Finally, the biffers have issued the fascist equivelant of a fatwa against the democratically elected mayors of various cities, and MP’s who happen to be Muslims. We couldn’t quite believe this to be true in the office but after a while it became apparent that it was. Now hopefully the police can start taking action. If Anjem Choudry is under house arrest for extremism then surely this is the same. It is a direct threat to elected officials of this country and therefore must be very close to terrorism. Even a Tory MP has said that this is an example of the new Home Office edict on extremism.

So thats it. Keep an eye out on the page for where the cockwombles are going to be next week, as soon as we know it will be published. I’m sure wherever it is the people of this country will be out telling them they aren’t welcome.

Now it’s time to clean the BBQ for round 2. Hope you have a great week.

Cheers.

A view from a barstool 26 by Landlord

A week of mirth and watching the Biffers implode into themselves. Screechy and Goldibollocks have become more deranged and desperate each day as they delete memes about the victor in the Mayoral election to…

1. a) make themselves look less like cry babies and
2. b) as moley intimated, to stave off any possible litigation against them.

This week, with the warm weather I held an impromptu BBQ/housewarming party. Nazeer from next door and his wife and his kids came over, so to did  Purav, a Sikh from just down the road, a couple of bald headed, tattooed Englishmen and my mate with Jamaican roots. I managed to purloin some stock (well a lovely barrel of Champion Gold and ‘some Babycham for the Laydees’). You know what, we had a lovely time, brilliant conversation, great food, Halal of course prepared by Naz’s wife…I was making a pigs ear of it so she took over, well in fact told me to “bugger off, you’re useless just like my husband” (so much for the subservient sex in Islam).

The Landlady unfortunately found my expensive wine collection, £7 a pop instead of the £3.99, and everyone drifted home happy, no arguments, no conversion, and apart from a stinging hangover I still had my head. New friends for life. The main thing we agreed with was the joke that is Britain First and the EDL. Although I think at least one of them reads EBF and may have worked out my alter ego.(They will do now).

Now with the election done and dusted the new mayor is now in. What is next for the Biffers? Well they have started a recruitment campaign. For just £2 a month you to could join the ranks of the twats! A free newspaper and a membership card are both thrown in. Whoopee! Here’s my bank details Goldibollocks.

Our favourite biffer, he who loves Greggs, sent out a tearful battlecry to the other spunktrumpets of the far right to come together and fight the rising tide of Islam. Sorry Mr L, the EDL, Casuals, Infidels, NF, National Action and Pie and Mash hate you as much as they hate each other. The chances of any of you uniting really is very, very slim. Even if you did, what would you get on the ground for marches? 200 tops!

Two different marches last week showed just how much the far right is supported. 20 in Portsmouth and 24 in Burton for “massive” days of action proves they really just have a social media presence and not enough on the street to fill a coach!

What’s next for the biffers? Some more mosque invasions, Halal slaughterhouse invasions, cowardly attacks on people on bail. This now “mainstream political party” will probably find something to do and we will be there, with your support to debunk, harass, shout shouty things at their demo’s and report posts to various bodies (although facebook is a bit of a longshot).

Now you’ll have to excuse me, Naz and Purav have invited me to another evening out, I might get out of it alive or at least with another hangover.

Landlord

A View from a barstool 25

The votes had been cast, the Fuhrer conceded defeat early (in yet another tiresome video) and we sat on the edges of our seats wondering how many votes they’d manage to get. And I decided I’d write a letter to Goldibollocks and Screechy to ask them some questions…

Dear Goldibollocks and Screechy,

Many thanks from the Admins and followers of Exposing Britain First for your comedy series over the last few weeks since you decided to stand for the London Mayor and the Assembly. I noted that you said that you had put forward your family as candidates but upon checking the results I can see no mention of Britain First outside you and the Fuhress. What happened Chumley? Did they disappear behind the sofa? Were they buried underneath a patio? Did the nasty election people not print their names on the voting slip???? I’m sure your loyal disciples would love to know.

EBF and I would also love to see where the money you conned out of your sheep went. We are waiting (with a forensic accountant) to see your accounts, when Stevie gets a new ribbon for his typewriter, that are forwarded to the Election Commission. What will they show? More importantly, what will they hide? I can understand where some of the money went but ‘Operation Lionheart’? A hard hitting video on social media for £2500? I think you need to sack your minister of propaganda. Just remember, if you don’t publish them properly Old Moley will find a way to get them to us (if that doesn’t work we could always make some up and pass them off as yours no one would know the difference between one work of fiction and another).

I take it you now realise that the people don’t support your “party” in any numbers and are utterly fed up of your “operations” like the Slaughterhouse debacle, the ELM marathon, the Sharia COUNCIL raid. They make you look stupid in the eyes of the media and the people (and they make us laugh at you). The police are slowly catching up with your high command. Your activists, all 20 of them, are banned from most places.

So from us to you, give it up, pocket the cash you have fleeced from your members, stolen from armed forces charities and go away. The silent majority in this country don’t like you, don’t like what you stand for, find your whole Christian Zealot, racist, Islamaphobic rhetoric disgusting and nothing is going to change their minds. This majority has put up with you and your fellow Islamaphobes, you know the ones that hate you as much as they hate the Muslims, for long enough. Why do you think all us unwashed, traitorous lefties, Muslim appeasers and Muslims all come out on your strolls to shout at you? We always get more than your numbers even though you tell you American friends you have faaaasands there. So go on do us all a favour, tell your 800000 real followers (600000 in the UK) that you are packing it in, then we’ll do the same. I might get some time to spend with my family, stop having to watch your videos and suffer Screechy’s screeching.

Finally I do thank you for one thing. Being an Admin at EBF has let me meet and talk to some amazing people all dedicated to your downfall both on the page and the admins. I don’t believe you will jack it in but it would be nice. If you don’t, you won’t be lonely. We’ll be here to keep you company.

Yours forever in hope (book of Landlord 10:13)

Landlord

Britain First’s Admin, Anthony Blunn’s vlog part 2

Last Thursday we posted a highly entertaining vlog produced by Biffer Facebook administrator and ‘11^th in command’ security guy, Anthony Blunn. At that time we promised to dissect his brief monologue in detail (once we’d stopped laughing). That took a while!

Anyway – we’ve managed to calm down, wiped the tears from our cheeks (and from Kit’s legs) and taken an altogether more serious look at the rubbish that the fine upstanding ‘Great British Patriot’ has produced. Fortunately for us the video doesn’t last very long so we were able to critique it in just a couple of sittings.

The overall topic is ‘no go areas’, something that ‘lefties’ and ‘radio DJs’ are apparently unable to comprehend. Blunn focuses on East London which he likens, rather inexplicably to Afghanistan. He claims that it’s easy enough to get into East London but you’ll have great difficulty getting out again. In truth Blunn has recent experience of this having accompained his Fuhrer, Paul Golding on several recent excursions to the East London Mosque. Here he has enjoyed himself blocking the entrance, intimidating worshippers and generally making a complete cockwomble of himself. The Blunster seems never to have had any difficulty getting out of East London, indeed making it all the way back to Wolverhampton at least 7 times so far. The last retreat from the area was so easy the Biffers managed it in record time!

The truth is that anyone can go to East London and anyone can leave. There are no gangs of maurading Jihadists lying in wait to kidnap white women or behead far-right ‘patriots’. There are just people going about their business. Some of whom live in the area and some of whom commute in and out daily. Blunn seems to think that you can’t be safe in East London unless you wave a ‘flag of truce’ (whatever that might look like) and hoist it ‘high and clear’ to let the local British citizens know that you, as a fellow British citizen, come in peace, to buy Halal food or perhaps to convert to Islam.

What Blunn should have said is… “Don’t be a dick”.

If you turn up with placards and banners, intimidate the locals and generally make a complete cock of yourself, of course you won’t be welcome. And if you repeat the same outlandish behaviour SEVEN TIMES, eventually you’ll be chased away. Fair enough.

Don’t be a Dick!

Unfortunately The Great British Patriot doesn’t seem to understand this simple point. He sees a conspiracy where everyone else sees simple ‘cause and effect’. Blunn thinks the answer is to get Christians living in the area (the area they’re not supposed to be able to go into, by the way) to start defaming Mohammed and having a go at Imams. Apparently that way the mosques will soon be empty, Islam will disappear from the UK and all the Christian churches will be full. It’s remarkable how the far-right seem to think every issue, however complex can be solved with a simple ‘black or white’ equation. Numpties!

Funniest of all ‘the Blunster’ references two videos, one of which he credits but it seems he knows his subject so well he can’t remember who produced the other. We had a look. We wished we hadn’t!

All we can say (without producing another catalogue of posts entirely) is that they contain the predictable, far-right misrepresentation, hyperbole and downright deceit we’ve learned to expect from the Biffers and their ideological kind.

As vlogs go it’s still really funny though.

Cockwomble!