Who are Britain First and were Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment?

BRITAIN First claims to be a "patriotic political party" but its far right views have attracted widespread condemnation.

The group is staunchly anti-immigration but say they are a loyalist, rather than a racist, movement.

What is Britain First?

Britain First is a far-right and British nationalist political party formed in 2011 by anti-abortion campaigner Jim Dowson and Paul Golding.

The group opposes mass immigration but says it is not racist but a loyalist movement.

Its Facebook page has 1.9million "likes", but their social media posts, including praising a terrorist mosque attack in Finsbury Park, London, have attracted widespread criticism.

The group's Twitter account is withheld in Germany.

What were Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding convicted of?

On March 7 2018, Fransen and Golding were found guilty of religiously-aggravated harassment over an incident in Kent.

The pair were arrested in May 2017 for allegedly handing out leaflets relating to three Muslim men and a teenager on trial for raping a 16-year-old.

In video footage played in court, Fransen could be seen banging on the door and shouting: "Come out and face me you disgusting rapist, come on."

Fransen denied using the phrase "Muslim bastards", or saying that all Muslims are rapists.

Golding told the court that he was only acting as Fransen's cameraman, and that it was her campaign.

He was sentenced to 18 weeks' imprisonment at Folkestone Magistrates' Court while Fransen was caged for nine months.

What did Donald Trump retweet?

On November 29, several tweets containing videos posted by a member of the group were then retweeted by President Donald Trump's account.

One of the clips allegedly showed a Muslim man appearing to destroy a statue of the Virgin Mary.

Another allegedly showed a group of men killing a youngster and is titled: "Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death."

The President was condemned by Downing Street for sharing the posts, with No.10 describing Trump's actions as "wrong".

What did Theresa May say and how did Trump respond?

Downing Street and Labour's Jeremy Corbyn said it was wrong for Donald Trump to retweet videos posted by the group.

The US President hit back at the UK Prime Minister after she said it was "wrong" of him to retweet three alleged anti-Muslim videos posted by far-right group Britain First.

Trump allegedly wrote: "Theresa @theresamay, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!"

However the sender accidentally tagged Theresa Scrivener, who has six followers on Twitter and follows 103 people.

Using the Twitter handle @theresamay, she had posted just nine times since joining the Twitter in 2009.

He deleted the post 20 minutes later and reposted mentioning the intended recipient.

Has Donald Trump apologised?

Donald Trump apologised for retweeting the posts in an interview with Piers Morgan almost two months after the incident.

In an interview with ITV, which was aired on January 26 2018, the president claimed he had no idea who the group were at the time of the incident, and did not want to be associated with them.

Speaking to Piers Morgan in Davos, he said: "It was done because I am a big believer in fighting radical Islam terror, this was a depiction of radical Islamic terror.

"If you're telling me they're horrible people, horrible racist people I would certainly apologise if you would like me to do that.

"I am the least racist person that anybody is going to meet. Certainly I wasn't endorsing anybody."

The comments came during the first international TV interview with Trump since his inauguration one year ago.

What does the far right political party believe in?

The group's mission statement reads: "Our policies are pro-British, our approach is no-nonsense and our principles are not open to compromise.

"Britain First is a patriotic political party and street movement that opposes and fights the many injustices that are routinely inflicted on the British people.

"We want our people to come first, before foreigners, asylum seekers or migrants and we are overtly proud of this stance."

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