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| Britain First leader complains of 'inquisition' after police grilling | Britain First leader complains of 'inquisition' after police grilling |
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| The leader of Britain First, an offshoot of the British National party, says he was subjected to a police "inquisition" after giving a series of TV interviews in London. | The leader of Britain First, an offshoot of the British National party, says he was subjected to a police "inquisition" after giving a series of TV interviews in London. |
| Paul Golding, whose party is contesting this month's local and European elections, said police in a car asked him to pull over as he and his security team left the media centre in Millbank on Tuesday night and questioned him at the roadside. | |
| On its website, Britain First said: "After giving several interviews with the BBC, Mr Golding and his security team left the building and headed home. After only a few minutes, a police car came out of nowhere and demanded that Mr Golding's car pull over. | On its website, Britain First said: "After giving several interviews with the BBC, Mr Golding and his security team left the building and headed home. After only a few minutes, a police car came out of nowhere and demanded that Mr Golding's car pull over. |
| "Then followed a long and protracted police inquisition as to why Mr Golding was in London and what he was doing during the weekend that just past. How or why he was subjected to a roadside police interrogation was not explained." | "Then followed a long and protracted police inquisition as to why Mr Golding was in London and what he was doing during the weekend that just past. How or why he was subjected to a roadside police interrogation was not explained." |
| The Metropolitan police said a car was stopped on the Victoria Embankment at 6.48pm on Tuesday. "The police conducted an intelligence-led stop on a vehicle at the Embankment and spoke to the occupants. No arrests were made and no further action was taken," a police spokesman said. | The Metropolitan police said a car was stopped on the Victoria Embankment at 6.48pm on Tuesday. "The police conducted an intelligence-led stop on a vehicle at the Embankment and spoke to the occupants. No arrests were made and no further action was taken," a police spokesman said. |
| Britain First is being investigated by police in Bradford and Scotland after the group visited mosques over the weekend handing out leaflets and army-issue Bibles to Muslim worshippers in what they called a Christian crusade. | Britain First is being investigated by police in Bradford and Scotland after the group visited mosques over the weekend handing out leaflets and army-issue Bibles to Muslim worshippers in what they called a Christian crusade. |
| In Yorkshire members of the group wore matching flat caps and green jackets embossed with the party logo, which features a crown and the legend "Taking our country back". | |
| They filmed themselves telling one Muslim man to "reject the false prophet Mohammed and read the Bible", and they visited the campaign office of Nazam Azam, a Muslim Labour councillor running for re-election in Bradford, demanding action on "Muslim grooming gangs". | They filmed themselves telling one Muslim man to "reject the false prophet Mohammed and read the Bible", and they visited the campaign office of Nazam Azam, a Muslim Labour councillor running for re-election in Bradford, demanding action on "Muslim grooming gangs". |
| Bradford's lord mayor, Khadim Hussain, said 10 Britain First representatives turned up at his house on Saturday and intimidated two of his daughters. Hussain said he received a telephone call on Saturday afternoon from Golding, a former BNP councillor and editor of the BNP's Flagship magazine. He said Golding asked him what he was doing to combat child sexual exploitation in the Muslim community and demanded an immediate meeting. | Bradford's lord mayor, Khadim Hussain, said 10 Britain First representatives turned up at his house on Saturday and intimidated two of his daughters. Hussain said he received a telephone call on Saturday afternoon from Golding, a former BNP councillor and editor of the BNP's Flagship magazine. He said Golding asked him what he was doing to combat child sexual exploitation in the Muslim community and demanded an immediate meeting. |
| When Hussain asked him to make an appointment with his office, Golding and nine other Britain First representatives arrived at Hussain's house in Bradford and spoke to two of his daughters. When they said their father was not at home, one of the activists accused them of lying. | When Hussain asked him to make an appointment with his office, Golding and nine other Britain First representatives arrived at Hussain's house in Bradford and spoke to two of his daughters. When they said their father was not at home, one of the activists accused them of lying. |
| "They were not abusive but they were aggressive. The only purpose of such an outrageous action, to turn up with 10 people, is to intimidate a defenceless family," said Hussain. | "They were not abusive but they were aggressive. The only purpose of such an outrageous action, to turn up with 10 people, is to intimidate a defenceless family," said Hussain. |
| The visit forms part of West Yorkshire police's investigation. Police Scotland has said it was investigating complaints made by Glasgow central mosque and Cumbernauld mosque in North Lanarkshire about visits by Britain First members on Sunday night. | The visit forms part of West Yorkshire police's investigation. Police Scotland has said it was investigating complaints made by Glasgow central mosque and Cumbernauld mosque in North Lanarkshire about visits by Britain First members on Sunday night. |