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Britain First fascist duo arrested for wearing uniforms

THE leaders of fascist street gang Britain First have been arrested and banned from Luton after staging a “Christian patrol” last month, police confirmed yesterday.

Party leader Paul Golding and deputy Jayda Fransen were taken into custody after “wearing uniform with political objective” at a racist rally last month.

The group published a video showing the pair outside a Kent police station abusing the police and resisting arrest.

They were bailed but have been banned from Luton during investigations, while they will also be expected to report to their local police every week.

A Bedfordshire Police spokeswoman said: “A 34-year-old man from London and a 29-year-old woman from London have been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence in connection to a demonstration that took place in Luton on January 23.”

The pair led a clutch of supporters on a walk through Bury Park carrying wooden crosses and shouting at local Asians that Muslims were trying to “take over” Britain.

After the arrest, North London Anti-fascists took to Twitter, saying: “#BritainFirst’s Golding & Fransen have finally been arrested for wearing political uniforms.

“We can’t stop laughing.”

Political uniforms are banned in Britain under the 1936 Public Order Act, brought in when authorities got fed up with Oswald Mosley’s nazi-loving British Union of Fascists.

Mr Golding was fined £100 for wearing a political uniform in January 2015, for a Britain First stunt in which he harassed a woman at her home, for which he was fined £325 and ordered to pay over £500 costs at Chelmsford magistrates’ court.

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