Jayda Fransen

Jayda Fransen
Leader of Britain First
Acting
December 2016 – June 2017
Preceded byPaul Golding
Succeeded byPaul Golding
Deputy leader of Britain First
In office
July 2014 – January 2019
LeaderPaul Golding
Personal details
Born
Jayda Kaleigh Fransen

March 1986 (1986-03) (age 38)[1]
Political partyBritish Freedom Party (since 2020)
Other political
affiliations		Britain First (2011–2019)
Criminal chargesReligiously aggravated harassment
Criminal penalty36 weeks imprisonment
Websitejaydafransen.online

Jayda Kaleigh Fransen[2] (born March 1986)[1] is a British politician and activist who was convicted of religiously aggravated harassment in 2018. Formerly involved with the English Defence League (EDL), she left due to its association with drink-fuelled violence.[3] She then joined the far-right[4] fascist political organisation Britain First.[5][6] With Paul Golding as leader, Fransen was deputy leader from 2014 to 2019. She became acting leader for six months from December 2016 to June 2017, while Golding was imprisoned in December 2016.

Fransen has been an unsuccessful candidate in several elections since 2014. In addition to online anti-Islamic activism, she has marched while holding a white cross, in what she called "Christian patrols", through predominantly Muslim populated areas of Britain.[7][8] In March 2018, she was sentenced to 36 weeks' imprisonment after being convicted of three counts of religiously aggravated harassment.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Jayda FRANSEN". Companies House. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  2. ^ Rochester and Strood Constituency Parliamentary By-Election 20 November 2014 Result of Poll. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ We Want Our Country Back, 3:30: "Jayda told me she used to be part of the EDL, but left because of their reputation for drink-fuelled violence."
  4. ^ White, Brian J. (29 November 2017). "Who is Jayda Fransen, the combative far-right street protester retweeted by Trump?". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. ^ Bienkov, Adam (19 June 2014). "Britain First: The violent new face of British fascism". Politics. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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    - Sabin, Lamiat (25 October 2014). "'Fascist' group Britain First to start 'direct action' on Mail and Sun journalists over Lynda Bellingham post". The Independent.
  6. ^ Price, Chris. "Former Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen quits the party". KentOnline. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
    - "East London Mosque And Muslim Aid Donate 10 Tonnes Of Food To Homeless". HuffPost. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  7. ^ Mendick, Robert (29 November 2017). "Deputy leader of far-Right group Jayda Fransen gleefully wages a one-woman Twitter war against Islam". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  8. ^ York, Chris (2 November 2016). "Jayda Fransen Trial Hears Britain First Deputy Leader 'Abused Muslim Woman'". HuffPost. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Britain First leader and deputy leader jailed for hate crimes". BBC News. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.