Britain First has had huge publicity and, it says, “hundreds” of people applying to be members, after Donald Trump tweeted three anti-Islam videos posted by the far right group’s deputy leader.
The fringe group is at the centre of a row between Theresa May, who condemned Trump for retweeting them, and the president, who shot back telling her to focus on the “Radical Islamic Terrorism” in the UK.
But Britain First’s new prominence has appeared to have one small silver lining, by drawing attention to a parody of Britain First’s tendency to use of out-of-context, unclear videos and pictures to suggest Muslims are a threat.
Now the Britain First spoof account “British First” has 15,000 followers on Twitter, thanks to warnings like this – about how Muslim-trained pigeons are to blame for drunk-looking people falling on to train tracks.
Muslim-trained pigeon hurls man on to train track @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/iIrhG0fBS9
The tweet about pigeons had close 50,000 likes and 25,000 retweets as this article went live, more retweets than any of the three Britain First tweets that Trump shared.
British First also revealed illegal immigrants are bringing dogs that make those who try to kick them fall into lakes.
Dog owned by illegal immigrants chucks man in sea @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/mwT5n2ZXsC
British First also warns us that not only are Islamists dangerous, they are invisible.
After throwing one man against a car, invisible Islamist mob attack defenceless white Christian @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/o7YsopJJhM
Even people who impersonate snowmen at Christmas aren’t safe.
Road sign booby-trapped by Muslim gang floors patriot @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/TteZVPzI4k
To top it all, pretentious-looking guitar players who cruelly throw cats off chairs so they can sit and play on camera are in danger.
Cat radicalised by refugees attacks man in his own home @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/FKUKZZJYZO
Like Britain First, British First’s videos don’t show what they purport to.
Of the three videos from Britain First’s Jayda Fransen that Trump retweeted, one claimed to show a “Muslim migrant” attacking a “Dutch boy on crutches”.
VIDEO: Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches! pic.twitter.com/11LgbfFJDq
But the man in the video was Dutch-born, not a migrant.
When White Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders had this pointed out to her, she said: “Whether it’s a real video, the threat is real.”
The Dutch embassy in Washington saw it differently. It tweeted to Trump: “Facts do matter.”
.@realDonaldTrump Facts do matter. The perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the Netherlands. He received and completed his sentence under Dutch law.
November 29, 2017