Whilst reading the BBC it reported that a British first deputy leader has been fined for wearing a political uniform.
From the BBC
Fransen was fined £1,000 for the religiously aggravated harassment and £200 for wearing a political uniform which related to her wearing of a green coat with a Britain First lapel and a black beanie hat bearing the party’s emblem.
When did wearing a green coat and a black hat become a crime?
Bletch against fashion yes but criminally?
Does that mean that my old Mod coat is now ilegal ?
Is Britain first designated as an ilegal group?
If so she should have been fined for belonging to an ilegal organisation.
I am not defending Britain first for any of there actions or views on anythiing I just cannot believe that somebody has been fined for wearing a coat and a hat.
Surely any Labour or Tory supporter who wears a lapell pin and offensive headgear will also be taken to task?
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THE deputy leader of far-right group Britain First has been found guilty of religiously-aggravated harassment after hurling abuse at a Muslim woman wearing a hijab.
Jayda Fransen, 30, from London, was fined £1,0000 for shouting at Sumayyah Sharpe in front of her four young children during a “Christian patrol”.
Sometimes you have to investigate behind the headlines to find the facts. 
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I get the bit about the religiously aggravated harassment but being fined
“… £200 for wearing a political uniform which related to her wearing of a green coat with a Britain First lapel and a black beanie hat bearing the party’s emblem…”
I don’t get that. Sorry, couldn’t find the article to check how that is illegal.
Easy to find on Wikipedia.
Political_uniform
1936 Public Order act to counter extremists including fascists. So still doing the same job and looks like they have already had one conviction regarding this. Obviously other bright enough to learn.
It’s not just a coat and hat. It’s a uniform of hate and intolerance.
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While dressing like Frank Spencer isn’t a crime I’m guessing that a group strutting around a public park in uniform and approaching people while claiming to be in an official capacity could be considered harrasment - perhaps a public nuisance likely to cause a breach of the peace?
If a group of people dressed identically approached me in the street and told me they were a patrol of any sort who were checking my behaviour, I would consider that worthy of police interest.
The real crime was the racial abuse - the fancy dress was just a comic distraction.
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Political uniforms were made illegal in this country prior to the second world war. The intention was to prevent the types of uniformed parties seen throughout Europe in the previous decades; in this country, Moseley’s British Union of Fascists wore uniforms of black shirts etc.
The Public Order Act of 1936 prohibited the wearing of political uniforms, among other things - you can find it here.
The garb worn by the charmless Ms Fransen was considered to be in breach of that law, and accordingly she was fined. A lapel pin wouldn’t count as a political uniform; Fransen’s clothing (which I haven’t seen) was presumably considerably more akin to a uniform, or the case wouldn’t have been brought.
Steady RB, otherwise you’ll have our Barry on here banging on about the Sharia “military police” going about their businesses in some of the cities in our fair land…doing exactly the same thing…or doesn’t that count if you do it to your own “ethnic group”?
Maybe it’s not on the bleeding heart liberals radar and sells fewer papers?
(playing devils advocate btw)
He’ll only bang on about that if he believed Fox News when they told us that Birmingham was under Sharia Law and a no-go area for alternative faiths.
I think he’s more sensible than that.
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Originally posted by @Rallyboy
THE deputy leader of far-right group Britain First has been found guilty of religiously-aggravated harassment after hurling abuse at a Muslim woman wearing a hijab.
Jayda Fransen, 30, from London, was fined £1,0000 for shouting at Sumayyah Sharpe in front of her four young children during a “Christian patrol”.
Sometimes you have to investigate behind the headlines to find the facts.
I feel a great deal of solidarity with the Muslim woman.
God told me to wear flowery shirts and people routinely shout things at me too.
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Bletch, there are laws to protect minorities so there’s no need to feel persecuted - seek help
I’m pretty sure there’ll be government grants to help. Hell, you could even set up a safe house for persecuted dandies…
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There is no help for Bletch
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Bletch has a dress down day:
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He’ll need more than those mole corpses to protect his girly shoulders.
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