Greater Manchester groups announce plans to oppose Britain First’s ‘March for Remigration’

A coalition of Greater Manchester groups has announced a major campaign calling for opposition to Britain First’s upcoming ‘March for Remigration’ in the city.

The far-right fascist party, has previously announced its intention to host the march in Manchester city centre on 21 February 2026.

‘Resist Britain First’

Organisations from across Greater Manchester have launched a campaign, ‘Resist Britain First’, to oppose this march. It’s calling for people and groups across the country to stand together and oppose the march.

A spokespserson for Resist Britain First said:

Britain First’s ‘March for Remigration’ is a racist dogwhistle calling for a white supremacist ethnic cleansing of the United Kingdom by the forced expulsion of non-white people.

Britain First’s previous march led to multiple recorded instances of racism, homophobia, and violence by attendees of the march.

We call on people across the UK to come to Manchester to resist this racism on our streets and show that you do not support this bigotry.

Britain First is led by Paul Golding and Ashlea Simon, both of whom have made horrific racist statements in the past.

Simon once stated that “English people can’t be black” as “English blood is white”. Meanwhile Golding, a former member of the National Front, was convicted for his vile harassment of a mosque. Golding has also previously been accused of sexually assaulting one of the attendees of his marches.

Amongst those that organised Britain First’s last ‘March for Remigration’ in August was Lee Twamley, someone who himself has a conviction for people smuggling.

Golding publicly attended a Remembrance Sunday event at the Cenotaph drunk wearing women’s underwear on his head. Resist Britain First believes that all this information makes it clear that the party’s claim to be ‘Britain First’ is steeped in inconsistencies. They are racist thugs.

This comes against the backdrop of the Gorton and Denton by-election in Greater Manchester. Reform UK is happily amplifying the racist rhetoric of job-slashing Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe.

The full list of Greater Manchester based groups in Resist Britain First includes:

• Young Struggle Manchester.
• RS21 Manchester.
• Manchester Feminist Coalition.
• Greater Manchester Tenants Union, South Branch.
• No Borders Manchester.
• Northern Police Monitoring Project.
• Red Roots Collective.
• Anti-Fascist Action Manchester.
• South Asian Liberation Movement.
• Manchester Trans Liberation Assembly.
• Salford Anti-Fascists.
• Stockport Anti-Fascists.

Featured image Resist Britain First