Meet the British far right activists looking to capitalize on the Gilet Jaune protests to bring violence and disorder to the streets of Britain. Andrew Ward Follow Dec 7, 2018 · 3 min read

On Saturday, 17 November 2018, a wide series of protests against a “Green” tax being introduced which would affect those already struggling under years of austerity exploded, making headlines across the world, and inspiring others internationally.

It quickly became apparent to many on social media that while the protests were beyond the scope of traditional left/right dichotomy, the far right where attempting to use the protests to galvanise and regroup their movement and narrative, With Thomas Miralles, formerly of the Front National (now Rassemblement National)stepping forward as one of the spokesmen for the movement, alongside the appearance of holocaust denier Hervé Ryssen, Yvan Benedett,as well as Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, leader of Debout la France.

Not to be outdone, and boasted by conspiracy theories the protests were about Muslims and immigration and thus ignored, Members of the British far right set up around the symbolism of the Gilets Jaunes protests, Far right activist “Damo Brown” created a group called Yellowjackets Movement uk Division, which features Britain First activist, Andrew Edge.

It was clear from the get-go this group was targeting one event: The Brexit Betrayal demo organized by Stephen Lennon or “Tommy Robinson” and UKIPs Gerard Batten on the 9th of December:

One member pushed for, and incited violence towards political opponents on the day, which was warmly met and reciprocated by the groups' organizer:

Circling the members profiles, and their followers, we see a small core group who wish for the type of disorder seen in Paris, on the 9th, some of whom have been involved in violence at Free Tommy demos, and includes those who targeted a Socialist bookstore, and more recently, chased and abused journalist Owen Jones.

A counter demo has been organized on the 9th, assembling at Portland place at 11 AM by broad groups across the Leave/Remain spectrum, details: Here.