James Goddard has never even bothered to conceal the ugly strand of racism that underpins his warped political agenda. The 29-year-old handyman’s lucrative second career as a far-Right activist kicked off in October 2017, when he posted a sort of personal manifesto on a virulently xenophobic website called Proactive Patriots.
‘I’m just a normal working-class lad from Leicester that is sick to the back teeth of mass Muslim immigration,’ it began, claiming that ‘unless the UK government acts to counter the threat of Islam then the UK will become an Islamic state in the next 50-75 years’.
Goddard then endorsed a sinister range of neo-Nazi policy proposals, including ‘complete bans’ on ‘halal meat’, ‘Muslim immigration’, the building of mosques, and ‘all literature on Mohammed in public buildings’.
He also declared that the families of all terror suspects ought to be deported – presumably without trial – in order to prevent Britain becoming a caliphate.
James Goddard (left) poses for a picture with former EDL leader Tommy Robinson (right)
Quite how these extreme and somewhat paranoid views make him a remotely suitable person for Ukip’s leader Gerard Batten to be pictured with is anyone’s guess.
But, as we now know, that’s exactly what happened last summer, when the duo posed together at a protest on behalf of Goddard’s political hero Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the far-Right rabble-rouser better known as Tommy Robinson, though Batten denies knowing Goddard.
By then, the previously unknown Goddard’s star was firmly on the rise, thanks to a series of cranky videos he’d begun posting on social media on a daily basis. Many depicted his highly provocative behaviour at a range of far-Right protests held in towns and cities across England, Wales and Scotland.
Some saw him attack Islam, calling it ‘a political ideology that advocates your death’ and claiming Muslims were ‘raping our children and killing innocent people’. He described the Prophet Muhammad as ‘a bloodthirsty, murdering, racist paedophile’.
Other videos focused on opponents of Brexit, who he dubbed ‘treacherous scumbags’, ‘pricks’ and ‘leftarded trolls’. Left-leaning lobby groups such as Stand Up To Racism were branded as ‘anglophobic… atheist and leftist scumbags hellbent on enforcing communism on us’.
In June he filmed himself abusing pro-Palestinian marchers in central London and took part in pro-Brexit ‘freedom marches’. In July he attended demonstrations in support of Robinson, who had been jailed for contempt of court after breaking reporting restrictions surrounding the trial of an Asian grooming gang.
Ms Soubry was pursued by an aggressive mob yesterday, including far-right activist Goddard (pictured left, next to Soubry) who shouted in her face and called her a 'fascist' as she made her way back to Parliament
In August he spoke out against London’s ‘Islamist’ mayor Sadiq Khan, and a month later organised a protest in Trafalgar Square under the slogan ‘Ban the Burka’.
‘If I can ask you to all come dressed in a burka or niqab, I feel this will send a message to our political class,’ announced Goddard, adding: ‘I must say, trying to drink a pint [in one] isn’t practical or pretty.’
The audience for this brand of bile is relatively tiny – his YouTube films racked up a few thousand views each, on average, while his Twitter feed had a mere 3,200 followers. But the devotion of some of his supporters means that it can also be extremely lucrative. Goddard began encouraging fans of his work to donate to him via a Paypal account, claiming their generosity would ‘help me fight for the cause’ and continue ‘challenging the corrupt Establishment’.
James Goddard (left) is a far-right activist with a reputation for heckling and intimidating people and is a known supporter of Tommy Robinson and is seen right posing with someone wearing a Tommy Robinson mask
A similar pitch allowed Robinson to generate hundreds of thousands of pounds from supporters on both sides of the Atlantic. He has built up an impressive collection of luxury cars, watches, and designer clothes in the process.
Goddard isn’t quite in that league yet, though he’s seemingly been making enough to scale back his day job as a self-employed handyman. Lately, in a clever piece of branding, he’s begun wearing a high-viz vest – an apparent homage to France’s anti-government ‘gilet jaune’ movement.
Brought up in Anstey, a leafy village on the outskirts of Leicester, he has a son with ex-girlfriend Abi Herbert. Though no one was answering the door at the three-storey cottage where he is registered as resident, a black Range Rover Sport was seen coming and going last night. A former friend from the village said Goddard was raised in a comfortable middle-class family and attended the local high school. His mother, Stephanie, was an NHS administrator.
‘Jamie certainly wasn’t political when he was younger, but he got in trouble at school. He hung around with the wrong crowd, and used to be nicknamed “bulb head” because he had such a big head.’
The friend said that after leaving school, Goddard had initially worked as a hairdresser, taking advantage of EU freedom of movement rules to take up a job in Spain. He returned to the UK in his mid-twenties.
At some point, seemingly after ending up in a fight with a local Asian taxi driver, he appears to have become radicalised, and in 2017 began attending demonstrations and made inquiries about joining the far-Right group Britain First.
James Goddard (right) took part in a pro Brexit protest which stopped traffic in central London
Since then, his notoriety has largely passed by locals, but it hasn’t escaped the attention of the police. On Christmas Eve, two officers from the anti-terrorism Prevent programme visited Goddard at home, advising him to tone down his provocative rhetoric in case he strayed on to the wrong side of the law.
Goddard didn’t take the advice well, going straight on to Facebook (where he was maintaining no fewer than four accounts) to record a video complaining: ‘The last time I checked we lived in a constitutional monarchy, where freedom of speech, freedom of expression and protesting was supposed to be protected.’
The subsequent fortnight has seen his provocative behaviour escalate considerably, presumably helping generate more donations from supporters. At a demonstration outside Parliament on Monday, he filmed himself shouting at police officers and anti-Brexit protesters: ‘You want a war, we’ll give you a war. It’s fair game.’ He then addressed an Asian man, saying: ‘You ain’t even f**king British’ and called pro-EU demonstrators ‘treacherous scumbags’, adding: ‘I wish ill health on all of them, every single one of them.’
Following an altercation, he squared up to a police officer, saying: ‘Me and you, charity boxing. I will wipe the floor with you.’ After that came his now-notorious attack on anti-Brexit MP Anna Soubry.
The ensuing notoriety may prove lucrative. But whether the good times will continue is anyone’s guess: Facebook last night pulled down his various accounts, for ‘violating our policies on hate speech’.
Unless he finds another outlet for his brand of racist bile, Goddard’s meeting with the Ukip leader may end up being the high point of his career in extremist politics.
Ukip's 'mad old grandad' behind lurch to far-right
By Mario Ledwith and Arthur Martin
For years, he was thought of by his Ukip colleagues as a ‘mad old grandad’ single-minded in his dislike of two things – the EU and Islam.
Former ‘harmless’ MEP Gerard Batten, 64, has now been accused of dramatically steering Ukip to the far-Right since taking over as leader.
His sudden ascent to the top job last year prompted a wave of resignations – including that of the party’s former leader, Nigel Farage – due to his flirtation with extremists.
Ulip leader Gerard Batten (left) and his wife, Franceslina (right)
Mr Batten’s recent decision to appoint former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson as an adviser led campaigners to warn that the far-Right has been given a stage in mainstream British politics.
Former senior Ukip figures yesterday accused Mr Batten of deliberately staging a ‘revolution’ to shift the party’s focus from Brexit to a stance criticising Islam and multiculturalism.
An ex-MEP, who recently quit the party, said: ‘Many of Gerard’s beliefs would have been very well settled in the BNP.’
Tommy Robinson (left) attempts to join Ukip via his mobile phone in front of UK Independence Party Leader Gerard Batten (right) at a rally after taking part in a "Brexit Betrayal" march organised by Ukip in central London in December 2018
Mr Batten has previously courted controversy by describing Islam as a ‘death cult’ and calling for British Muslims to sign a charter of understanding in which they denounce violence.
His dramatic effect on the Ukip since taking over as leader in February 2018 came after years spent languishing on its fringes when colleagues said he became ‘obsessed’ with Islam.
Mr Batten first developed an interest in politics as a child, watching current affairs programmes about the Cold War at home in London’s Isle of Dogs.
As the son of a shipping clerk, he has described his childhood as typically working class. He landed his first job as a bookbinder at the age of 18 before becoming a BT salesman. While working for the telecoms giant Mr Batten met his wife Frances Lina, now 60, who had moved to the UK as an immigrant from the Philippines.
The couple, who married in 1988 while she was studying business, have two sons and live in a £630,000 terraced house in East London.
Mr Batten’s role as a trade union official at BT helped fuel a growing political interest. He later fondly recalled ‘violent arguments between me and the lefties’. In 1991 he joined the Anti-Federalist League, formed to campaign against the Maastricht Treaty.
Alongside Mr Farage and party founder Alan Sked, Batten helped to transform the body into Ukip two years later. Mr Sked, now professor emeritus at the London School of Economics, said: ‘When I set up Ukip he was a perfectly decent, moderate family man.’
But the academic, who left the party in 1997, said he was shocked years later to receive campaign literature from him. ‘It was Gerard Batten saying we should stop immigration and foreigners taking our jobs,’ said Mr Sked. ‘I felt like saying, “Your wife has been working [here] since she came to Britain”.’ Mr Sked raised alarm bells about Ukip’s current focus on Islam, adding: ‘He will take the party into a cul-de-sac and kill it.’
After Mr Batten became an MEP in 2004 party officials began to become alarmed about his views on Islam and he was almost deselected in 2014. Jonathan Arnott, a leading Ukip MEP who quit the party in January last year, said: ‘He sees everything as black and white - that either Muslims are good or they are bad. And he has decided they are bad.’
Mr Batten’s most controversial move has been his vocal support for Robinson. Mr Batten has claimed he could help transform Ukip into a ‘mass movement’.
Party officials have credited his decision to attract new supporters with boosting membership numbers from 18,000 last year to just under 27,000 now.
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