Paul Golding, Britain First Leader, Posts Fake 'Paris Terror Attack Celebration Video'

Not even close.

The leader of Britain First has posted a shocking video that appeared to show British Muslims celebrating yesterday’s terror attack in Paris.

Only it isn’t.

The tweets has since been deleted.
The tweets has since been deleted.
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The footage is actually from 2009 and shows Pakistani cricket fans celebrating their 20/20 World Cup victory.

It even shows a number of white Londoners being warmly embraced during the celebrations.

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A version of the same clip posted on YouTube on 22 June, 2009, can be seen here.

The same video was widely shared under a similarly mis-leading title in the wake of the 2015 Paris attacks.

Paul Golding was swiftly caught out and condemned.

How can Twitter tick an account which tweets out a cricket win as celebrating Paris attack'? Ban Fake news @Twitter https://t.co/U8kjOEdbhD

— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) April 21, 2017

@GoldingBF Lies. It's just cricket fans in Tooting Broadway celebrating Pakistan winning the 2009 T20 world cup. Shop signs in background prove it.

— Sarah Kav (@scousey) April 21, 2017

@GoldingBF Paris isn't mention, no radicalised flags. Are you sure this isn't a cricket celebration? English passers-by are even being embraced?

— Hammer&Talk (@hammerandtalk) April 21, 2017

@GoldingBF This is embarrassing for you. Then again, so is your entire existence to the rest of us.

— JustThatJess🐾 (@JustThatJess) April 21, 2017

@MySoapBoxUK @GoldingBF You have 'not thick or racist' in your bio but it isn't hard to work out its earlier in the day than the attack and is a cricket celebration

— ♚ Mom Goddess 🐺🍷♚ (@Fattyzilla) April 21, 2017

The Huffington Post UK asked Golding for comment on why he posted the misleading tweet but he has yet to reply.

@GoldingBF Hi Paul, this video is from 2009. Could you explain why you posted it with this heading please? https://t.co/kHzYydLyph

— Chris York (@ChrisDYork) April 21, 2017

Many others did however.

@ChrisDYork @GoldingBF It's because he's a xenophobic racist religious bigot trying to incite hate and fear.

— Sheer Mayhem (@Shamaan18) April 21, 2017

@ChrisDYork @GoldingBF Because )a) he's a racist (b) he's ignorant (c) he's a trouble causer or (d) all of the above

— Patrick Fogarty (@Pcf4) April 21, 2017

The incident is just one of many in which Britain First has been utterly bamboozled in its quest to “take our country back”.

Last month Golding thought he had found a secret Islamic State headquarters in a computer repair shop in Telford.

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