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Who is British politician Paul Golding, who is jealous of Chandrayaan 3’s success and is being trolled for his sarcastic congratulatory message

July 18, 2023
Saqafy Times

New Delhi: While the entire world applauded the successful launch of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan 3, it appears the success of ISRO’s ambitious space program has not gone down well in some circles, with a prominent British politician making a controversial comment in his sarcastic congratulatory message. statement has been made. Significantly, India’s Chandrayaan-3 launched from Sriharikota is on an ambitious mission to explore the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-3 mission is expected to make an eventful landing on the lunar surface on August 23, 2023.

British politician Paul Golding wrote on Twitter, “Congratulations, India, on the success of your space programme. And shame on UK politicians who keep giving millions of pounds of ‘foreign aid’ to India unnecessarily.

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Through her cryptic tweet, Golding reminded India of “millions of pounds of UK aid”, however, she was mercilessly trolled by Indian Twitter users for her unique congratulatory tweet.

While some highlighted the fact that Britain looted US$ 45 trillion and killed lakhs of innocent Indians, others reiterated that this undue “aid” only goes into the hands of notorious NGOs that act as a front for Christian missionaries. They act as saviors and try to create division in the Indian society. ,

Some even asked Britain to return the precious Indian diamond – the Koh-i-Noor – and other items that the British had looted and taken away. Many netizens also pointed out that India has long stopped accepting any aid from the UK, and now its grants and investments go towards NGOs.

So, who is Paul Golding?


Paul Golding is the co-founder and leader of Britain First. Coming from Dartford, Kent and now living in Salford, Greater Manchester, Golding has spent more than two decades in UK far-right politics and is a prominent figure in Britain First.

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Golding first rose to prominence in 1999 as a teenage member of the fascist British National Party (BNP) and was soon appointed editor of the youth publication Excalibur. While serving as Director of Publicity, Golding also briefly took over the reins of the BNP’s flagship magazine, Identity, and established a close relationship with then-leader Nick Griffin.

As a party propagandist, Golding carried the BNP’s brand of racial nationalism, and sought to hide the party’s fascism under the guise of false patriotism. As he later said at a party meeting: “We have high-jacked the Union Flag, now we must high-jack the word ‘British'”.

However, Golding’s exploits sparked both internal rancor and bad press, and his rise in the party soon slowed. Goulding was heavily criticized for arriving at the Cenotaph in Remembrance on Sunday in a drunken stupor and for a violent altercation with future BNP councilor Lawrence Rustom. As a result, Golding was demoted in 2002, thanks to the efforts of Mark Collett, the current leader of the fascist group Patriotic Alternative.

However, in the late 2000s he re-emerged as a force within the party, adopting the role of “project coordinator”. He was elected as a BNP councilor on Sevenoaks District Council in Kent in 2009> However, he was accused of “doing nothing” by residents in the local newspaper. After helping to arrange the removal of various high-ranking BNP officials, Golding followed influential party fundraiser Jim Dowson to Northern Ireland, and left both the BNP and his council post late in 2011.

According to Britain First’s own count, by October 2021 Golding had been “arrested twenty times, held in three different prisons and prosecuted ten times”, with the trial facing trial on further occasions Was. In the 2023 local elections, Golding is standing in the Swanscombe ward in Dartford.

Here are some reactions to his tweet on the success of Chandrayaan 3 –