Britain First says 5,000 of its members have joined Tories
Far-right defectors ‘support Boris Johnson’s stance on radical Islam’
More than 5,000 supporters of a far-right extremist group have joined the Conservative party in recent weeks, attracted by what they describe as Boris Johnson’s negative attitude towards Islam.
About two-thirds of the 7,500 signed-up members of the openly anti-Islam Britain First have joined the Tories since the general election, the group says.