Raise the Colours co-founder 'shocked' after French police send British officer to his home to BAN him from France for 'right-wing attacks'

Mr Bridge was visited by an officer from West Mercia Police shortly before 9am on Saturday.

Reading the letter to the campaigner, the officer warned if he is to go to France again, he could be sent to jail and made to serve a three-year sentence.

The letter read: "This group initially urged British subjects to display their flag everywhere in the public space to show their pride and patriotism, gradually becoming known for its anti immigration stance before turning to direct action against migrants in Britain and France."

Discussing the ban on the People's Channel, Mr Bridge told host Patrick Christys: "I think they must be running scared of what we've seen or what we've been sort of exposing.

"But for them to come to my house and knock on my door, it was just astonishing. I've got children in the house, early morning call off the police and it's just amazing, it absolutely amazed me.

"It shocked me what was in that letter. I haven't committed a crime, hence why I invited the officer in. Us at Raise the Colours, we are going over there to document what's not happening, and it's a weak Government, weaker borders and we've had enough."

Criticising French authorities for "watching" his actions in his country but not "controlling what is actually happening under their noses", Mr Bridge argued: "I've been to France near on 10 times in the last few months due to what we've been looking at and exposing and when we was out there, the ease of how you can literally spot what's going on and what's happening.

"For them to say in the letter that we have watched migrants leave, we've watched migrants attempting to leave, and that we're patriots in our own country and raising flags was just shocking for me. To think that they're watching what I'm doing in my country, yet they're not controlling what is actually happening under their noses."

As Patrick argued part of the letter claims the ban is also for his "own protection" given he was attacked by a migrant at a camp in France, Mr Bridge responded: "We were at a camp, and as we was going back to the vehicle, a guy came behind me with a knife, and literally come behind me.

"I ducked out the way and carried on about my business. And next thing you know, the French Government are now saying that it's for my protection, but they're saying they want to block me and jail me if I go to their country.

"They're exposing that we've done that and agreeing that we've done that, but they're not stopping the problem."

Asked by Patrick how he feels about the French authorities sending British police to his home, Mr Bridge commented: "I'm upset about the whole thing. f we go right the way back. The French Government and the French Minister are putting that in a legal document and then sending that legal document to our Government.

"So from one Government to another, you'll remember we're giving them money every single week, to the French to stop the borders. So we are paying to have this service, they are giving a document to give to our Government, to give to our police force, and then our Government have seen the document, give it to our police force and then got some young lad, young police officer to come and deliver it."

He continued: "And he's picked the short straw, didn't he? He couldn't even sort of read what he was saying. It wasn't translating, he was shaking, and it was just not a good feeling on the whole. I don't know what our Government thinks, I don't know what the French Government think, but we've done nothing wrong.

"We've done everything legally, lawfully, we just want to express and expose what's not happening basically."

Thanking viewers for giving him and his campaign a platform to share their story, Mr Bridge told Patrick: "To call us militants, we are fathers, and we thank you at GB News for giving us this opportunity and voice. And thank you, Patrick, and thank you to all the team.

"But us at Raise the Colours, we are normal guys putting flags up, family men putting flags up in our community, and it's spread across the country and it's a good thing. And I think all the tensions and the left, what they're saying about us, we get called far-right, fascist, all these things. We're none of those.

"All we are is family men, fathers, and we love our country and we've gone over there to see what the problem is. And at the end of the day, there's people tonight that are going to sleep without their daughters, perhaps without their loved ones. We've been out there 10 times, and for them to ban us and say I'm going to go to prison, I think it's a disgrace."

GB News has approached West Mercia police, the Home Office and the French Interior Ministry for comment.

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