London Daily

Focus on the big picture.
Thursday, Oct 30, 2025

How ex-Tory councillor is plotting to bring Canada-style chaos to the UK

How ex-Tory councillor is plotting to bring Canada-style chaos to the UK

AT first glance, a former Tory councillor seems an unlikely “freedom fighter”.

But then Will Coleshill is not all that he seems.

Coleshill is the fanatical face of 'Resistance GB' — a radical anti-lockdown group intent on bringing Canada-style chaos in the UK

Coleshill posing with pal and anti-vax protestor Piers Corbyn, centre

Coleshill was part of a mob who chased down Sir Keir Starmer in Westminster on Monday


The 27-year-old is the fanatical face of “Resistance GB” — a radical anti-lockdown group intent on bringing Canada-style chaos in the UK.

Just last week, Coleshill was part of a mob who chased Sir Keir Starmer in Westminster.

Coleshill filmed the Labour leader being mobbed on Monday and could be heard yelling questions at him throughout.

The baying crowd, some draped in Canadian flags and caps, shouted “F***ing traitor!” and “Nonce!” at Starmer, falsely accusing him of ­protecting paedophile Jimmy Savile.

The slur has gained ground since PM Boris Johnson claimed Starmer, in his former role as Director of ­Public Prosecutions, had targeted journalists and not the TV presenter.

A man — not Coleshill — and a woman were arrested for assault after a traffic cone was thrown at police.

Coleshill’s other targets have included Cabinet minister Michael Gove and BBC journalists.

And in one online rant he claimed the Queen was the “worst monarch in English history”, dubbing her “that vile woman”.

Meanwhile, Resistance GB’s cult-like following is growing fast.

Largely produced from a cramped bedroom, the group has 73,000 subscribers on YouTube, where its videos have been viewed 8.3million times.

Tens of thousands of others follow the movement on Twitter and fringe platforms such as Telegram, Rumble and Odysee.

And it is from his bedroom that Coleshill, Resistance GB’s self-styled “editor-in-chief”, spreads a host of wild conspiracy theories in front of a grubby poster of his hero, controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

The platform boasts gushing interviews with Covid anti-vaxxer Piers Corbyn.

On Odysee, more “uncensored” videos can be found, including footage of a rally led by far-right leader Tommy Robinson.

And more recently, Resistance GB has hailed the truckers’ blockade that has brought Canadian capital Ottawa to its knees.

The 500-vehicle “freedom convoy” has gridlocked the city for almost a fortnight, causing chaos and calling on PM Justin Trudeau to quit.

'CULT-LIKE FOLLOWING'


The defiant Premier dismissed the truckers as “a few people shouting and waving swastikas” — but world leaders fear the blockades could spread like wildfire across the globe.

In recent months, Coleshill has hosted fawning interviews with the Canadian protest’s leaders and falsely claimed the UK has built “concentration camps” to tackle Covid.

And laughing, he tells viewers in one video how some opponents to Covid passes protest by wearing yellow Star of David badges — used by the Nazis to indicate Jewish people in the Holocaust.

So just who is the leader of the Resistance GB movement?

The answer is even stranger than some of his theories.

For The Sun can reveal Will Coleshill is not who he appears to be — even down to his real name.

He was born CongoRay Salamat in December 1994 to mum Claire, who was then 23.

She had married to husband Emanuel, a law student from Caribbean island Dominica, four years previously.

Emanuel was 13 years her senior — and friends say the pair split soon after the baby was born.

CongoRay was left in the care of his gran, Margaret Coleshill, now 74, in Enfield, North London, where he is still believed to live.

Friends say he later changed his name to Andre William Coleshill, taking his gran’s surname.

He is thought to have spent part of his childhood in care.

TURBULENT CHILDHOOD


Coleshill is said to have lost contact with his father — perhaps for understandable reasons.

Emanuel Salamat was already a convicted fraudster when his son was born.

Salamat’s deportation to Dominica was ordered in the early 1990s.

He is thought to have later returned to the UK and remarried — only to be convicted of child sex offences in January 2010.

Salamat, 64, was finally deported back to Dominica in 2013 after serving half of a five-year jail sentence at HMP Pentonville.

Despite his troubled background, Coleshill did well at school, going on to Manchester University to study politics and philosophy.

But pals say his turbulent childhood left him “with a huge chip on his shoulder” towards authority.

One former friend told The Sun: “He had a real loathing for the local council and said he’d spent time in care.

“The suggestion was he’d been briefly taken away from his gran, who he adored.

“He was clearly very intelligent, but he held some very odd views.”

Coleshill spent time working as a teaching assistant and in the office of Tory MP Nick De Bois.

The friend added: “He was always very political. He was drawn to causes and protests very easily.”

Coleshill attended Brexit “Leave Means Leave” rallies before becoming a Tory councillor in Enfield in 2018.

'RACIST COMMENTS'


But just weeks later he had his party membership and the whip suspended after making racist comments at a council meeting.

Coleshill told councillors “mass migration” was to blame for putting pressure on UK schools.

Speaking to a Labour councillor of Turkish heritage, Susan Erbil, Coleshill added: “When the Erbil family entered this country, did they bring a classroom with them?”

His outburst led to cries of “racist”, “shame” and “resign”.

He was later removed from the council for failing to attend any further meetings for six months.

A year after his ousting in November 2018, Coleshill formally apologised to the council.

And as the pandemic unfolded at the start of 2020, Coleshill was drawn like a moth to a flame.

He was charged with taking part in an anti-lockdown demo at Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park in November 2020, although the case was later dropped.

In April last year he hosted a video interview with Piers Corbyn, in which the former Labour leader’s brother talked of his role in helping to “destroy the new normal and the new world order”.

Now sources say Coleshill has realised the potential of latching on to “resistance” movements overseas to build his own profile.

Resistance GB has recently hosted a series of interviews with key figures in the Canadian protests.

In an hour-long video interview, Coleshill heaps praise on protest leader Chris Saccoccia, known to Canadians as Chris Sky, and trades conspiracy theories with him.

'CONCENTRATION CAMPS'


And in an earlier video interview with two other Canadian activists, Coleshill tells viewers how the UK is “building concentration camps” as part of its Covid strategy.

He is seen telling the activists “there’s pretty good evidence to suggest Fidel Castro was Justin Trudeau’s father” before launching into a rant about the Queen.

With his co-editor, identified only as “Laura”, by his side, Coleshill tells viewers: “Did you see Philip Mountbatten’s funeral?

“You’ve got Elizabeth Windsor just sort of sitting there with a muzzle on, no one near her, right, and you just think, ‘Is she as gaga as Joe Biden?’

“That vile woman. There’s no bill (that) can become an Act (of Parliament) without her signing off on it.

“She’s the worst monarch in English history.”

Last night Resistance GB insisted Coleshill had only quizzed Sir Keir and Michael Gove on “public interest matters”.

It denied Coleshill and his colleagues were “activists” and said they were journalists.

When asked about Coleshill’s comments about “concentration camps”, the group claimed its members were “journalists for a news outlet”.

And it said it interviewed “people from all backgrounds” and promoted “the right to live freely”.

Online extremism expert Neil Doyle blames controversialists like Coleshill for creating a “distorted view of the world”.

He says: “People are likely to be drawn in by viewing a picture or reading a post on social media that shocks them into exploring further, which can then set them on a path to extremism.

“The vast amounts of disinformation, sometimes funded by shadowy sources, is swirling around them with little in the way of scrutiny.”

Coleshill with Boris Johnson in 2018

Coleshill attended Brexit 'Leave Means Leave' rallies before becoming a Tory councillor in Enfield in 2018

Police officers take Sir Keir Starmer to his car for his own safety after a mob accosted the Labour leader

Newsletter

Related Articles

0:00
0:00
Close
UK and Vietnam Sign Landmark Migration Deal to Fast-Track Returns of Irregular Arrivals
UK Drug-Pricing Overhaul Essential for Life-Sciences Ambition, Says GSK Chief
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie Temporarily Leave the UK Amid Their Parents’ Royal Fallout
UK Weighs Early End to Oil and Gas Windfall Tax as Reeves Seeks Investment Commitments
UK Retail Inflation Slows as Shop Prices Fall for First Time Since Spring
Next Raises Full-Year Profit Guidance After Strong Third-Quarter Performance
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson Admits to 'Gaming' Benefits System While Advocating Crackdown
United States and South Korea Conclude Major Trade Accord Worth $350 Billion
Hurricane Melissa Strikes Cuba After Devastating Jamaica With Record Winds
Vice President Vance to Headline Turning Point USA Campus Event at Ole Miss
U.S. Targets Maritime Narco-Routes While Border Pressure to Mexico Remains Limited
Bill Gates at 70: “I Have a Real Fear of Artificial Intelligence – and Also Regret”
Elon Musk Unveils Grokipedia: An AI-Driven Alternative to Wikipedia
Saudi Arabia Unveils Vision for First-Ever "Sky Stadium" Suspended Over Desert Floor
Amazon Announces 14 000 Corporate Job Cuts as AI Investment Accelerates
UK Shop Prices Fall for First Time Since March, Food Leads the Decline
London Stock Exchange Group ADR (LNSTY) Earns Zacks Rank #1 Upgrade on Rising Earnings Outlook
Soap legend Tony Adams, long-time star of Crossroads, dies at 84
Rachel Reeves Signals Tax Increases Ahead of November Budget Amid £20-50 Billion Fiscal Gap
NatWest Past Gains of 314% Spotlight Opportunity — But Some Key Risks Remain
UK Launches ‘Golden Age’ of Nuclear with £38 Billion Sizewell C Approval
UK Announces £1.08 Billion Budget for Offshore Wind Auction to Boost 2030 Capacity
UK Seeks Steel Alliance with EU and US to Counter China’s Over-Capacity
UK Struggles to Balance China as Both Strategic Threat and Valued Trading Partner
Argentina’s Markets Surge as Milei’s Party Secures Major Win
British Journalist Sami Hamdi Detained by U.S. Authorities After Visa Revocation Amid Israel-Gaza Commentary
King Charles Unveils UK’s First LGBT+ Armed Forces Memorial at National Memorial Arboretum
At ninety-two and re-elected: Paul Biya secures eighth term in Cameroon amid unrest
Racist Incidents Against UK Nurses Surge by 55%
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves Cites Shared Concerns With Trump Administration as Foundation for Early US-UK Trade Deal
Essentra plc: A Closer Look at a UK ‘Penny Stock’ Opportunity Amid Market Weakness
U.S. and China Near Deal to Avert Rare-Earth Export Controls Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit
Justin time: Justin Herbert Shields Madison Beer with Impressive Reflex at Lakers Game
Russia’s President Putin Declares Burevestnik Nuclear Cruise Missile Ready for Deployment
Giuffre’s Memoir Alleges Maxwell Claimed Sexual Act with Clooney
House Republicans Move to Strip NYC Mayoral Front-Runner Zohran Mamdani of U.S. Citizenship
Record-High Spoiled Ballots Signal Voter Discontent in Ireland’s 2025 Presidential Election
Philippines’ Taal Volcano Erupts Overnight with 2.4 km Ash Plume
Albania’s Virtual AI 'Minister' Diella Set to 'Birth' Eighty-Three Digital Assistants for MPs
Tesla Unveils Vision for Optimus V3 as ‘Biggest Product of All Time’, Including Surgical Capabilities
Francis Ford Coppola Auctions Luxury Watches After Self-Financed Film Flop
Convicted Sex Offender Mistakenly Freed by UK Prison Service Arrested in London
United States and China Begin Constructive Trade Negotiations Ahead of Trump–Xi Summit
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro over Drug-Trafficking Allegations
Miss USA Crowns Nebraska’s Audrey Eckert Amid Leadership Overhaul
‘I Am Not Done’: Kamala Harris Signals Possible 2028 White House Run
NBA Faces Integrity Crisis After Mass Arrests in Gambling Scandal
Swift Heist at the Louvre Sees Eight French Crown Jewels Stolen in Under Seven Minutes
U.S. Halts Trade Talks with Canada After Ontario Ad Using Reagan Voice Triggers Diplomatic Fallout
Microsoft AI CEO: ‘We’re making an AI that you can trust your kids to use’ — but can Microsoft rebuild its own trust before fixing the industry’s?
×