Founder of National Action Convicted of Membership of Banned UK Group

Alex Davies with a megaphone at a National Action demo in York, England, at the end of May 2016. West Midlands Police/PA

The founder of National Action, a fascist organisation that is banned in the United Kingdom, has been convicted of being a member after it was proscribed.

Alex Davies, 27, was convicted of being a member of a proscribed organisation after it was banned by the then-Home Secretary Amber Rudd on Dec. 16, 2016.