Both party leaders, Paul Golding and Ashlea Simon, were expecting to be at Manchester Crown Court for most of last week for the trial of 'Hope Not Hate' operative Andrew Edge.

Andrew Edge (below) is being prosecuted for harassment, threats of violence and more, targeting both Paul, Ashlea and Paul's family.

Andrew Edge was recording as saying that he received cash from wealthy far-left group 'Hope Not Hate' to 'bring Paul down'.

He was also offered, by his own admission, 'twenty grand' to lie in court about Paul.

Andrew Edge launched a sneak attack on Paul and Ashlea's home and caused criminal damage to their vehicle.

All of this while he was attending meetings with far-left extremist 'Hope Not Hate' leaders, like Nick Lowles (below).

A split second before the trial was due to take place last Monday, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) contacted Paul, Ashlea and Paul's family, to say that Andrew Edge was due to change his plea from not guilty to GUILTY.

He was probably put up to this by Hope Not Hate to avoid all the embarrassing video and audio recordings being played in open court.

The revelation that he has planning on pleading guilty avoided the need for a trial and the CPS told Paul and Ashlea that their presence was no longer needed.

Then, on Monday morning, when Andrew was due in court to plead guilty, he failed to show up.

The judge then issued an arrest warrant for him.

Greater Manchester Police said that they had visited his address to arrest him but he wasn't there.

Andrew Edge is now on the run from the police, who are busy trying to track him down (below).

If you have any information about the whereabouts of Andrew Edge in the Stockport area, please contact Greater Manchester Police immediately.

It is important that he is brought to justice and that the role of 'Hope Not Hate' in this situation can be exposed publicly.

It must also be said that Andrew Edge has also been cooperating with former Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen, who herself was exposed in a documentary produced by Tommy Robinson as having taken large sums of cash from Hope Not Hate.

Hope Not Hate has been targeting our leadership for many years now, to the point where Greater Manchester Police visited Paul and Ashlea's home to hand them an official 'Threat to life' (Osman) warning (below).

It has also emerged that Hope Not Hate receives taxpayer cash to wage their dirty tricks campaigns against patriots.

Hope Not Hate have, once again, been exposed as the criminal lying fraudsters that they are.

We would like to send our most sincere thanks to all Britain First supporters.

Many of you chipped in to help provide security for Paul and Ashlea at Manchester Crown Court last week.

They are deeply grateful for your help.

No doubt we will face more sabotage and subversion by the far-left Hope Not Hate organisation in the future, but we will 'fight fire with fire' and persevere regardless.

PS: To find out more about this shocking case, please watch the video below: