I CARE - - UK: Police urged to crack down on neo-Nazi group after Jo Cox murder

29.11.16

I CARE - - News - Internet Centre Anti Racism Europe: 27/11/2016- White supremacist Thomas Mair’s shouts of “Death to traitors, freedom for Britain” as he killed the popular Labour MP have been adopted as a rallying cry by National Action. The popular mother of two 41, was shot and stabbed to death by the 53-year-old loner last June in Birstall, West Yorkshire. It is just an hour’s drive away from Darlington, County Durham, where 50 NA members – some wearing paramilitary uniforms and making Nazi salutes – marched earlier this month. One ranted: “We will not be shamed and we will not be cowed. We will take back what is rightfully ours. “We are coming together. We are preparing for the fight of our lives.” After the death of Jo Cox, the NA’s North-east branch tweeted a picture of Mair titled: “Don’t let this man’s sacrifice go in vain.”

Last night a spokesman for Hope not Hate, which monitors fascist groups, said counter terrorism police should step up their investigations into National Action whose members idolise Hitler and campaign for Nazi-style national socialism. Chief Executive Nick Lowles said: “The Mair case highlights the ever present threat of far-right terrorism in this country, a threat Hope not Hate still believes the authorities are not taking seriously enough. “Far-right activists and groups regularly get away with threats of violence and racist incitement which we believe would not be accepted if they were Muslim extremists. There is a danger extreme race hate, left unchallenged, will continue to inspire other Thomas Mairs.”