Right wing extremist told police ‘I’m a political activist’ after MP killing

Batley

  A right-wing extremist told police ‘I am a political activist’ after he was rugby tackled to the ground following the brutal murder of MP Jo Cox, a court heard today (weds). Thomas Mair, 53, was stopped around 20 minutes after the Labour Batley and Spen MP was stabbed and shot in the street as she made her way to a constituency surgery. Witnesses heard the unemployed gardener shout ‘Britain First’ and ‘Make Britain independent’ as he attacked the 41-year-old…

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