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@docrussjackson
Mar 26 • 7 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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On 16th June 2016, Nigel Farage launched ’s Breaking Point poster. The same day, Jo Cox was murdered by Thomas Mair who shouted "This is for Britain".

Four days later, UKIP Leader Farage spoke at a public meeting in Gateshead under this backdrop: Leave.EU
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Current Reform Party leader, multimillionaire Richard Tice, was a founder & co-Chair of & Leave Means Leave. The similarities between the Breaking Point poster & a Nazi propaganda film picturing large streams of Jewish refugees as a threat, are undeniable. Leave.EU


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Witnesses testified that during the attack on Jo Cox, Mair had cried out "This is for Britain", "Keep Britain independent", and "Britain first".

Far-right white supremacist Mair was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and an act of terrorism.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/n…
Political slogans now used by Reform UK bear an uncanny resemblance to those used by the racist National Front.

"Make Britain Great Again" - NF 1975
"Let's Make Britain Great" - Reform 2024

"It's Our Country Let's Win It Back" - NF 1979
"We Want Our Country Back" - Reform 2024
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The judge said he had no doubt Mair murdered Jo Cox to advance political, racial, & #ideological causes of violent white supremacism & #nationalism most associated with Nazism & its modern forms.

Oswald Mosley & Lee Anderson represented Labour, Tories, & other parties.

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The judge imposed a whole life term, meaning Mair will never be eligible for parole. As confirmed by the Crown Prosecution Service, Mair's conviction for a crime amounting to a terrorism offence also means he is officially classed as a terrorist by the UK.
Deploying incendiary rhetoric which scapegoats & demonises minority & left-wing groups may be an effective electoral strategy, but it willfully ignores lessons from WWII & the #Holocaust: it also drives radicalisation, & the consequences can be horrific.

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The UK Government's new definition of extremism is straight out of Orwell's 1984: its focus is ideas - thoughts - not actions.

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Michael Gove wants to use parliamentary privilege to name groups under his new definition of extremism, despite government lawyers warning him about the legal implications of doing so.

The @Conservatives are the most dangerous extremist group in Britain.

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What's this got to do with #TuftonStreet?

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endmassmigration.uk
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The address for both? #55TuftonStreet. Image
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