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Arron Banks broke agreement to suspend Brexit campaigning after Jo Cox murder, investigation finds
08/03/2019
Leave.EU team told to 'up the spend' on Facebook and 'press it harder”, emails obtained by Channel 4 reveal – the morning after the killing.
We’re not weak, but when you have constant abuse every single day of your life … it’s bound to have an impact on what you do"
Boris Johnson’s ‘crass and dangerous’ rhetoric will fuel violence on UK’s streets, warns EU Commissioner
26/09/2019
Brussels unnerved by warlike rhetoric emanating from Westminster.
From the outside, nothing much has changed yet. From the inside, however, the UK has undergone a radical and at times ugly transformation. The June 2016 referendum has helped set off a chain of events that has impacted many aspects of life in the country.
Emails sent by Paul Ritchie included references to murdered politician Jo Cox.
A Brexit supported businessman who bombarded MPs with a string of ‘vile’ emails including death threats has been jailed for a year.
The Cabinet Minister for the Northern Powerhouse yelled "Britain first! Britain first" in parliament - the same words used by Jo Cox's killer as he shot and stabbed the Labour MP.
"Brexit is a historic mistake. It was pushed through by irresponsible nationalism, based on false promises and shortsightedness," declared Austrian MEP Andreas Schieder who helped prepare the vote. /
"Brexit is bad for Britain and Brexit is bad for Europe," he said.
Fury As Boris Johnson Dismisses As 'Humbug' Friends Of Jo Cox's Pleas To Tone Down Language
25/09/2019
Prime minister insists the best way to honour the MP murdered during the Brexit referendum was to "get Brexit done".
Jeremy Corbyn and John Bercow ‘sent murder and decapitation threats’ during Brexit negotiations
19/02/2021
Paul Ritchie, 34, is accused of sending a stream of threats to prominent politicians including Amber Rudd, Jo Swinson, Chuka Umunna and Dominic Grieve
MPs say language is associated with fascism and could put politicians and staff at risk.
Man who threatened to ‘decapitate’ John Bercow in five-month tirade over Brexit faces jail
06/05/2021
A self-confessed “angry man” who threatened to decapitate former Speaker John Bercow and said Jeremy Corbyn “should be hung” in a five-month tirade of abuse over Brexit is facing jail.
Lindsay Hoyle, a Commons deputy speaker, urges colleagues to take precautions.
Despite an agreement by all groups to suspend campaigning in the aftermath of Jo Cox’s death, Arron Banks instructed the social media team at Leave.EU to “boost” an existing sponsored Facebook ad.
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