Psychoactive Substances: Rolling UK Politics in The Neo-Con Era

jesus r.i.p

She has died :'( What a tragedy.

god, that's devastating news. so sad and angry.

oh fuck

Nooo oh that's tragic. RIP.

Fucking hell. This is so awful.

And how many more people of that type stockpiling weapons?

completely chilling and tragic

RIP. Awful. I hope this wakes people up to these far right cunts though.

terrible. rip.

unbelievable. just awful.

Sad and angry. RIP.

It is absolutely horrible. Her poor family.

I wonder where he got the gun from. I know there are pockets of gun crime in inner cities but if this guy was an older loner type, its got to be something else than what the news usually focuses on

The early reports said it was unusual and might be homemade.

This is terrifying. The first MP murdered since Ian Gow. She had two small children who went on the Thames protest with her yesterday.

Oh that's awful!

so awful

RIP.

As far as who Britain First are, there are lots of the online Right who consider Paul Golding a hero for turning his back on Sadiq Khan. He ran (terribly) or mayor of London.

Attacker had far right connections but also previous mental health issues.

I wonder which the right-wing media will decide had more influence.

everybody accepts that just because a lone psychopath publicly aligns themselves with a political cause it doesn't mean they are a representative or product of that cause

With husband and daughters on the Thames yesterday.

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8461/production/_89998833_brendancox_blurred_976.jpg

or product of that cause

Probably too soon to have this discussion but what about the rhetoric the organisation pumps out - sure it matters whether they directly 'sent' him or not, probably they wouldn't be so stupid as to do that - but we've all seen what they put out on facebook for millions of people to see

i was being sarcastic in a way that i'd probably FP somebody else for being.

sure this conversation will be had elsewhere, but as far as it touches on the EU referendum and the nauseating moron conspiracy theories that are gonna be everywhere i think i'd better shut up and sit it out

am spiralling into this void of anger, fear and despair here. fuck fuck fucking hell

Had no problems with that sarcasm tbh. (xp)

London Black Revs timeline on Twitter worth a look rn

I was just moaning about how lawless Batley is getting after having a skirmish with some ignorant thug arseholes who were making disablist comments to my son outside Tesco on saturday. But despite what the area is like you really wouldn't expect to get murdered in broad daylight in Birstall :(

Donald Trump just tweeted 'AMERICA FIRST!'

I don't want to live on this planet any more.

From following this at work I'd somehow misunderstood that she had survived the attack and was stable in hospital, what a horrendous thing

From following the BBC coverage it was difficult to ascertain that there was any apparent connection to the referendum at all, aside from a lone confusing-in-context reference to campaigning being suspended on both sides

I know they need to avoid fanning the flames by carelessly reporting unconfirmed info but the neutrality just seems bogus and sinister when it's a prominent Remain campaigner getting murdered in public during a notably hysterical referendum campaign

Scratch that, he tweeted it two days ago, sorry

Xp

I just heard about this. I'm sorry to hear about it. Absolutely tragic.

@NV sorry didn't get the sarcasm there

don't worry, as i say i had second thoughts soon as i posted

No worries.

@Dadjokke The exact recipe for this behaviour is always complicated, but this time ... I don't know what Britain First have been saying about the EU referendum specifically but ...

ugh, this is horrible, RIP

the sun calling him a "loner"

this kind of murder...not a good look trying to score any kind of political point off it right now.

which isn't to say that all murder isn't political in a complex set of ways, but plugging into a reductive "Team A/Team B" football politics feels sick to me

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/06/a-day-of-infamy/

decent piece by massie

I've been a bit weirded out about people using it to score points about remaining in the EU, even though she was an ardent Remain supporter, but I think it's pretty fucking clear this is a political act carried out by a racist right-winger, it *IS* political, inherently.

xp

Sure - difficult to do the maths on whether he was influenced by BF and/or the Leave campaign, plus Orlando shooting and football fights ... then if he was, what is the correct way to address this xxp

i'm expecting reductive political point scoring ("someone on team a did a bad thing therefore team b is the best", etc.), which i agree is nagl, but this is a political murder in a pretty simple way tbh. it was the murder of a politician by a man shouting the name of a political party. basically http://gawker.com/5927847/there-is-no-such-thing-as-politicizing-a-tragedy

i mean based on what we know now, this is literally the dictionary definition of assassination.

It's possible he might have been shouting "Britain first" not "Britain First".

... sorry if that sounds like a stupid thing to say.

certainly got no intention of playing Cap'n Save-a-Nazi, so won't add anything now. will say the story is still unfolding.

London Black Revs said this:

Tommy Mair, arrested shooter. Batley, West Yorkshire
+ 2006 - had a subscription to an Anti-ANC Pro White South African Magazine.
+ Now Named by the BBC and Independent, Guardian, Mirror.
+ House is Cordoned Off and confirmed by Neighbours.
+ White Nationalist Political Interests
+ Shooter's former address - Fieldhead Estate
+ Subscription to SpringBok publication, a pro white supremacist organisation. Now split to 'Swinton Circle', which are still active and organising with Pegida.
+ His most likely political links are probably with Britain First.
Tommy Meir's had affiliations to an organisation called 'SpringBok' their motto is '"Out of Europe and into the World". Highly motivated against Labour's "racism" towards white people. A pro white supremacist south african organisation in exile in Britain.

Nick Griffin
‏@NickGriffinBU

If #JoCox dies (& we all pray she doesn't) just watch #Remain exploit the tragedy in attempt to shore up their crumbling blackmail campaign

Between this and the Farage poster this morning this is honestly the worst single day I can remember in British politics. Just... where does this end?

Also let's stop pretending that mental illness has nothing to do with government policy or structural conditions in society ffs.