Labour MP faces ‘very explicit’ death threats after calling for far-right group Britain First to be banned
Police are investigating after Louise Haigh said one individual claimed 'he would not rest until I was murdered'
A LABOUR MP says she has faced "very explicit" death threats after calling for a far-right group to be banned.
Police are investigating after Louise Haigh told the Commons she was targeted after proposing a debate to decide if Britain First should become a proscribed organisation.
Thomas Mair, the man who murdered MP Jo Cox, shouted “Britain First” after he shot and stabbed her to death in her constituency in June.
Ms Haigh explained how one individual went through all her videos on YouTube and claimed "he would not rest until I was murdered".
The MP for Sheffield Heeley also told her colleagues she has been labelled a "traitor" and a "Muslim lover".
She suggested the threats and abuse were evidence that Britain First should be listed as a "terrorist organisation" and banned from standing in democratic elections.
Speaking as MPs debated a motion to ban the neo-Nazi movement National Action, Ms Haigh spoke about the death threats she had been sent since making her comments on Britian First last month.
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"Now, if that isn't evidence that Britain First should be proscribed as a terrorist organisation then I'm not sure what is - and I hope that the minister will give clear consideration to time in this House to debate just that,” she said.
DUP MP Jim Shannon replied by telling her: "Everyone in this House stands with you."
Far-right group Britain First has previously organised demonstrations and mosque "invasions" around the country.
On National Action, MPs agreed to add it to the list of proscribed organisations - with the order coming into force once it has also been approved by the House of Lords.
It will be the first time a group engaged in extreme right-wing activities will be banned under the Terrorism Act 2000, with the order expected to come into force on Friday.
Speaking in the Commons, Ms Haigh said of National Action: "They are clearly a terrorist organisation.
"I note particularly that they changed their slogan in the wake of (Jo Cox's) murder to 'Death to traitors, freedom for Britain' in light of Thomas Mair's plea hearing."
