Conservative chief Kemi Badenoch has demanded the prosecution of rap trio Kneecap after video emerged of the band allegedly advocating for the loss of life of Tory MPs.
Footage of the group at a November 2023 gig seems to indicate one member saying: “The one good Tory is a useless Tory. Kill your native MP.”
Police are investigating – and are additionally assessing footage reportedly from a gig a yr later in London’s Kentish City Discussion board.
Within the November 2024 video, a member of the band seems to shout “up Hamas, up Hezbollah” – referencing teams that are banned as terrorist organisations within the UK.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman stated: “We had been made conscious of a video on 22 April, believed to be from an occasion in November 2024, and it has been referred to the counter-terrorism web referral unit for evaluation and to find out whether or not any additional police investigation could also be required.
“We now have additionally been made conscious of one other video believed to be from an occasion in November 2023.”
Mrs Badenoch stated it was “good” the police had been trying into the allegations, including: “Kneecap’s glorification of terrorism and anti-British hatred has no place in our society.
“Now footage exhibits certainly one of them saying: ‘The one good Tory is a useless Tory. Kill your native MP’.
“After the homicide of Sir David Amess, this calls for prosecution.”
Kemi Badenoch. Pic: PA
Conservative MP Sir David was stabbed to loss of life whereas assembly constituents in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, in 2021.
Kneecap, made up of Liam Og O Hannaidh, Naoise O Caireallain and JJ O Dochartaigh, have stated they’re dealing with a “co-ordinated smear marketing campaign” after talking out about “the continued genocide in opposition to the Palestinian individuals”.
Mrs Badenoch and Kneecap are already recognized to one another.
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The Tory chief blocked a authorities grant to the bilingual Belfast group whereas she was enterprise secretary.
However final November, Kneecap gained a discrimination problem over the choice to refuse them a £14,250 funding award after the UK authorities conceded it was “illegal”.
