Brendan Cox, the partner of the killed MP Jo Cox, has claimed the Irish rap triad Kneecap have actually provided just “half an apology”, after objection of remarks in which they show up to require political leaders to be eliminated.
Kneecap apologised to Jo Cox’s household which of the MP David Amess, that was likewise killed, when faced with installing objection, consisting of from Downing Street and Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader.
Cox’s statements followed a video clip arised from a November 2023 job showing up to reveal a participant of the Belfast team stating: “The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.” The team have actually likewise refuted accusations they have actually revealed assistance for Hamas and Hezbollah.
Overnight on Monday, Kneecap– Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Caireall áin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh– uploaded an apology on X and recommended the stricture had actually been an “effort to derail the real conversation” concerning Gaza.
The band has actually formerly asserted they are dealing with a “coordinated smear campaign” after speaking up around “the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people”.
“To the Amess and Cox families, we send our heartfelt apologies, we never intended to cause you hurt,” they claimed in the 500-word declaration. They took place: “Establishment figures, desperate to silence us, have combed through hundreds of hours of footage and interviews, extracting a handful of words from months or years ago to manufacture moral hysteria.”
Cox told BBC Radio Ulster’s Talkback programme that Kneecap’s newest declaration was just “half an apology”.
“It’s fine to say that you’re sorry for it, but the way that they have actually spoken about it is to suggest that it’s a conspiracy, that they have been targeted unfairly and for me, that then doesn’t come across as unfortunately particularly genuine,” he claimed.
Jo Cox was eliminated in June 2016 by a reactionary extremist.
Kneecap claimed in their newest declaration they “do not, and have never, supported Hamas or Hezbollah”.
They included: “We also reject any suggestion that we would seek to incite violence against any MP or individual. Ever. An extract of footage, deliberately taken out of all context, is now being exploited and weaponised, as if it were a call to action. This distortion is not only absurd – it is a transparent effort to derail the real conversation.”
Keir Starmer’s main agent claimed on Monday the head of state thought the band’s remarks were “completely unacceptable” and “condemns them in the strongest possible terms”.
Katie Amess, whose papa, David Amess, was killed by an Islamic State fanatic in his Southend West constituency, claimed she was “gobsmacked at the stupidity of somebody or a group of people being in the public eye and saying such dangerous, violent rhetoric”, and required an apology.
Scotland Yard is supposedly considering the declared contact us to eliminate MPs, together with one more performance from November 2024 in which a participant of the band showed up to yell “Up Hamas, up Hezbollah”– teams that are prohibited as terrorist organisations in the UK.
