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Kneecap tell fans to 'kill your local MP' and shout 'the only good Tory is a dead Tory'

Irish Republican band Kneecap which is being investigated by counter-terrorism police over pro-Hamas chants urged its fans to 'kill your local MP' at a concert in London.

Video footage has emerged of the rap group telling a jeering audience 'the only good Tory is a dead Tory' while performing at a gig in Electric Ballroom in London.

In the video a member of the Northern Irish band – which is set to play at Glastonbury later this year – said: 'We're still under British occupation in Ireland.

'We still have old men in London making decisions that affect my life in Ireland.

'And even worse, they're f***ing Tories.

'The only good Tory is a dead Tory.

'Kill your local MP.'

Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Robert Jenrick told the Daily Mail: 'The police should be investigating Kneecap immediately for potential terrorism offences and inciting violence.

'If a band were to glorify a proscribed far-right group, action would have been taken. It's inexplicable discrepancies like this that create the perception of two-tier policing.'

The bands remarks – which were made in November 2023 – are amongst a series of controversial comments the group has made during performances.

Over Easter weekend Kneecap projected the slogans 'Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinain people' and 'F*** Israel, Free Palestine' while performing at the Coachella music festival in California – prompting outrage.

Former X-Factor judge Sharon Osbourne called for the band to have their right to work in the US revoked in the aftermath of their Coachella performance.

Footage also emerged earlier this week from a gig last year during which one member appears to shout 'Up Hamas, up Hezbollah' while draped in the terror group's flag.

Both Hamas and Hezbollah are proscribed organisations meaning it is an offence under the Terrorism Act 2000 'to invite support' for them.

The Metropolitan Police has since referred the footage of Kneecap to a counter-terrorism unit to assess whether the material breaks UK terrorism laws.

A Met spokesman said: 'We have been made aware of the video today (April 22) and it has been referred to the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit for assessment and to determine whether any further police investigation may be required.'

At other gigs the band has led chants mocking Margaret Thatcher's death and repeating the phrase 'Brits out'.

Intimidation and threats to MPs have skyrocketed to unprecedented levels.

In recent years, there have been multiple instances of people prosecuted and, in some cases jailed, for making threats to MPs across the political spectrum, according to the Institute for Government.

These have included death and rape threats sent to MPs via email and social media, as well as plots to murder MPs.

Many MPs have publicly spoken about their experiences and the security measures they have had to take, which have included installing panic rooms; carrying panic alarms; changing their routes to and from their office; and installing bomb-proof letterboxes.

Tragically, in October 2021 Conservative MP for Southend West Sir David Amess was stabbed to death while attending his constituency surgery.

Meanwhile In 2016 Labour MP Jo Cox was fatally shot and stabbed by a neo-Nazi outside a library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, where she was about to hold a constituency surgery.

A spokesperson for CST added: 'Over the past decade, two serving Members of Parliament have been murdered by violent extremists.

'For a member of Kneecap to have told an audience to 'kill your local MP' goes way beyond simply being edgy or anti-establishment.

'Considered alongside recent footage which appears to show open support for Hamas and Hezbollah, it's a worrying pattern of behaviour that needs to be addressed and calls into question their suitability to be provided a platform at music festivals and public venues.'

Labour MP Luke Akehurst said: 'These comments are a disgusting incitement to violence.

'Use of violent language about politicians of any party damages democracy and is particularly sickening given the murders of MPs Jo Cox and Sir David Amess.'

Formed in Belfast in the 2010s, Kneecap, named themselves after the notorious IRA punishment of shooting enemies in the kneecap.

The band is made up of three members: Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, whose stage name is Mo Chara, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, who raps under the name Móglaí Bap, and J.J. Ó Dochartaigh, who uses the stage name DJ Próvaí.

A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: 'Kneecap's onstage antics aren't just childish — they're reckless and incendiary.

'Footage from a previous performance appears to show band members shouting 'Up Hamas, up Hezbollah' and displaying the Hezbollah flag.

'This is the emblem of a terrorist group committed to the extermination of Jews. This rhetoric and conduct goes well beyond performance art.

'We are writing to Glastonbury and other festivals to demand that Kneecap be dropped from their line-ups.

'Any venue that hosts them risks sending a message that hate has a place on the stage, and that Jews are not welcome.

'We have reported Kneecap to Counter Terrorism Police and instructed our lawyers to prepare for a private prosecution if necessary.'

Alex Hearn from Labour Against Antisemitism said: 'Kneecap have shown support for proscribed terrorist organisations Hamas and Hezbollah — who want to eliminate every Jew on the planet.'

Kneecap and Glastonbury have been contacted for comment.

by Agreeable-Vanilla-12

35 comments

  1. Stupid bastards, I was with them up until this. Like all you had to do was say something like abolish billionaires not this madness 

  3. “Church your local MP”

    What’s with the slang these days?

  4. Indistinguishable from a 13 year old attention seeking brat.

  6. Houl on .. my MP is in Sinn Fein
    Do they want them killed too?

  7. The fact that the daily mail are bringing up comments from two years ago justifies Kneecaps claims of being victims of a smear campaign.

  9. One thing that’s really odd about them shouting that is that they are big buddies with Corbyn and It’s likely there would have been some people from his constituency there

  10. Can see why they’re popular on Reddit.

    It’s like three Redditors managed to get away from scrolling, gained some confidence and speaking in real life.

  11. Why are we holding a rap group to higher standards than we do MPs? Is the irony lost on everyone here that statements like this have less impact than say 14 years of social murder by elected officials.
    Can’t wait for a rap group and it’s fans to be designated a terrorist group, will they be knocking on my door for spinning my tricolour vinyl

  12. Imagine if Jamie Bryson had told his fans to kill their local SF MP, I suspect the reaction from many in the sub would be very different

  13. Not a good look when a Tory MP was stabbed to death a few years ago.

  15. Jesus Christ like. Using your platform to call out blatant war crimes and a genocidal machine is for the greater good. But calling for MPs to be killed is extreme! I don’t like the Tories as much as the next working man but Christ the night lads catch yourselves on! We can disagree with others’ views, politics and motives but calling for their heads just makes you the same as those you are calling out! Swear to fuck the world just needs to calm the tits hi!!!

  16. >If a band were to glorify a proscribed far-right group, action would have been taken. It’s inexplicable discrepancies like this that create the perception of two-tier policing.’

    Then surely there’d be countess examples of this for ol Robby to be making this point…?

    Nothing demonstrates “two tier policing” better than fantastical hypotheticals from the bipartisan proponents of a witch hunt against a musical act for some middle of the road anti-authority sloganism.

    Worth noting that Jenrick’s party have literally entertained and consulted with unelected representatives of proscribed Northern Irish terror groups on policy.

    (also pretty concerned by the implication that he believes that groups characterised as Islamic fundamentalist are to the left of him and his party)

  17. Can we all stop pretending these guys are masters of satire now? Giving your opponent actionable material isn’t exactly smart.

    The Hamas/Hezbollah thing in particular, fuck me. Even one of those utterances is enough to get you in the proper, terrorism trouble. They hit a hat trick in about five seconds by incorporating the Hezbollah flag.

    Like if you’re called to explain yourself in court over this, it won’t be some Lenny Bruce/George Carlin debate on freedom of speech, it’ll be do you or do you not support the proscribed organisation?

    And then what do you do? Back down on your statement and hope for clemency, or double down and go to jail over it?

    Neither sound like good outcomes for Kneecap imo, and so utterly avoidable.

  18. Clearly inciting violence. Remove their license.

    If this were a loyalist band there’d be outrage from here and the wider nationalist twitterati.

  19. People who continue to like these boys are either severely bigoted or brain dead

  23. Watching the mental gymnastics from people on this sub trying to defend people they like/agree with their politics making violent statements is hilarious 😂

  26. In a country that has had 2 MPs murdered in the last decade, calling for more to be killed is wholly unacceptable.

    The band should be being forthright in rolling this comment back apologising and that should be the end of it.

    They are young and passionate and I hope just got carried away.

    But, if it’s a deliberate attempt to cause outrage for publicity, they deserve legal consequences as calling for someone’s death to get attention is heinous.

  27. Dumb things to have said. They’re being hounded now so you better believe they’d have dug up *something*, but that was a gift.

  30. Oh look, the people thinking they are clever by posting pro-Hezbollah shit also think “kill your local MP” is a great thing to say. What a shock. <surprised Pikachu face>.

    Look they are great artists and made a banging film. But just don’t go and think they are particularly literate when it comes to politics or complex geopolitics matters.

  31. “Up Hamas” fucking hell, that’s brutally stupid by them, I’ve spoken to lots of people who are outraged at Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people, I’ve never heard of anyone who’s outraged, saying they support Hamas.

    These kneecap lads sound so desperate for attention it’s painful. They sound like they have a 10 year old child’s view of politics and are saying things to act the big lad in front of their mates, this will prob not end well for them if they keep going on like this tbh.

  32. Ceasefire soldiers. Little wannabe provos. They are behaving like children but with disastrous consequences for the youth being indoctrinated with this hate

  35. Marketing strategy worked!

    Pretending to support terrorism for clout is really effective!

    Let’s double down on causing controversy!

    Making money off middle-class peace babies born after GFA who want to feel a bit rebelly… Can’t blame the grifters for fleecing the terminally gullible.

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