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'''Thomas "Tommy" Mair''' is a 52-year-old man who was arrested on 16 June 2016 and charged with the murder of Labour MP [[Jo Cox]] in Birstall, West Yorkshire.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/16/jo-cox-mp-everything-we-know-so-far-about-thomas-mair/ "Thomas Mair: Man arrested in connection with Jo Cox attack was a 'loner' with 'history of mental health problems'"]</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Burns|first1=Janice|title=Murder of Jo Cox: The Suspect|url=http://www.thenational.scot/news/murder-of-jo-cox-the-suspect.18951|work=The National|date=18 June 2016|accessdate=18 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Adam |last=Withnall|title=Jo Cox shot: Man arrested after Labour MP shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire – latest updates|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jo-cox-shot-live-latest-news-updates-birstall-shooting-stabbing-labour-mp-west-yorkshire-a7085561.html|work=Independent|accessdate=16 June 2016|date=16 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Stephen |last=Castle|title=Thomas Mair, Suspect in Jo Cox Killing, Had History of Neo-Nazi Ties and Mental Illness|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/18/world/europe/jo-cox-attack.html?_r=0|newspaper=New York Times|date=17 June 2016|accessdate=17 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/alleged-killer-of-mp-jo-cox-bought-gun-making-manual-from-far-right-neo-nazi-group-a7086911.html |date=17 June 2016 |title=Jo Cox death: Alleged killer Tommy Mair 'bought gun-making manual from far-right neo-Nazi group' |accessdate=17 June 2016 |work=The Independent |first=Jon |last=Stone}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-17/jo-cox-alleged-killer-tommy-mair-had-neo-nazi-links/7520362 |title=Jo Cox: British MP's alleged killer 'had neo-Nazi links'|publisher=ABC News|date=17 June 2016 |accessdate=17 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/who-tommy-mair-everything-know-8214577 |title=Who is Tommy Mair |work=Daily Mirror |date=17 June 2016 |accessdate=17 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Helen |last=Pidd|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/16/suspect-in-mp-killing-described-as-quiet-polite-and-reserved|title=Suspect in Jo Cox's killing described as quiet, polite and reserved|work=Guardian|date = 16 June 2016|accessdate=17 June 2016}}</ref>
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'''Thomas "Tommy" Mair''' is a man with a history of [[mental health]] issues<ref name=jr/> who was arrested on 16 June 2016 and charged with the [[murder of Jo Cox]] in Birstall, West Yorkshire.<ref>''[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/16/jo-cox-mp-everything-we-know-so-far-about-thomas-mair/ "Thomas Mair: Man arrested in connection with Jo Cox attack was a 'loner' with 'history of mental health problems'"]''</ref><ref>http://www.thenational.scot/news/murder-of-jo-cox-the-suspect.18951</ref><ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jo-cox-shot-live-latest-news-updates-birstall-shooting-stabbing-labour-mp-west-yorkshire-a7085561.html</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/18/world/europe/jo-cox-attack.html</ref><ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/alleged-killer-of-mp-jo-cox-bought-gun-making-manual-from-far-right-neo-nazi-group-a7086911.html</ref><ref>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-17/jo-cox-alleged-killer-tommy-mair-had-neo-nazi-links/7520362</ref><ref>http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/who-tommy-mair-everything-know-8214577</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/16/suspect-in-mp-killing-described-as-quiet-polite-and-reserved</ref> [[Iain Davis]] wrote in 2019 that he feels the conviction of Thomas Mair to be unsafe.<ref>https://in-this-together.com/thomas-mair/</ref>
  
Special police units who searched Mair's house are believed to have found samples of [[Nazi]] regalia and far-right literature.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/17/jo-cox-suspect-thomas-mair-bought-gun-manuals-from-us-neo-nazis-group-claims "Jo Cox killing: Nazi regalia discovered at house of suspect"]</ref>
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==Motives==
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[[Jon Rappoport]] suggests that Mair may have been a tool in a psyop run in order to motivate people to vote against a [[Brexit]],<ref name=jr>https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2016/06/17/british-mp-jo-cox-murdered-now-comes-the-pysop/</ref> an [[assassination]] paralleled by the 2003 killing of [[Anna Lindh]] by a "[[lone nut]]" in the run up to the Swedish vote about EU membership.
  
On 18 June 2016, Mair appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court and gave his name as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain". He refused to give his correct name and did not reply when asked to confirm his address and date of birth. Mair is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Monday 20 June 2016.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36567005 "Jo Cox MP death: Thomas Mair in court on murder charge"]</ref>
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The Brexit connection has been assisted by media reports that on 18 June 2016, when Mair appeared at [[Westminster Magistrates' Court]] he gave his name as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain" and did not reply when asked to confirm his address and date of birth.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36567005 "Jo Cox MP death: Thomas Mair in court on murder charge"]</ref>
  
==Springbok Club==
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==Affiliations==
Tommy Mair has been identified as a supporter of the [[Springbok Club]], an organisation that has in the past defended the white supremacist regime in apartheid-era [[South Africa]] who publish ''[[S.A Patriot]]'' magazine and ''[[Springbok Cyber Newsletter]]''. The latest edition of the Springbok Club newsletter addresses the [[EU Referendum]], outlining the case for [[Brexit]]:
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Special police units who searched Mair's house are reported to have found samples of [[Nazi]] regalia and far-right literature.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/17/jo-cox-suspect-thomas-mair-bought-gun-manuals-from-us-neo-nazis-group-claims "Jo Cox killing: Nazi regalia discovered at house of suspect"]</ref>
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===Springbok Club===
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Tommy Mair has been identified as a supporter of the [[Springbok Club]], an organisation that has in the past defended the [[white supremacist]] regime in apartheid-era [[South Africa]] who publish ''[[S.A Patriot]]'' magazine and ''[[Springbok Cyber Newsletter]]''. The latest edition of the Springbok Club newsletter addresses the [[EU Referendum]], outlining the case for [[Brexit]]:
 
:“On Thursday 23rd June 2016 all British voters will have the opportunity to vote on the future of their country. They can vote either to remain entrapped in the artificial and retrograde [[European Union]], or to regain their sovereign independence.”
 
:“On Thursday 23rd June 2016 all British voters will have the opportunity to vote on the future of their country. They can vote either to remain entrapped in the artificial and retrograde [[European Union]], or to regain their sovereign independence.”
  
==National Alliance==
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===National Alliance===
According to the Jewish [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] ([[SPLC]]), a group that monitors hate crimes and racist activities in the US, Tommy Mair was also a supporter of the [[National Alliance]] (NA), a once-prominent neo-Nazi organisation in the [[United States]].
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The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] ([[SPLC]]), a group that monitors "[[hate crimes]]" and "[[racist]]" activities in the [[US]], stated that Tommy Mair was also a supporter of the [[National Alliance]] (NA), a once-prominent [[neo-Nazi]] organisation in the [[US]]. Receipts published by the SPLC appear to show Mair had literature detailing how to make homemade guns and bombs.<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/06/16/alleged-killer-british-mp-was-longtime-supporter-neo-nazi-national-alliance "Thomas Mair, alleged killer of British MP Jo Cox, was a longtime supporter of the neo-Nazi National Alliance"]</ref>
  
Receipts published by the SPLC appear to show Mair had literature detailing how to make homemade guns and bombs.
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===Britain First===
 
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Far-right group [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_First Britain First] released a statement on Thursday distancing itself from Tommy Mair after {{ccm}} reports circulated he had shouted "(put) Britain first" during the attack on [[Jo Cox|Cox]]. A witness has denied that he said this.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XQlf6Fi8T0</ref>
==Britain First==
 
Far-right group [[Britain First]] released a statement on Thursday distancing itself from Tommy Mair after reports circulated he had shouted ‘Britain first’ or ‘put Britain first’ during the attack on [[Jo Cox|Cox]].
 
  
 
A senior member from the group, which has in the past spoken of a hatred of white left-wing politicians, said they “were as shocked as anyone” and the that suspect was “categorically not a member” of the group.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tommy-thomas-mair-far-right_uk_5763a3c2e4b0a4f99adbaad4 "Who Is Tommy Mair? Man Arrested Over Jo Cox Murder Linked To Far-Right Groups"] He once purchased books on how to make weapons</ref>
 
A senior member from the group, which has in the past spoken of a hatred of white left-wing politicians, said they “were as shocked as anyone” and the that suspect was “categorically not a member” of the group.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tommy-thomas-mair-far-right_uk_5763a3c2e4b0a4f99adbaad4 "Who Is Tommy Mair? Man Arrested Over Jo Cox Murder Linked To Far-Right Groups"] He once purchased books on how to make weapons</ref>
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Latest revision as of 19:49, 10 October 2022

"“Lone nut”"
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BornThomas Alexander Mair
12 August 1963
Kilmarnock, Scotland
Supposed perpetrator ofJo Cox/Murder
Depicted by corporate media as a "lone nut" killer of Jo Cox in the run up to the UK's EU referendum.

Thomas "Tommy" Mair is a man with a history of mental health issues[1] who was arrested on 16 June 2016 and charged with the murder of Jo Cox in Birstall, West Yorkshire.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Iain Davis wrote in 2019 that he feels the conviction of Thomas Mair to be unsafe.[10]

Motives

Jon Rappoport suggests that Mair may have been a tool in a psyop run in order to motivate people to vote against a Brexit,[1] an assassination paralleled by the 2003 killing of Anna Lindh by a "lone nut" in the run up to the Swedish vote about EU membership.

The Brexit connection has been assisted by media reports that on 18 June 2016, when Mair appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court he gave his name as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain" and did not reply when asked to confirm his address and date of birth.[11]

Affiliations

Special police units who searched Mair's house are reported to have found samples of Nazi regalia and far-right literature.[12]

Springbok Club

Tommy Mair has been identified as a supporter of the Springbok Club, an organisation that has in the past defended the white supremacist regime in apartheid-era South Africa who publish S.A Patriot magazine and Springbok Cyber Newsletter. The latest edition of the Springbok Club newsletter addresses the EU Referendum, outlining the case for Brexit:

“On Thursday 23rd June 2016 all British voters will have the opportunity to vote on the future of their country. They can vote either to remain entrapped in the artificial and retrograde European Union, or to regain their sovereign independence.”

National Alliance

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a group that monitors "hate crimes" and "racist" activities in the US, stated that Tommy Mair was also a supporter of the National Alliance (NA), a once-prominent neo-Nazi organisation in the US. Receipts published by the SPLC appear to show Mair had literature detailing how to make homemade guns and bombs.[13]

Britain First

Far-right group Britain First released a statement on Thursday distancing itself from Tommy Mair after commercially-controlled media reports circulated he had shouted "(put) Britain first" during the attack on Cox. A witness has denied that he said this.[14]

A senior member from the group, which has in the past spoken of a hatred of white left-wing politicians, said they “were as shocked as anyone” and the that suspect was “categorically not a member” of the group.[15]

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