A neo-Nazi activist who plotted to murder a Labour politician in a sword attack is a convicted paedophile who was jailed last year for trying to groom two underage boys, it can be revealed today.
Jack Renshaw, who was a member of the far-right group, National Action, before it was outlawed, admitted hatching a plan to assassinate Rosie Cooper, the MP for West Lancashire, after he was arrested on suspicion of child sex offences last year.
The 23-year-old from Skelmersdale in Lancashire, told other members of the extremist group that he had been set up by the police and left wing campaigners who wanted to discredit him.
He then sought the group's permission to take revenge by murdering the MP...
He was convicted today/yesterday. Another one for your collection when you worry about left wing violence.
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Jesus, what is it with neo-fascists and swords all of a sudden? Is this some bizzare crap about "traditional Western values" where they pretend they're knights from Ye Olden Days or something?
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The Romulan Republic wrote: ↑2019-04-04 04:21amJesus, what is it with neo-fascists and swords all of a sudden? Is this some bizzare crap about "traditional Western values" where they pretend they're knights from Ye Olden Days or something?
Nah, it's just legitimately difficult to get hold of a gun in this country (more so than it probably needs to be, really) so they have to use whatever they can get their hands on.
There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do.
-- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)
Replace "ginger" with "n*gger," and suddenly it become a lot less funny, doesn't it?
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The Romulan Republic wrote: ↑2019-04-04 04:21amJesus, what is it with neo-fascists and swords all of a sudden? Is this some bizzare crap about "traditional Western values" where they pretend they're knights from Ye Olden Days or something?
Nah, it's just legitimately difficult to get hold of a gun in this country (more so than it probably needs to be, really) so they have to use whatever they can get their hands on.
Its that much easier to get a sword than a gun in Britain?
Anyway, it still doesn't explain the sword attack by the homophobe in the MAGA hat I posted about a day or two back. That one was from the good old US of A.
"I know its easy to be defeatist here because nothing has seemingly reigned Trump in so far. But I will say this: every asshole succeeds until finally, they don't. Again, 18 months before he resigned, Nixon had a sky-high approval rating of 67%. Harvey Weinstein was winning Oscars until one day, he definitely wasn't."-John Oliver
"The greatest enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan."-General Von Clauswitz, describing my opinion of Bernie or Busters and third partiers in a nutshell.
I SUPPORT A NATIONAL GENERAL STRIKE TO REMOVE TRUMP FROM OFFICE.
The Romulan Republic wrote: ↑2019-04-04 04:21amJesus, what is it with neo-fascists and swords all of a sudden? Is this some bizzare crap about "traditional Western values" where they pretend they're knights from Ye Olden Days or something?
Nah, it's just legitimately difficult to get hold of a gun in this country (more so than it probably needs to be, really) so they have to use whatever they can get their hands on.
Its that much easier to get a sword than a gun in Britain?
Anyway, it still doesn't explain the sword attack by the homophobe in the MAGA hat I posted about a day or two back. That one was from the good old US of A.
it really really is much much easier to get a sword then a gun in the UK. Swords espcially, since they can't be carried hidden like knives, have a big market in the antiques trade, repro trade, martial arts groups, fencing groups, and inheritance.
I've got a kikuru somewhere from a great uncle in the gurkas, a few billhooks for coppicing, a foot long hunting knife I made in New Zealand. I used to live with someone who was in the medieval reanactment scene, who literally had a selection of true swords (and armour). Someone else in the house had a bunch of shitty wall hanger katanas and gamer memorbilia.
Plus that house had three chef knife sets too...
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Swords and machetes are easy to come by.
So are chef knives, but they lack in reach, and are thus less desireable for such attacks.
But even if you were to ban them (good luck), a sword-like object can be reasonably easy made.
A piece of steel (long crowbar) costs you 10$. Less if you opt for a strip of mild steel (which wil not hold an edge as well, but since you are not facing people in armor, it will be good enough.)
Angle grinder and discs.... 20-30$ if you don't have one.
Some scrap wood and glue/tape, one deadly weapon made.
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LaCroix wrote: ↑2019-04-04 08:45am
Swords and machetes are easy to come by.
...
Angle grinder and discs.... 20-30$ if you don't have one.
Some scrap wood and glue/tape, one deadly weapon made.
Or just a concrete wall and plenty of time. There is a reason shives in prison are a thing.
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Also, £200 gets you a pretty good hunting crossbow plus spare strings, extra bolts, cocking rope etc. No ID checks other than proof you're over 18, no license or database, no questions asked. (Don't ask how I know this unless you're really sure you want to know the answer. Especially you, TRR.)
There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do.
-- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)
Replace "ginger" with "n*gger," and suddenly it become a lot less funny, doesn't it?
-- fgalkin
The Romulan Republic wrote: ↑2019-04-04 04:21am
Jesus, what is it with neo-fascists and swords all of a sudden? Is this some bizzare crap about "traditional Western values" where they pretend they're knights from Ye Olden Days or something?
From what I've seen there's a higher proportion of Japanophiles in the Anglosphere right wing. So katana wankery is probably present (these aren't "katanas" though), but I could be wrong about all of that and these are just wannabe tough guys.
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The Romulan Republic wrote: ↑2019-04-04 04:21amJesus, what is it with neo-fascists and swords all of a sudden? Is this some bizzare crap about "traditional Western values" where they pretend they're knights from Ye Olden Days or something?
Nah, it's just legitimately difficult to get hold of a gun in this country (more so than it probably needs to be, really) so they have to use whatever they can get their hands on.
Its that much easier to get a sword than a gun in Britain?
Anyway, it still doesn't explain the sword attack by the homophobe in the MAGA hat I posted about a day or two back. That one was from the good old US of A.
As I mentioned in the previous thread, nutty people commiting crimes with swords is a more common criminal fact pattern than you'd think. Doesn't necessarily have anything to do with politics, so much as sword crimes tend to be committed by person who are sensibility-deficient and politics is frequently associated with people losing what sensibility the have.
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The Romulan Republic wrote: ↑2019-04-04 04:39amAnyway, it still doesn't explain the sword attack by the homophobe in the MAGA hat I posted about a day or two back. That one was from the good old US of A.
Americans like sharp edges as well as lead projectiles.
Also, people banned from getting guns in various jurisdictions can still get knives and swords.
Also - no background checks or licensing required.
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Alyrium Denryle wrote: ↑2019-04-11 05:21pmTechnically the thread title is a Vendetta Violation. I have changed it. madd0ct0r, I know the alt-right bears are tempting to poke, but... we do have rules and those rules do apply.
Noted.
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Alyrium Denryle wrote: ↑2019-04-11 05:21pmTechnically the thread title is a Vendetta Violation. I have changed it. madd0ct0r, I know the alt-right bears are tempting to poke, but... we do have rules and those rules do apply.
Noted.
Ghetto edit:
I should state for the record I don't consider Seafort to be alt-right either. The scouse political scene is a strange one, with establishment left wing and the mob entwined. Belfast and Cardiff are similar to Liverpool. But the assumption that the left wing holds more violence in the UK is false, and this is just another bit of that evidence.
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