Far-right Newport West candidate defends soldiers shooting at Corbyn image
Hugh Nicklin said the video was "horse play"
A far-right candidate in the Newport West by-election has defended soldiers filmed shooting at a poster of Jeremy Corbyn.
‘For Britain’ candidate Hugh Nicklin tweeted that the video showed “old fashioned high jinx and horse play”.
For Britain is a far-right party started by Anne-Marie Waters after she failed to become leader of UKIP. In these leadership elections, she was considered the right-wing candidate.
The video shows four members of the British Parachute Regiment shooting at a large poster of the Labour leader. The video’s caption reads “happy with that”. The British Army has launched an investigation into the incident.
Since becoming Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been targetted by far-right terrorists.
Darren Osborne, the terrorist who murdered Makram Ali outside a mosque in Corbyn’s constituency, said he had planned to kill Corbyn himself.
A few weeks before carrying out the terror attack, Osborne had searched the internet for far-right leaders Jayda Franssen, Tommy Robinson and Paul Golding.
In March, Corbyn was assaulted by a Brexit supporter called John Murphy who was jailed for 28 days. While violent, this was not an act of terrorism.
Labour MPs have also been targetted by far-right terrorists. During the Brexit referendum, Jo Cox was murdered by Britain First supporter Thomas Mair.
About a year later, Neo Nazi pedophile Jack Renshaw planned to murder another Labour MP Rosie Cooper.
Because of a whistleblower and anti-fascist group Hope not Hate, Renshaw was unsuccesful and faces jail.
Renshaw was a member of a Neo-Nazi group called National Action which has now been banned by the Home Office.
Renshaw was accused of being a member of the group after it was banned but a jury could not reach a decision on this charge.
Members of the British Army have also been arrested on suspicion of being members of this banned group and preparing acts of terror.
In September 2017, four soldiers and one civilian were arrested in a joint raid by terror police.
Two of these soldiers, Mikko Vehvilainen and Mark Barrett were later charged with being members of National Action.
Vehvilainen, a National Action recruiter in the military, was sentenced to eight years in prison while Barrett was acquited.
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