On this day in 2016, a Labour MP was murdered in a politically-motivated terror attack. Five years later, the threat of far-right violence is only increasing – aided by a mainstream that echoes their arguments.

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May 17, 2022 - Since 2017, counter-terrorism forces have foiled 32 plots: 18 were Islamist related, and 12 were from the extreme right wing

November 24, 2016 - In the wake of Thomas Mair’s conviction for the murder of Jo Cox, Ian Cobain examines rightwing extremism in the UK

The number of homicides in England and Wales fell in 2022/23, when compared with the previous year, but remain higher than in the mid-2010s.

May 9, 2021 - Authorities in the United Kingdom recently conducted a series of arrests of individuals suspected of terrorism offenses motivated by far-right violent extremism. The arrests included a sixteen-year-old boy, highlighting the complexities of the threat in the UK

December 12, 2019 - The threats from the far right are real and undeniable, but there is far-left violence, too. Americans don't seem to recognize that.

November 20, 2019 - Whilst still only a fraction of global terror deaths are attributed to the far-right, it is a growing menace in the west, rising 320% in the last five years.

August 17, 2017 - Violence has been ratcheting up on all sides during white supremacist rallies in recent months — but "antifa" is not planning the rallies, and statistically poses a lesser danger.

January 24, 2019 - Increase should 'serve as a wake-up call to everyone about the deadly consequences of hateful rhetoric' says Anti-Defamation League

June 30, 2021 - Far-right group National Action was banned after it glorified the extremist murder of MP Jo Cox in 2016. AP

November 12, 2023 - Violent acts by football hooligans and far-right English Defence League overshadowed problems at pro-Palestinian event, London police say.

April 23, 2024 - Police have clashed with 'far-right' groups that descended on central London for a St George’s Day event.

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September 20, 2019 - The fastest growing terrorist threat to the U.K. comes from the far-right, Britain’s top counter-terrorism police officer said Thursday.

February 27, 2023 - Abstract: Recent attacks, disrupted plots, and arrests in Europe and the United States have suggested that the terrorist threat posed by older extreme far-right individuals might be increasing. A deep dive into the United Kingdom, which has seen five attacks by extreme far-right men over the ...

April 20, 2024 - The far-right, extreme right, hard right, radical right, fascist-right and ultra-right are terms used to discuss the position a group or person occupies within right-wing politics. The terms are often used to imply that someone is an extremist. The terms have been used by different scholars ...