Irish band Kneecap have apologised to the families of murdered MPs Sir David Amess and Jo Cox after footage emerged of one of its members appearing to say “kill your local MP”.
Footage of the group at a November 2023 gig appears to show one member saying: “The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.”
Sir David was killed at a constituency surgery in 2021.
Labour MP Ms Cox was fatally shot and stabbed in June 2016.
Speaking to the UK Tonight With Sarah-Jane Mee, Sir David’s daughter Katie Amess said: “I’m more than happy to sit down and speak with them. I’m sure they’ve never met a victim of such a heinous crime, and so they’re not thinking it through.
“If they were to meet with me and to see and to hear the pain and the torture and the torment that I go through every day, I’m sure they would feel terribly guilty.
“And I’m sure that they would apologise, because if not, what kind of people are they?”
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has demanded the prosecution of the rap trio Kneecap after the video emerged.
Downing Street has described the alleged comments as “completely unacceptable”.
Police are investigating – and are also assessing footage reportedly from a gig a year later in London’s Kentish Town Forum.
In the November 2024 video, a member of the band appears to shout “up Hamas, up Hezbollah” – referencing groups which are banned as terrorist organisations in the UK.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “We were made aware of a video on 22 April, believed to be from an event in November 2024, 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.
“We have also been made aware of another video believed to be from an event in November 2023.”
Mrs Badenoch said it was “good” the police were looking into the allegations, adding: “Kneecap’s glorification of terrorism and anti-British hatred has no place in our society.
“Now footage…
