Shocking new footage filmed secretly has revealed the racist comments made by a far right group.
Now Dame Sara Khan, a former Counter-Extremism Commissioner, is calling on the government to change the law to make extremist groups illegal even if they do not incite violence.
She made the claims after watching the undercover footage obtained by the BBC which shows activists from the far-right group Patriotic Alternative making racist comments.
The footage shows members of the group who campaign on behalf of “indigenous British people” calling for illegal immigrants to be shot and skinned alive.
Dame Sarah argued that groups such as Patriotic Alternative should be made illegal to prevent them from normalising their extremism in society.
She told the BBC: “They should absolutely not be allowed to operate with impunity, we’ve seen their recent activity and their contribution towards public disorder in the summer riots.
“It’s incredibly urgent… unless something changes, I’m afraid we’re going to continue to see groups like PA radicalise our children and make us a weaker and less democratic society.”
Criminal barrister Ramya Nagesh used the example of those given custodial sentences for inciteful language online during riots last year to make the case for a change in the law.
She said: “After the Southport riots, we saw prosecutions of individuals who’d posted even just one or two messages on their social media platforms and those messages (recorded by the BBC) were arguably not as inflammatory.”
The BBC recently went undercover with the group in Merthyr Tydfil where they protested against the housing of migrants in hotels.
Whilst there, one demonstrator Roger Phillips told an undercover reporter that “35 to 40 of us were prepping, arming ourselves”
He added: “I’m buying a pump action shotgun now.
“Who do you think is going to fight these migrants? Us lot.”
Mr Phillips later claimed that the information was false and that he was aware that he was speaking to an undercover reporter. Another member of the group was recorded telling the reporter that migrants should be shot.
Aaron Watkins, who recently lost his job at HMRC after he was caught making racist comments, said: “The communities that are the most diverse are the people we want to get rid of, violently preferably.
“Round them up into camps and if they refuse to leave, we shoot them. The people who come here are parasites.”
In another shocking incident, an activist was filmed comparing African people to dogs and suggesting that slaves had been happy to work for white people.
Blair Cottrell told group members: “An old lady was stabbed to death by a gang of African kids. When you look at the way things happen in Africa, the only language they understand is violence.
“The only way to effectively respond to a crime that they’ve committed as heinous as what I described is to literally skin them.
“You hang a few of their bodies up across some traffic lights or something. Just theoretically of course, I can’t condone it.”
A Home Office spokesperson said: “We work closely with law enforcement, local communities and our international partners to tackle groups and individuals who sow division and hatred.”
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