Reform UK call on Home Secretary to make statement on Rudakubana's terror links

Reform UK will ask Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to appear in Parliament and account for why Axel Rudakubana’s terror links were not revealed sooner, Nigel Farage has said.

Along with the murders and attempted murders at the Hart Space, Rudakubana also pleaded guilty to to the production of a biological toxin, ricin, and possession of a document likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, namely a PDF file titled Military Studies in the Jihad against Tyrants: The Al-Qaeda Training Manual.

Mr Farage told reporters: “I asked that question 24 hours after the murders. I said why are we not being told the truth? Was this man known to the authorities?

"We were met with a complete wall of silence. The Prime Minister and the Home Secretary refused to engage, Liverpool police refused to engage.

“There was nothing about what I asked that would have in any way threatened contempt of court. This is basic background information that the public was entitled to.

“I was accused by mainstream media publications and senior politicians of stoking and encouraging the riots, when actually the riots were happening because of the vacuum of information and crazy conspiracy theories gaining traction online.”

He added: “I think that the Government are responsible for the most astonishing cover-up. I think that we need an apology from the Home Secretary and an explanation as to why we have been denied the basic truth.”

Asked if he would be raising this in the Commons, Mr Farage replied: “We will, as a party, table an urgent question on this. Absolutely.”

The MP for Southport said there is “no good news” after Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to murdering three girls at a dance class in the town.

Patrick Hurley said, for the families of those who died, the trial would have been 'mental torture.

"Having the most harrowing details of what happened on 29 July relived, read out in court and publicised.

"I'm glad the families have been spared that but this isn't a day for celebration. "

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