Article 25BAG Female MP received death threats for calling for ban on Britain First

Female MP received death threats for calling for ban on Britain First

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Helen Pidd and Frances Perraudin
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Louise Haigh said internet troll told her he 'would not rest until I was murdered' after she proposed debate on far-right group

Police are investigating after a female Labour MP received "very explicit death threats" online.

Louise Haigh, MP for Sheffield Heeley, told parliament she was targeted after calling for a debate on the banning of Britain First, the far-right group which may have inspired the murder of her colleague Jo Cox.

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