Last October, Leak, 66, wrote that he had sent a package “to the British government”, warning them that “I will end illegal immigration into this country within a year from the side of the French boat”. Leak, from High Wycombe, who was found dead after Sunday’s attack, made no secret of his admiration for Tommy Robinson, the founder of the English Defense League. He imagined himself online wearing a union jack face mask and frequently shared Robinson’s posts and conspiracy theories from various far-right groups including the New World Order, the British Traditional Group and Turning Point UK. In a post in July, Leak claimed that “all Muslims are guilty of grooming… they only rape non-Muslims.” Last year he wrote: “A message to the UK government: if you dare to come for our children, we will come for you. If I cannot have freedom, then I will choose death.” He also “liked” a number of far-right Facebook groups, including Enoch Powell was Right. UK border closure. God hates Islam. and Patriots party. Joe Mulhall, director of research at anti-fascist charity Hope Not Hate, said: “Two minutes after Leak’s name was announced, we found links to far-right groups. “It is clear to us that this guy was a far-right extremist with a fairly long history of sharing content from far-right, extremist groups in the UK and abroad, including Tommy Robinson. It raises the question of why it took two days for the investigation to be handed over to the counter-terrorism police. This type of content was all over his social media.” He added: “The leak was clearly consuming a lot of far-right extremist material that is racist, anti-immigrant. This content is not just words, it leads to serious and dangerous actions, as happened here.” In August, Leak wrote: “The next time the job center is taking your money away because you’re not looking for enough work ask them how many thousands of people on benefits can’t speak English and can’t write English [sic]”. Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. And last April he wrote: “Prince Chile says he will house Ukrainian refugees in one of his properties that belong to the British people, what about soldiers and members of the public sleeping in shame in doorways [sic].” He also published conspiracy and racist theories about China and Covid vaccines.
