Head of banned fascist group would repatriate Jews who have been here centuries
Alex Davies, from Swansea, is on trial accused of being a member of the proscribed organisation National Action (NA) after it was banned on December 16 2016
The co-founder of a banned fascist group has told a court he aims is to repatriate ethnic minority and Jewish people from the UK “along the lines of the Conservative Government’s Rwanda policy”.
Alex Davies, 27, is on trial accused of being a member of the proscribed organisation National Action (NA) after it was banned on December 16 2016.
Barnaby Jameson QC, prosecuting, has told Winchester Crown Court that the UK Government banned the group after it had “terrorised” towns across the country with its call for an “all-out race war”.
Following the ban, Davies set up “continuity” group NS131, which stood for National Socialist Anti-Capitalist Action and was itself later banned by the Government, Mr Jameson said.
Davies has told the court that NS131 was not set up as a continuation of NA and had different aims and processes.
Asked by Mr Jameson if the repatriation of ethnic minorities would be enforced, he said: “It would be compulsory, I imagine.
“I imagine it would be run along the lines of the current Conservative Government and their sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda.”
He said the deportation would not be of all ethnic minorities and Jews, adding: “There are certain Jews that do essential jobs, just as there are black, Asian and ethnic minority people who do essential jobs, and to send them back would be doing harm to ourselves.”
He went on: “If we were to take power, our aim is to have an overwhelmingly white Britain as it more or less has been for centuries.
“It’s only in the past 50/60/70 years we have had mass immigration. It would be to return to the status quo of before the Second World War.”
Asked if he would repatriate Jewish families with British heritage dating back “thousands of years”, he replied: “Yes, that’s how repatriation would work.”
Davies denied he is a violent person and said that training camps he attended had not been paramilitary-style training events.
He added that he had been quoting former BNP leader Nick Griffin when he sent a message to a potential recruit in April 2017 which stated: “We need to be smart but ready to use well-directed boots and fists, if needs be. No pacifist movement is going to go anywhere.”
Davies said that, after the ban, he was involved in “advancing the cause of national socialism, not the cause of a continuity NA”.
“After proscription all I am interested in is pursuing legal political activities,” he said.
He said he estimated that he had previously known about “10 to 12” of the 30/40 members of NS131.
Davies, from Swansea, denies membership of a proscribed organisation between December 17 2016 and September 27 2017, and the trial continues.
Thank you for helping to make Jewish News the leading source of news and opinion for the UK Jewish community. Today we're asking for your invaluable help to continue putting our community first in everything we do.
For as little as £5 a month you can help sustain the vital work we do in celebrating and standing up for Jewish life in Britain.
Jewish News holds our community together and keeps us connected. Like a synagogue, it’s where people turn to feel part of something bigger. It also proudly shows the rest of Britain the vibrancy and rich culture of modern Jewish life.
You can make a quick and easy one-off or monthly contribution of £5, £10, £20 or any other sum you’re comfortable with.
100% of your donation will help us continue celebrating our community, in all its dynamic diversity...
Engaging
Being a community platform means so much more than producing a newspaper and website. One of our proudest roles is media partnering with our invaluable charities to amplify the outstanding work they do to help us all.
Celebrating
There’s no shortage of oys in the world but Jewish News takes every opportunity to celebrate the joys too, through projects like Night of Heroes, 40 Under 40 and other compelling countdowns that make the community kvell with pride.
Pioneering
In the first collaboration between media outlets from different faiths, Jewish News worked with British Muslim TV and Church Times to produce a list of young activists leading the way on interfaith understanding.
Campaigning
Royal Mail issued a stamp honouring Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton after a Jewish News campaign attracted more than 100,000 backers. Jewish Newsalso produces special editions of the paper highlighting pressing issues including mental health and Holocaust remembrance.
Easy access
In an age when news is readily accessible, Jewish News provides high-quality content free online and offline, removing any financial barriers to connecting people.
Voice of our community to wider society
The Jewish News team regularly appears on TV, radio and on the pages of the national press to comment on stories about the Jewish community. Easy access to the paper on the streets of London also means Jewish News provides an invaluable window into the community for the country at large.
We hope you agree all this is worth preserving.
