The anti-racist campaign group Hope Not Hate said they were consulting their lawyers over comments made by Farage on radio this morning.

The row broke out after Farage was ridiculed by Brendan Cox, husband of former MP Jo Cox, for blaming Merkel for the Berlin attacks.

Mr Cox said:

blaming politicians for the actions of extremists? That’s a slippery slope Nigel

Farage saw that tweet and went into a rant on LBC radio, attacking Cox for his association with Hope Not Hate even though his wife was murdered by a right-wing terrorist.

He then described Hope Not Hate as:

…masquerading as lovely and peaceful, but actually pursue violent and very undemocratic means.

Hope Not Hate released a statement this morning:

We are aware of a serious and potentially libellous statement made about HOPE not hate by Nigel Farage on LBC radio this morning.

We have no idea on what Mr Farage bases his outrageous comments. HOPE not hate has a proud history of campaigning against extremism and hatred.

We will not be making any further comment until we have had the opportunity to consult with our lawyers.

UPDATE:

.@hopenothate has just sent Nigel Farage a legal letter demanding his retracts and apologises or else we will start legal action. — Nick Lowles (@lowles_nick) December 20, 2016

Let Farage face the full force of the law for his outrageous comments