Several sources contain quotes from him reported to have appeared in a Huddersfield Daily Examiner article back in 2010.
In 2011, he was photographed by the local paper volunteering in nearby Oakwell Hall country park. The previous year he was quoted in the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, saying he had begun volunteering after attending Pathways Day Centre for adults with mental health problems.
“I can honestly say it has done me more good than all the psychotherapy and medication in the world,” he said. “Many people who suffer from mental illness are socially isolated and disconnected from society, feelings of worthlessness are also common, mainly caused by long-term unemployment.
“All these problems are alleviated by doing voluntary work. Getting out of the house and meeting new people is a good thing, but more important in my view is doing physically demanding and useful labour.
“When you have finished there is a feeling of achievement which is emotionally rewarding and psychologically fulfilling. For people for whom full-time, paid employment is not possible for a variety of reasons, voluntary work offers a socially positive and therapeutic alternative.”
Strangely, if you Google any of the quotes they only seem to show up in the articles claiming them as quotes. A search on the Huddersfield Daily Examiner website also fails to bring up any article with these quotes.
That is perhaps just a glitch in their website or a ditching of older stories, or it was a story that never made the online version. You would assume
if the story had been planted as evidence for after the event they would have made sure the source was available online.
It seems to have been easily found though, presumably via a call to the local papers for any reference to him rather than Googling online for old newspaper archives. However, combined with the suddenly readily available receipt for a book 16 years ago and the Britain First demo picture it gives some food for thought.
I saw over the weekend a series of pictures from the Britain First demo with the same four guys holding the banner and a different fifth member. They were from the same day's demonstrating and obviously does not rule out that Mair was taking the pictures for the other shots and changed places for one image - however, it does just further muddy the waters.
Either something fishy or it shows how very easy it is to concoct a conspiracy these days that even in a case where
seemingly the killer was caught immediately and has stated his motivations very clearly it is still possible to construct a storyline and find evidence that contradicts or confuses the 'true' version of events.
Furthermore, take the other man who was stabbed - Bernard Kenny, 77, husband of Doreen - who if you were to go full tinfoil hat could be interpreted to be the patsy Mair's handler guiding him through the mission. He died three years ago, joining his wife Doreen.
http://announce.jpress.co.uk/yorkshire-post-newspaper-ltd/obituary/23562957?s_source=jpno_leed
Or is it just a coincidence. Two couples in their 70s called Bernard and Doreen in West Yorkshire. Easy to find things to construct a conspiracy. Unless it really is a conspiracy...
It's all very interesting.