Brendan Cox, husband of murdered MP Jo Cox, said the Irish rap trio only offered "half apology" after criticizing comments that they appeared to demand that politicians be killed.

Kneecap apologized to Jo Cox's family and to the family of Congressman David Amess.

Cox's speech comes after a video that appeared in a show in November 2023 and seems to tell a member of the Belfast Group: "The only good Conservative party is the dead Conservative party. Kill your local MP." The group also denied their support for Hamas and Hezbollah.

On Monday, Kenny - liamógógóhannaidh, naoiseÓ Cairealláin and Jjó Dochartaigh - apologized on X and suggested that the condemnation was "working to derail the real conversation".

The band had previously claimed that they faced a “coordinated smear campaign” after talking about the “ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.”

"We send a heartfelt apology to the Americans and Cox's family, and we never intend to cause harm," they said in a 500-word statement.

They continued: “The urgent building that sets us down silenced characters have combed through hundreds of hours of footage and interviews, extracting some words from months or years ago to create moral hysteria.”

In an urgent question on Tuesday about the House of Commons band, Home Minister Dan Jarvis urged organizers of the June Glastonbury Festival to "think very carefully" whether Kneecap should perform there.

During the exchange involving Mark Francois, conservative MPs asking the question called the band "despicable evil", and Jarvis seemed to agree with the agreement of another Labor MP who suggested that Kneecap's music should be removed from platforms such as iTunes and Spotify.

Cox told BBC Radio Ulster's intercom program that Knikap's latest statement was only "half the apology."

"You can say you're sorry for this, but they're actually talking about suggesting it's a conspiracy and their goal is unfair and to me it's not unfortunate, it's not especially true sincerity."

Jo Cox was killed by a far-right extremist in June 2016.

Kneecap said in a recent statement that they "did not, nor did they support Hamas or Hezbollah."

They added: “We also refuse any advice we try to incite violence against any member of Congress or individual.

"The video excerpts of the excerpts were intentionally removed from all contexts and are now being exploited and weapons, as if they were a call for action. This distortion is not only absurd, but also a transparent effort to derail the real dialogue."

A Keir Starmer official spokesman said Monday that the prime minister considered the band's remarks "totally unacceptable" and that he "condemned them with the strongest possible."

Katie Amess' father, David Amess, was murdered by an ISIS fanatic in his Southend West constituency, said she was "deceived by the stupidity of someone or a group of people in the eyes of the public and said such dangerous, violent remarks" and demanded an apology.

She told PA Media on Tuesday that the group's statement was "deflection, excuse and air light", adding that it seems they have been given "bad advice."

She said: "It's ridiculous, it's not an apology. It's a deflection, it's not a responsibility, it's an excuse.

"They don't understand what they're talking about. They obviously don't have enough education about what they say to think they can use these excuses and everyone will be like, 'Oh, that's OK, let's keep going.'"

Scotland Yard is reportedly investigating calls for alleged killing of MPs, as well as another concert in November 2024, with band members appearing to shout: "Up Hamas, Up Up Hezbollah" - banned as a British terrorist group.