A 'Neo-Nazi' has confessed plotting to murder a Labour MP with a machete because she supported immigration - but has denied being a member of National Action. National Action was said to have engaged in 'virulently racist, anti-semitic and homophobic propaganda' to stir up a 'race war' against ethnic minorities since 2013. Jack Renshaw, 24, today admitted preparing an act of terrorism by buying a machete to kill West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper, 68. He denies being part of National Action. Renshaw is on trial at the Old Bailey in London with Andrew Clarke, 34, and Michael Trubini, 25, who are also accused of being part of the proscribed group. The court heard today that Renshaw's motivation for the attack was 'white jihad'. Jack Renshaw (left), 24, of Skelmersale, Lancashire, has admitted preparing for a terrorist act by buying a machete to kill Labour MP Rosie Cooper (right) The organisation is hostile to democracy and the British state and has sought to radicalise young people through violent imagery and 'hate-filled' social media messages, as well as street demonstrations and intimidation of local communities. It was declared a proscribed group by then-Home Secretary Amber Rudd on 16 December 2016 following the group's declaration of support for the murder of Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox. The trio's trial today heard Renshaw met National Action members at a pub in Warrington on July 1 2017, where the northwest branch of the organisation would hold regular events before they were banned. Prosecutors said it was at this meeting that he told the group he was planning to kill Ms Cooper because she supports immigration. He said he had already bought a machete. Prosecuting, Duncan Atkinson QC told the court: 'That weapon, which its marketing online described as offering '19 inches of unprecedented piercing and slashing power at a bargain price' was later found by police in the airing cupboard of an address where Renshaw and been staying.' Mr Atkinson claimed all three on trial continued to be members of National Action after it was banned. Material from National Action or consistent with its beliefs was found at their home addresses, as well as on mobile phones and hard drives seized from the defendants by the police, he added. Mr Atkinson said this evidence could also be found in communications between the three men and others. He told the jury that some of these others included Alexander Deakin, Adam Thomas, Claudia Patatas, Joel Wilmore, and Darren Fletcher, who have all been found guilty of belonging to National action after it was banned. He said: 'Deakin and Wilmore continued to be in contact with Clarke, and the other three met Renshaw. Renshaw is on trial at the Old Bailey in London (file picture) with Andrew Clarke, 34, and Michael Trubini, 25, who are all accused of membership of National Action 'Two others, Christopher Lythgoe and Matthew Hankinson were, like these defendants, based in the North West and they associated with them on a regular basis both before and after the ban.' Mr Atkinson said Robbie Mullen, a member of National Action before the ban, will be the key witness in the trial. He said: 'Over time he became disenchanted with the organisation and turned to an organisation which seeks to combat right wing extremism, Hope Not Hate.' Mr Atkinson said Mullen will tell the court that the group remained members of National Action even though they stopped using the branding. Mullen was a participant in a virtual meeting, over the internet, of the leadership including Lythgoe and others which considered how National Action should respond to the ban. He said: 'They resolved that the group would continue, but without using the name or branding of the now banned organisation.' Mr Atkinson quoted from emails sent by Lythgoe at the time saying 'Long term we'll keep moving forward just as we have been. 'But the primary objective short-term is to make sure people further down the National Action hierarchy don't lose their heads. We are just shedding one skin for another.' The jury heard that Lythgoe and Hankinson had previously been found guilty of membership of National Action. Renshaw met with Lythgoe, Clarke and others at the Friar Penketh, a pub in Warrington where the Northwest branch of National Action associated regularly before the ban, on July 1 2017. Trubini had also been at this meeting but left before Renshaw arrived. Clarke, of Prescot, Liverpool, Trubini, of Warrington, Cheshire, and Renshaw of Skelmersale, Lancshire, deny being members of National Action after the ban. The trial continues.Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility