British MP Assassinated over Brexit Vote

[HorseTears]

Posted: 6/16/16 at 1:43pm

This is unreal.  Xenophobia alive and well in Britain.  How awful.  Britain has suspended campaigning over the Brexit vote in light of MP Cox's murder.  

 

 

Labour MP Jo Cox dies after being shot and stabbed -The Guardian

• Man, 52, arrested amid reports suspect shouted ‘Britain first’
• Brendan Cox says wife fought every day for a better world

The Labour MP Jo Cox has died after being shot and stabbed multiple times following a constituency meeting.

Armed officers responded to the attack near a library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on Thursday afternoon. A 52-year-old man was arrested in the area, police confirmed. The suspect was named locally as Tommy Mair.

Police added that Cox, the MP for Batley and Spen, had suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at 1.48pm on Thursday by a doctor with paramedics at the scene.

Police also confirmed a man in his late 40s to early 50s nearby suffered slight injuries in the incident. They are also investigating reports that the suspect shouted “Britain first”, a possible reference to the far-right political party of that name, as he launched the attack.

Police are understood to be talking to at least one witness who claimed to have heard the attacker shout the words, and the motivation for the incident will form part of their inquiry.

Cox’s husband, Brendan, said after her death was announced: “Today is the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. More difficult, more painful, less joyful, less full of love. I and Jo’s friends and family are going to work every moment of our lives to love and nurture our kids and to fight against the hate that killed Jo.

“Jo believed in a better world and she fought for it everyday of her life with an energy and a zest for life that would exhaust most people. She would have wanted two things above all else to happen now, one that our precious children are bathed in love and two, that we all unite to fight against the hatred that killed her. Hate doesn’t have a creed, race or religion, it is poisonous.

Live Labour MP Jo Cox dies after attack in West Yorkshire – latest updates

MP for Batley and Spen injured after shooting on Thursday, reports say

“Jo would have no regrets about her life, she lived every day of it to the full.”

 

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[SNAFU]

Posted: 6/16/16 at 4:18pm

It is amazing how her untimely death didn't immediately become a political talking point. How different the Brits are in their governing.