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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/16/labour-mp-jo-cox-shot-in-leeds-witnesses-report/



Possibly has to do with brexit. Witnesses allege the attacker yelled britain first. At least they got the guy.


"The man arrested after Labour MP Jo Cox was repeatedly shot and stabbed has been named locally as Tommy Mair, a local man from Birstall where the attack took place."

I've already seen the rabid denouncements of anyone in favour of Leave and the ridiculous statements about all Leavers being implicit in this crime. Because feth everything else, let's use an incident like this to have another go at people with differing opinions.

Finally, British politics gets interesting! You guys get the bash our US politics all day long, but now the shoe is on the other foot!

I wish a speedy recovery to Ms. Cox

Edited o Ms.

Looks like the Brexit is becoming really ugly in UK.

 Easy E wrote:
Finally, British politics gets interesting! You guys get the bash our US politics all day long, but now the shoe is on the other foot!

I wish a speedy recovery to Mr. Cox.

Ahem. It's Mrs Cox.

Nut cases everywhere it seems. Hope she recovers fully.

I hope this doesn't get used to score political points on either side. This is nothing to do with the EU debate and everything to do with mental illness.

Referendum campaigning has been suspended on both sides.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Referendum campaigning has been suspended on both sides.

Ya, probably for the best.

This is up. Not even 24 hrs ago we were laughing about the comical Thames battle, now an MP lies dead in a morgue...

Some sick people in this world.

ffs it's reported she has now died.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/16/labour-mp-jo-cox-shot-in-west-yorkshire

Indeed.


Seems like a very brutal way to go too, reports say she was shot twice and then stabbed multiple times.

Another victim to humanity's own stupidity.

That whole debate isn't looking so funny right now.

A black day for British democracy.

Let's hope people don't make political capital out of this poor woman's death, and lets hope her family are ok. I think she has young children...

Sounds like he was a Britain First nut, I'd be suprised if this was directly related to the euro debate. She's heavily involved with refugee campaigning, so I'd say it's more likely to do with that.

Sickening.

Much as I believe in one side of the euro debate. Its not worth peoples lives. Someone has a different view, yeah loads do.

That's, it ain't worth that, a sad day for democracy that you have t fear being killed if yo belive the "wrong" way.

As he was captured he will have day in court and then we may find out his motivations.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
As he was captured he will have day in court and then we may find out his motivations.

Indeed, I've heard rumours of a hand made gun, so it doesn't sound like a spur of the moment thing.

Daily Telegraph is saying that the suspect was well known locally, has a history of mental health issues, and was well know to the local authorities.

Predictably, and sadly, the Guardian newspaper has used this awful tragedy to attack Nigel Farage...

The Guardian is left wing and supports EU membership so we should vote to leave.

 General Kroll wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:
As he was captured he will have day in court and then we may find out his motivations.

Indeed, I've heard rumours of a hand made gun, so it doesn't sound like a spur of the moment thing.

Not easy to get in UK... knife yes, any old shop but a firearm

Poor woman. It's amazing these people even exist these days. Papers are saying he was a loner and was in the news 6 years ago talking about mental health.

R.I.P to the Cox family.

Where was her security detail in all of this?

Can't say i'm shocked this person died. Unless you're a bodybuilder most people don't survive being shot and stabbed. Our hospitals haven't advanced that far yet and losing so much blood on the way to the hospital (which takes a while) is a big part of it.

xraytango wrote:
Where was her security detail in all of this?

There probably wasn't one.

 flamingkillamajig wrote:
Can't say i'm shocked this person died. Unless you're a bodybuilder most people don't survive being shot and stabbed. Our hospitals haven't advanced that far yet and losing so much blood on the way to the hospital (which takes a while) is a big part of it.

That's not really true, people usually survive being shot and/or stabbed as long as nothing vital was damaged and there isn't too much blood loss. I believe that she was shot 3 times though, including in the head.

What a waste. Looking at the stories this morning the deranged man is known locally and has a history of mental illness.

As an aside, Britain First is another facist group of saddos and losers in a similar vein to the BNP. Is it confirmed he actually shouted it?

xraytango wrote:
Where was her security detail in all of this?

MPs typical don't travel around with security as it's not usually needed. She was just leaving the local MP surgery where typically MPs talk to constituents about their needs and concerns. People would be put off visiting if they were surrounded by sinister suits or gangs of police!

She was one of the good ones. She worked for and with a number of humanitarian NGOs, including Oxfam, and dedicated her life to trying to make the world a better place for other people.

With all the self-serving, hate-mongering bastards out there who exist to prop up their own kind at the expense of others, who are ruining our world in the name of petty self-interest, why in the hell would anybody want to hurt somebody like Jo? I cannot comprehend how we live in a society so utterly broken and divided that anyone could demonise a fething angel like Jo, just because she sticks up for the "wrong" sort of person.

Every day I walk past tabloid headlines designed to foment anger and paranoia, designed to pit "us" against "them", and I wonder how the hell these wretched hacks can sleep at night, knowing full well that their rhetoric fuels hate and goads sectarian knuckle-draggers - all for the sake of a quick quid!

Bah, I'm just rambling now. Batley's where Oxfam has its Festival Shop HQ; I've been lucky enough to work with them at a few festivals. Somebody posted a pic of Jo presenting one of their workers with a giant teddy at a local fair. I had no idea that bear had such an illustrious background! I've just been thinking about how hard it must have hit the team, and it just made me so upset thinking about how much harder it is for her friends and family.




The bigot who took her away from us is but an amoeba in comparison. Here's a woman who actually made something of herself and actually made a positive difference in the world. Her example makes me want to try even harder to help make this world a better place.

[EDIT: Ugh. Of all the frames the uploader could have chosen for a thumbnail. Sorry if you're "Out", the video's still worth a watch, because it's about Jo and barely has anything to do with the referendum. ]

For the last news I read, seems like the suspect has links with neo-nazism. Also have mental health problems, but chances are high he was influenced.

Unstable and weak persons are always the first to fall to stupid propaganda and call to fear/hate repeated again and again by unscrupulous people.

She was in Birstall. Pretty rough area to be in for a start. High levels of poverty, social exclusion etc.
Could have been Brexit related, or just that the guy who did it was demented to begin with- most likely the latter. Terrible way to go though. Rest in Peace.

This is from a guy on Reddit who claims to be a local of the area...

Local here, street away from the murderer and down the road from the amazing Jo Coxs surgery.

Sadden and shocked. I know it's trotted out on every one of these horrific incidents but the man was genuinely a loner who was flying rodent gak mad.

He used to go to a mental health course thing that really helped him a year or so ago, after the elections it got discontinued and he sort of blamed her for it. Felt she was giving too much to Europe & everywhere but locally (her amazing Syria & anti-slavery work etc) which is just completely incorrect. She cared a great deal about her constituency and she walked around Birstall as a local, not a shipped in MP. He was a lunatic with a grudge and that is a dangerous combo.

A shocking day we won't forget. I can't imagine what her husband and kids are going through. My heart bleeds for them.

If we have more people like Jo Cox in the world will be a different place in 100 years. Take a leaf from her book in your forward steps. Rest in peace.

So looks like he's a victim of austerity cuts, and has taken it out on his local (opposition) MP. Sounds like he had serious problems, not that it excuses what he did in any way.

xraytango wrote:
Where was her security detail in all of this?

We don't have security details for ordinary MPs doing constituency surgeries.