Jo Cox, MP
Posted in Events dear boy. Events, Politics at 22:59 on 16 June 2016
The attack on and subsequent death of Jo Cox MP is simply appalling.
That an MP should be killed in the course of carrying out her duties to her constituents strikes directly at the heart of representative democracy, especially as by all accounts she seems to have been one of the good ones, not in it for the money or the power but to help others.
Sadly it seems to be exactly that characteristic that has led to her being targeted by her assailant. A bitter testament to the level to which political discourse in the UK has sunk in recent months and the unsavoury attitudes it has engendered.
The greater loss is to her children and family but life in the UK has today lost a kind of innocence.
Helen Joanne “Jo” Cox: 22/6/1974 – 16/6/2016. So it goes.
Denis Cullinan
17 June 2016 at 02:02
Man! They don’t do too much assassinating even in the United States.
jackdeighton
17 June 2016 at 19:10
Denis,
The murderer seems to have been a right wing nutter with a fondness for Nazi memorabilia. Just the sort who wouldn’t like someone campaigning to benefit for others’ welfare.