Labour MP Jo Cox Shot Near Leeds

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Labour MP Jo Cox has been shot and injured in Birstall in West Yorkshire, an eyewitness has said.

Ms Cox was elected as the MP for the Batley and Spen constituency at the general election in 2015 and has two children.

An eyewitness said the 41-year-old was left lying bleeding on the pavement after the incident.

The attack took place near the town's library where she held advice surgeries.

West Yorkshire Police said: "There is an ongoing incident in Birstall", while Yorkshire Ambulance Service said it was "aware" of an incident but had no further information.

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14:08, UK, Thursday 16 June 2016

Lord Foul wrote:yes but herein lies the problem of "mad or bad"

IF the nutter is not in his/her right mind......are they culpable?

Yes...if they are not criminally insane they have no excuse. Anyone can act like a nutter with no regard for others if they lose control or are easily led, but they have to take responsibility for their own actions if they cause others harm.

That's my view anyway.

Handy Andy wrote:Early indications are that the 51 year old nutter shouted "Britain First".
Yet more proof that far right wingers are turbo nut jobs.

Then why are eyewitnesses saying that he didn't shout 'Britain First'...!?


Why did Angela Eagle post a tweet claiming the shout of 'Britain First' by the attacker happened... only for her to then delete her 'Britain First' tweet claim, a bit later on...!?


http://www.infowars.com/the-political-establishment-will-exploit-the-murder-of-jo-cox-to-kill-brexit/

Jeremy Corbyn on Facebook

The whole of the Labour Party and Labour family - and indeed the whole country - will be in shock at the horrific murder of Jo Cox today.

Jo Cox had a lifelong record of public service and a deep commitment to humanity. She worked both for Oxfam and the anti-slavery charity, the Freedom Fund, before she was elected last year as MP for Batley and Spen – where she was born and grew up.

Jo was dedicated to getting us to live up to our promises to support the developing world and strengthen human rights – and she brought those values and principles with her when she became an MP.

Jo Cox died doing her public duty at the heart of our democracy, listening to and representing the people she was elected to serve. It is a profoundly important cause for us all.

Jo was universally liked at Westminster, not just by her Labour colleagues, but across parliament.

In the coming days, there will be questions to answer about how and why she died. But for now all our thoughts are with Jo’s husband Brendan and their two young children. They will grow up without their Mum, but can be immensely proud of what she did, what she achieved and what she stood for.

We send them our deepest condolences. We have lost a much loved colleague, a real talent and a dedicated campaigner for social justice and peace. But they have lost a wife and a mother, and our hearts go out to them.

She was an advisor to Sarah Brown and Baroness Kinnock...

Tommy Monk wrote:

She was an advisor to Sarah Brown and Baroness Kinnock...

and???

Just saying... and her other 'work' for oxfam etc were as appointed and lucrative high level bureaucrat roles...

and????

Tommy what are you trying to say oh-so eloquently?

Handy Andy wrote:Early indications are that the 51 year old nutter shouted "Britain First".
Yet more proof that far right wingers are turbo nut jobs.

Then why are eyewitnesses saying that he didn't shout 'Britain First'...!?


Why did Angela Eagle post a tweet claiming the shout of 'Britain First' by the attacker happened... only for her to then delete her 'Britain First' tweet claim, a bit later on...!?


http://www.infowars.com/the-political-establishment-will-exploit-the-murder-of-jo-cox-to-kill-brexit/

Tommy Monk wrote:

Handy Andy wrote:Early indications are that the 51 year old nutter shouted "Britain First".
Yet more proof that far right wingers are turbo nut jobs.

Then why are eyewitnesses saying that he didn't shout 'Britain First'...!?


Why did Angela Eagle post a tweet claiming the shout of 'Britain First' by the attacker happened... only for her to then delete her 'Britain First' tweet claim, a bit later on...!?


http://www.infowars.com/the-political-establishment-will-exploit-the-murder-of-jo-cox-to-kill-brexit/

I think she might have had a eat your own shit moment.

Eagle was speaking at a press gallery lunch in Westminster on Thursday. She was asked by BuzzFeed News if she had any message for dissenting Labour MPs who took to social media to air their grievances.

“I think that we ought to have our discussions about things like that with each other, rather than in public,” she said.
“And certainly not on Twitter, because 140 characters is rarely enough for me, let alone anyone else, to have a sophisticated rant, let alone a more nuanced debate."

sassy wrote:Thank you Vic, her husband has just put out this message, what a brave, brave man

Do you have a link for this...?

sassy wrote:She's not dead yet is she???????????????????



OMG, JUST LOOKED, YES SHE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Very strange post...


We're you expecting the announcement of death to be a bit later on...?


And the actual announcement was earlier than expected...?


Hence the surprise of "she's not dead YET is she?"... rather than just the surprise that she had died...!?

Tommy Monk wrote:

sassy wrote:Thank you Vic, her husband has just put out this message, what a brave, brave man

Do you have a link for this...?

That statement was read out on the BBC 6pm news...it's probably on Facebook.

I'm asking for the direct source link that sassy used for this post...

Tommy Monk wrote:I'm asking for the direct source link that sassy used for this post...

It's all over the internet Tommy and not that difficult to find.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jo-cox-dead-brendan-cox-statement-in-full-response-a7086226.html

That's not the link to sassy's post...

Tommy Monk wrote:That's not the link to sassy's post...

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13432147_297159933954125_9004251743594044236_n.jpg?oh=ab39257abf206d3d98dd699ec45b8f75&oe=57D3E0FC

sassy wrote:
And to the pathetic, disgusting twat who gave me a red for that post, I hope your dick drops off.   To do something like that on a thread about an MP who fought for the rights of ordinary people and who has just been murdered is beyond disgusting.

HAS anyone seen our resident BF/BNP spruiker on here recently  !?!

I'LL BET a lot of extreme RW nutters have gone to ground over there today..          

Lord Foul wrote:
Its about time britain first and its ilk were made "proscribed organisations"

WOULDN'T hurt...

I'll bet that some of their spokesmen wouldn't be allowed into Australia, maybe even the USA, if they identified themselves as such..


This assassination isn't only a tragedy for Britain, but for the international community as well.

This story is leading the TV news bulletins here tonight..      

I only just read about this. I'm shocked - going to read more about it. Poor lady.

Irn Bru wrote:

Tommy Monk wrote:That's not the link to sassy's post...

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13432147_297159933954125_9004251743594044236_n.jpg?oh=ab39257abf206d3d98dd699ec45b8f75&oe=57D3E0FC

That is the image Web address... not the source link...

Tommy Monk wrote:

sassy wrote:She's not dead yet is she???????????????????



OMG, JUST LOOKED, YES SHE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Very strange post...


We're you expecting the announcement of death to be a bit later on...?


And the actual announcement was earlier than expected...?


Hence the surprise of "she's not dead YET is she?"... rather than just the surprise that she had died...!?

I assumed Sassy just meant that when she posted she thought that Jo Cox was injured rather than dead.

The Leader of Britain First has distanced the far-right group from the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox, despite several witnesses confirming that the killer shouted "Britain First" three times during the attack in Leeds on Thursday.

"At the moment that claim hasn't been confirmed - it's all hearsay, Paul Golding said. "Jo Cox is obviously an MP campaigning to keep Britain in the EU so if it was shouted by the attacker it could have been a slogan rather than a reference to our party - we just don't know.

He has a point. Shouting "Britain first" might not be a reference to the actual group. A gas fitter said that the man shouted that, but has it been confirmed by anyone else?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/16/britain-first-the-far-right-group-with-a-massive-facebook-follow/

Handy Andy wrote:Early indications are that the 51 year old nutter shouted "Britain First".
Yet more proof that far right wingers are turbo nut jobs.

Then why are eyewitnesses saying that he didn't shout 'Britain First'...!?


Why did Angela Eagle post a tweet claiming the shout of 'Britain First' by the attacker happened... only for her to then delete her 'Britain First' tweet claim, a bit later on...!?


http://www.infowars.com/the-political-establishment-will-exploit-the-murder-of-jo-cox-to-kill-brexit/

Just bumping this thread as there was no need for a second one.

I see he's been described as a "loner", as many killers have been described before. I hope there won't be a backlash against loners. People are entitled to live on their own and keep themselves to themselves if they want to.

He is mentally ill. I've out up links to show he was and he as even featured in some charity thing for mentally ill people.

Raggamuffin wrote:I see he's been described as a "loner", as many killers have been described before. I hope there won't be a backlash against loners. People are entitled to live on their own and keep themselves to themselves if they want to.

There won't be -- he's white, British and presumably not a member of one of those weird religions ... if he had more melanin, was from an inferior country, or worshiped the wrong god, then you'd see a backlash. Someone running to lead the world's most powerful nation might even propose banning people like him ...