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British lawmaker dies after shooting and stabbing attack that stuns nation
washingtonpost.com ^ | June 16 2016 | Griff Witte and Karla Adam

Posted on 06/16/2016 6:41:01 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

LONDON — A rising star in Britain’s Parliament was shot and stabbed to death Thursday in an attack that stunned the nation and brought the country’s European Union referendum campaign to an abrupt halt just a week before the vote.

The killing was of the sort that has become all too common in the United States, but is virtually unheard of in Britain: without warning, hyper-violent and ultimately, perhaps, inexplicable.

It claimed as its victim Jo Cox, a widely respected 41-year-old member of the center-left Labour Party who won election last year after a career in humanitarian work and who was widely respected for her outspoken advocacy on behalf of refugees and civilians in Syria

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1 posted on 06/16/2016 6:41:01 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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And it came out later that the “attack” had nothing to do with Brexit, she tried to intervene in a fight between a nutcase and his victim. He turned on her.

But don’t let facts confuse the British Leftist press.


2 posted on 06/16/2016 6:43:00 PM PDT by Regulator
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“The killing was of the sort that has become all too common in the United States,”

What the hell are they talking about? Yeah, our politicians are dropping like flies here in the US.


3 posted on 06/16/2016 6:45:48 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: Berlin_Freeper
No doubt the killer was radicalized by Trump's harsh, racist, and evil rhetoric.

TEA PARTY TO BLAME! < /S >

4 posted on 06/16/2016 6:46:57 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (MAGA! Make America Great Again)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If the murderer is not connected to Islamic terrorism, my money is on this was done by a “remain” supporter paid by higher ups to drum up a sympathy vote for staying as I think this MP was against Brexit...


5 posted on 06/16/2016 6:47:41 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Regulator

Yes. It looks like the “Britain First” was created in an attempt to derail the “Leave” movement. There does not seem to be any curiosity about where those words came from in the reporting. The person “quoted” later said that he never heard those words.

Someone added them to the story early on. Who was it,and why do they still have a job?


6 posted on 06/16/2016 6:49:15 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Condolences to family and friends of Jo Cox.


7 posted on 06/16/2016 6:50:11 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Regulator
And it came out later that the “attack” had nothing to do with Brexit, she tried to intervene in a fight between a nutcase and his victim. He turned on her.

Thanks. I had only read the earlier quote that this was genuine Right-wing attacker.
Sad for the dead lady's family, but it sounds like the Media and politicians are just trying to use this tragedy for their political gain. Like usual.

8 posted on 06/16/2016 6:50:28 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Regulator

Damage done, Brexit goes down in flames.

This was a set-up.


9 posted on 06/16/2016 6:51:16 PM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (Why work for a living when you can vote for a living?)
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To: Toespi

they are shocked, shocked I tell you, that someone would take it upon themselves to make a homemade gun in such a polite society.

of course, England can always ban knives. And scissors. And rocks. And plastics. And sticks. Or they can lift the ban on firearms and live a bit longer while they figure out how to deport all the non-assimilating invaders they have found themselves inundated with.


10 posted on 06/16/2016 6:53:10 PM PDT by blueplum (March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Do they mean chiraq??


11 posted on 06/16/2016 6:54:48 PM PDT by ealgeone
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If only the US had more gun control, then fewer British mental patients would kill their politicians. Or something.


12 posted on 06/16/2016 6:56:06 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Nation States seem to be ending. The follow-on should not be Globalism, but Localism.)
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I can’t count the number of snarky remarks I received about ‘our guns’ when I lived there. Came close to throwing a drink in some bloke’s face at a pub.


13 posted on 06/16/2016 7:00:32 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (<<<<<<< he no longer IS my 'teddy bear'.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Here is what happened; Tow guys were fighting, one had a knife, the other a gun, she got between them and was stabbed and shot. No one said saying about Remain or Leave. The leftist controlled this and the idiot populace bought it hook, line, and sinker......


14 posted on 06/16/2016 7:20:42 PM PDT by heights
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I just got done watching the movie “London Has Fallen”

I hope this isn’t the beginning of a similar type attack.


15 posted on 06/16/2016 7:34:12 PM PDT by CharlotteVRWC
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Local Clarke Rothwell told the BBC he couldn’t be sure which of the phrases he used, but he was sure he used the words ‘Britain first’.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/eyewitness-says-jo-coxs-attacker-8213376


16 posted on 06/16/2016 7:37:56 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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"Britain First" is a typical nationalistic party with an anti-Islam and anti-immigrant platform: https://www.britainfirst.org/policies/

That area of England contains a large Islamic population and many immigrants and she had been an advocate for accepting more refugees from Syria.

This murder could have had nothing to do with the upcoming Brexit referendum. The killer obviously despised her globalist political mindset. Regrettably, some Brits may think he killed her just because she was supporting the Remain campaign and might let that cloud their judgement when making their decision.

17 posted on 06/16/2016 8:33:02 PM PDT by Go_Trump_2016
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To: heights

Where are you getting this? Last I heard the suspect was a mentally ill man who lived alone. No mention of a second suspect with one of the two weapons.


18 posted on 06/16/2016 8:40:16 PM PDT by volunbeer (ABH for President! - Anybody but Hillary)
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To: heights

They lost me when they said she was a member of the “Center-left” Labour Party. There’s nothing “center” about the hard-core communists that have always run Labour. And if that’s now “center” in the UK, well....

...bye.


19 posted on 06/16/2016 8:57:58 PM PDT by henkster (Don't listen to what people say, watch what they do.)
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To: Regulator

do you have a link showing that?


20 posted on 06/16/2016 11:06:46 PM PDT by Cubs Fan (Liberals and Islamists are the Nazis and Stalinists of the 21st century. This time they are united.)
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