Posted on 06/16/2016 10:36:15 AM PDT by traumer
A Labour MP has died after she was shot three times and repeatedly stabbed in a shocking attack as she arrived at her constituency surgery. Mother-of-two Jo Cox, 41, was airlifted to hospital after a gunman opened fire on her in Birstall near Leeds.
Witnesses said the man was at the office before she arrived and shot her three times, once in the head, before stabbing her as she lay on the ground. Her husband Brendan tweeted a photo of his wife two hours after she died from catastrophic injuries. He later urged people to 'fight against the hatred that killed her.' In a statement, he said: '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 every day 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.
'Jo would have no regrets about her life, she lived every day of it to the full.' A 53-year-old - named locally as 'loner' Tommy Mair - has been arrested by police and his house is currently being searched by forensic experts.
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There has evidently been a mistake. This can’t have happened. England has some of the toughest gun laws in the world. /s
She was a beStayer. Sad events!
Well, isn’t Orlando still under investigation? Or does that rule only apply to (sniff) *their* country?
Maybe I’ve been watching too many crime shows, but I hope they’re checking out the hubster too.
Are you serious?
Just the UK.
No one yelled any political slogans.
They are going to turn her funeral into one big “Remain” Rally.
Anyway, in a world where people are tweeting all the time, you can't expect that somebody's going to be silent when a wife or husband is killed.
True, a survivor's going to be overwhelmed with grief and with things to do, but how long does it take to send out a tweet?
Things that people only thought, and maybe only fleetingly, now make their way around the world.
Could it be short for Achmair?
Ban shoes!
Forgive me, but the husband sounds like some PC pajama boy.
Hate killed his wife? Really?
Kinda off topic, but let me say I’m not particularly a Warren Beatty fan. That being said, “The Parallax View”. I thought he did a good job. The whole cast, actually.
Could what be short for armchair?
Sorry, I’ve only had one cup of coffee, today :D
Am I the only one who has come to believe in false flags? Why is it common for politicians and their media cohorts to outrageously use tragedies to change public opinion so as to promote their big agendas?
Big agendas like PC, gun control, wars, open borders, cultural change and multi-culturalization all require big events to change public opinion. Are they actually coincidences or major trigger events?
You two are twins. Congratulations.
I was saying just yesterday that the Elites would have some event to destroy the “Leave” vote. I was off one day, and I’m not Psychic.
The Left constantly tries to tar brush an entire political movement over some kook.
And later reports said that he didn't shout what the media claimed he did.
It’s mostly the left wing of the Labour Party which has traditionally been anti-EU, which to them is seen as a big-business-dominated corporatist stitch-up. Also on the right of the Party, particularly in the blue-collar trade unions, there has been a strong ‘little England’ mentality. Both of these, however, are now less strong than they were 15-20 years ago before the Blairite ‘third way’ revolution in the party.
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