micdotcom:micdotcom:British Labour MP Jo Cox has died after being shot and stabbedJo Cox, a Labour p
micdotcom:micdotcom:British Labour MP Jo Cox has died after being shot and stabbedJo Cox, a Labour party member of the British Parliament, is dead after being shot and stabbed multiple times during a visit to her constituency in West Yorkshire. The Guardian reported witnesses seeing Cox involved in an altercation between two men. Police are investigating two words suspect Tommy Mair may have shouted before firing at Cox.Update: For our American readers who may not be familiar with Jo Cox, we wrote up a story about her career and positions.Cox was one of the more progressive MPs of the U.K.’s left-wing Labour Party. Before becoming a politician, she was an Oxfam policy analyst and advisor to Sarah Brown, the wife of then-Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown.She fiercely advocated for the British government’s acceptance of 3,000 Syrian child refugees.She’d also been a vocal critic of the ruling Conservative Party’s efforts to reduce funding of and dismantle the National Health ServiceCox appeared in Parliament on June 8 to express her outrage at the subsequent reduction in the quality of healthcare her constituency has suffered. On Thursday afternoon local time, Cox’s husband tweeted a beautiful, heartbreaking tribute to her. -- source link
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