I hope you make the same point whenever a radical Muslim does anything.
Can you not show just a little bit of respect given the nature of this thread?:roll:
I hope you make the same point whenever a radical Muslim does anything.
Can you not show just a little bit of respect given the nature of this thread?:roll:
I have shown my respects, but not on this particular forum. What I object to is the hypocritical pontificating of those who claim they don't want this death to be political, whilst desperately politicising it in the process.
I'm not sure calling this is terrorism is appropriate, the perpetrator apparently has mental health issues and whatever his motives were it would appear that he was acting alone. It was cold blooded murder and comes at a time when MP's are becoming increasingly concerned about their safety and clearly there is a fine balance to be struck.
The BBC reported the phrase as "Put Britain first" which is obviously a different statement from what you want it to be, and an alleged witness has said he did not hear anything said
Britain First being well-known for their support of the EU.
Presumably a reference to what the murderer is reported to have shouted, twice.
Jo Cox was on a list of "Red Tory" mp's complied by Momentum who wanted her de-selected. I imagine a few members of that nasty little group might be rapidly deleting their history folders.
They then put a tribute on their website to her which just proves what a despicable bunch they are.
This bloke was mentally ill and I wouldn't say he represents the Brexit movement or even Britain first, but we will have to see about this.
Interestingly though, the eye witness has also said today that he doesn't actually know whether the man shouted 'Britain first' or 'Put Britain first', a rather subtle difference I think
I agree - what angers me is the hypocrisy in condemnation by certain people, though.
Yes, I've seen the reports and agree. I'm just surprised the reference to the words, whatever they were, escaped Antman as per the comments in post #55.
In this situation, people should look over the political issues and focus on the fact that a woman has been murdered by a nutcase. There may well be political motives for the attack but that doesn't change anything.
Jo Cox was on a list of "Red Tory" mp's complied by Momentum who wanted her de-selected. I imagine a few members of that nasty little group might be rapidly deleting their history folders.
They then put a tribute on their website to her which just proves what a despicable bunch they are.
Political motivations are part of what made the attack what it was - we can't just ignore them because they're unsavoury/inconvenient/unpleasant. We certainly don't do it when Islamic terrorism occurs.
How do you know? It may have been some personal issue? Like I said a bit of respect is needed on this thread.
I hoped they would.The Conservatives have indicated they will not contest the by election as a mark of respect towards to a much-loved and respected politician.
That is a generous and decent tribute.
I hoped they would.
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Today at school we had a minute's silence in assembly in memoriam of Jo Cox. A nice gesture, I thought.
I'd only heard her name mentioned a couple of times before yesterday but it does seem the journalists didn't have to work hard to find genuinely positive things she had achieved in a short period as being a MP to report on.
Political motivations are part of what made the attack what it was - we can't just ignore them because they're unsavoury/inconvenient/unpleasant. We certainly don't do it when Islamic terrorism occurs.
And Cameron got a first at Oxford.
The BBC reported the phrase as "Put Britain first" which is obviously a different statement from what you want it to be, and an alleged witness has said he did not hear anything said
I think that the suspected perpetrator really is likely to be of unsound mind.
But that is likely to be all the more reason that he has been encouraged by the toxic terminology of the Brexiters, David Cameron, and Goldsmith with their slurs on Sadiq Khan before the London Mayoral elections and almost all of the tabloid press most of the time.
So underfund mental health indeed all health, make everyone feel like loosers when they earn less than £20K, ask people to fear outsiders and be surprised when people take desperate measures to correct their situation.
And Cameron got a first at Oxford.
The murder of Jo Cox is a cowardly, wicked and despicable act. It is also desperately sad, no more so then when you see Jo and her young family on the Thames just a couple of days before her murder. The picture shows such a happy, contented and joy filled family outing on the Thames with her two little children at the front of the boat. What fun that must have been for those two little children, aged three and five. And just a couple of days later a man full of hate and evil decided to destroy everything that we see in that picture. And all because he had a different political outlook to Jo.
I'm a proud Dad and I could never have imagined my children growing up without their Mum and that is what is so heart breaking when you think of that little boy and girl. I can only hope that they are able to carry the memory of their Mum in the years to come.
Finally, I have to say that Jo Cox's husband is far more of a man than I could ever be for the way in which he reacted to his wife's death. Within an hour he was able to find the words to describe how he felt. I wouldn't have had the courage to do that, in fact I don't think I would be able to lift myself off the floor if some coward had taken my wife's life.
I cannot get the picture of Jo Cox and her family out of my head and I suspect that will be the case for sometime to come.
We need as a nation to understand that we are under threat from Far Right political parties who wish to encourage hatred towards other UK citizens and all the mindless intimidation and violence that goes with it.
Political motivations are part of what made the attack what it was - we can't just ignore them because they're unsavoury/inconvenient/unpleasant. We certainly don't do it when Islamic terrorism occurs.
We need as a nation to understand that we are under threat from Far Right political parties who wish to encourage hatred towards other UK citizens and all the mindless intimidation and violence that goes with it.