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| Jo Cox death: 'The well of hatred killed her,' Corbyn says – latest updates | Jo Cox death: 'The well of hatred killed her,' Corbyn says – latest updates |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 3.02pm BST | |
| 15:02 | |
| Bercow's speech in full: 'She had a huge amount more to give' | |
| Here is the full text of the speech by John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, on Jo Cox. He was with David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn in Birstall. | |
| Today I think everybody is united in grief, in horror and in an overpowering respect for somebody who we came to know, whose talents we admired, whose passion we observed on a daily basis. There are legitimate differences, as the prime minister and the leader of the opposition have said, and those differences on matters of policy will always be there and that’s part of the democratic dialogue. | |
| But we are able to come together and to say two things: first of all, as everybody here knows, Jo Cox was a quite outstanding member of parliament who in 13 months representing her constituency made an extraordinary impression on her colleagues, on the media and I’m quite certain on her constituents. | |
| As has already been said, she had a huge amount more to give and she was inspired by a moral passion, a fixity of purpose and a deep-rooted conviction which she shared with Brendan and of which Brendan and her children and her colleagues and her constituency can be incredibly proud. | |
| And secondly, it was a despicable and appalling act which has shocked not merely people in Batley and Spen but right across the country – and, I suspect, many millions of people around the world. | |
| Evil cannot be allowed and will not be allowed to triumph over good. We just have to underline our determination as politicians across the spectrum that free speech and the right of people to go about their business and the pursuit of principle will continue, and it will not be dulled or dimmed or cowed in any way by people who think that violence and the spirit of hatred can be allowed to triumph. That has not happened, as I think we are demonstrating today, and it will not happen – not now and not at any time. | |
| Everybody here must be incredibly proud of Jo Cox. From my vantage point, I got to see her, I got to hear her, I knew of her passion, I knew of her commitment, I knew of her ability and I knew of her quite extraordinary hard work. Everyone here today knows that and we’ve come together in grief, in admiration and in respect. | |
| 3.00pm BST | |
| 15:00 | |
| Matthew Weaver | |
| Jo Cox’s last words were “my pain is too much,” according to Gulham Maniyar the father of Cox’s assistant Fazila Aswat who was with the MP during the attack. | |
| Speaking to ITV News, Maniyar, a former Labour councillor, said: | |
| “I don’t know full facts at the moment because my daughter is in shock but she’d [Jo] gone for surgery and as soon as she’d come out of the car, she [Jo] was sitting on the back seat, as soon as she’s [Jo] come out of the back door, by the time my daughter came out of the car she saw Jo Cox lying on the floor. She tried to help her but she couldn’t do anything. She’d been stabbed and shot. | |
| “She was with my daughter. They’d left Batley office, they were in the marketplace, she was in my daughter’s car sitting in the back seat. The car stopped and Jo decided to come out. My daughter didn’t know she’d been shot. Because this person must be waiting outside where the surgery happens.” | |
| “She said her [Jo’s] injury was so bad and she was in her arms. There was lots of blood. She said ‘Jo, get up’ but she [Jo] said ‘no, my pain is too much, Fazila’. And I think those were the last words Jo spoke. She could not do anything else. She tried to comfort her. Then the police came, the air ambulance came, they took her to hospital. She was a witness and her clothes were full of blood.” | |
| “She tried to help her, she tried to hit [the attacker] with her handbag but he tried to go at her. People came so he followed them and he came back again and shot her [Jo] again twice.” | |
| 2.50pm BST | |
| 14:50 | |
| CPS considering charges | |
| Prosecutors are considering how to charge the man arrested after Cox’s murder. In a statement the CPS said: | |
| The special crimes and counter-terrorism unit at the Crown Prosecution Service is considering what charges should be brought against a suspect held over the death of Labour MP Jo Cox. | |
| The unit is led by Sue Hemmings and has been in discussions with detectives investigating the case. | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.50pm BST | |
| 2.46pm BST | |
| 14:46 | |
| Leaders continue to offer condolences from around the world. The latest include statements from the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Romania, Lithuania, Kosovo and Kazakhstan. | |
| In MR stilgestaan bij moord Jo Cox. Verschrikkelijke gebeurtenis. We voelen ons verbonden met het Britse volk.https://t.co/kSG4wLy9hD | |
| Kondolence premiéra @SlavekSobotka premiérovi Velké Británie @David_Cameron v souvislosti s tragickou smrtí #JoCoxMP→https://t.co/7gms3WHj21 | |
| Deeply saddened by abominable attack on Jo Cox&on values which I know #UK people share, promote&defend.Condolences https://t.co/AGPGrMs5aV | |
| I sadly offer my condolences to the relatives of #British MP Jo Cox ... No political aims can be achieved by such means... | |
| We have much more in common than we think. This is how #JoCox will be remembered. Condolences to her family and to the UK. | |
| My sincere condolences to the family and close ones of the British Parliament MP Jo Cox. | |
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| at 2.50pm BST | |
| 2.34pm BST | |
| 14:34 | |
| The deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle said he would be in parliament next week to discuss security issues. | |
| He told BBC Radio 4’s World at One: “I think what we have done is put procedures in place to support MPs, but not just MPs, it’s staff and family as well. | |
| “My problem is persuading my colleagues to take up what we have got in security measures.” | |
| Hoyle also said: “It’s how far do you go. Each MP will have to decide what they feel they need because it’s not one-size-fits-all.” | |
| He added: “Democracy is what we’re elected for. We have got to make sure we’re accessible.” | |
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| at 2.45pm BST | |
| 2.25pm BST | 2.25pm BST |
| 14:25 | 14:25 |
| Cox was described as “our own Princess Diana” in a book of condolences in Batley town hall, Helen Pidd reports. | |
| A book of condolences has opened at Batley town hall. One message describes Jo Cox as "our own Princess Diana" pic.twitter.com/PksfuIVYqw | A book of condolences has opened at Batley town hall. One message describes Jo Cox as "our own Princess Diana" pic.twitter.com/PksfuIVYqw |
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| at 2.34pm BST | |
| 2.23pm BST | 2.23pm BST |
| 14:23 | 14:23 |
| Corbyn's speech in full: 'We will not allow people who spread hatred and poison to divide [us]' | Corbyn's speech in full: 'We will not allow people who spread hatred and poison to divide [us]' |
| And here is the full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s speech | And here is the full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s speech |
| We need our whole society to be secure. Jo was brutally murdered here 24 hours ago in this town, a town she loved, a town she grew up in serving a community she had loved. | |
| In her life she had worked for anti-slavery campaigns, she had worked for Oxfam, she was a campaigner for human rights and justice all around the world. | |
| She was taken from us in an act of hatred, in a vile act that has killed her. It’s an attack on democracy, what happened yesterday; it’s the well of hatred that killed her. | |
| She leaves behind a husband who made a truly wonderful statement yesterday, a statement saying that in her memory we would try to conquer hatred with love and with respect. She also leaves behind two young children who will never see their mother again. They will only be able to grow up knowing what she was, what she stood for, and what she achieved. | |
| I’ve asked the prime minister and the Speaker for the recall of parliament on Monday, and they have accepted that request, and parliament will be recalled on Monday so that we can pay due tribute to her on behalf of everybody in this country who values democracy, values the right of free speech and values the right of political expression, free from the kind of brutality that Jo suffered. | |
| That’s why we all need to come together, to understand that everyone must have protection and security in order to function in a democratic society. | That’s why we all need to come together, to understand that everyone must have protection and security in order to function in a democratic society. |
| Jo was an exceptional, wonderful, very talented woman, taken from us in her early 40s when she had so much to give and so much of her life ahead of her. | Jo was an exceptional, wonderful, very talented woman, taken from us in her early 40s when she had so much to give and so much of her life ahead of her. |
| It’s a tragedy beyond tragedy what happened yesterday. In her memory, we will not allow those people who spread hatred and poison to divide our society. We will strengthen our democracy, strengthen our free speech. | It’s a tragedy beyond tragedy what happened yesterday. In her memory, we will not allow those people who spread hatred and poison to divide our society. We will strengthen our democracy, strengthen our free speech. |
| She was a truly wonderful woman. I’m deeply sorry, deeply sad at what has happened to her and my condolences to all the people of Batley and Spen who she represented so well, and, of course, to her wonderful family, her husband, her children and all of her wider family. | She was a truly wonderful woman. I’m deeply sorry, deeply sad at what has happened to her and my condolences to all the people of Batley and Spen who she represented so well, and, of course, to her wonderful family, her husband, her children and all of her wider family. |
| Updated | |
| at 2.37pm BST | |
| 2.21pm BST | 2.21pm BST |
| 14:21 | 14:21 |
| Matthew Weaver | Matthew Weaver |
| The BBC reported that the gun recovered at the scene of Cox’s murder was not “homemade” as some witnesses claimed. | |
| A spokeswoman for West Yorkshire police refused to confirm the report. “This is not something that has come from us. All we have said is that weapons including a firearm have been recovered. We are not getting into what type of firearm it is.” | |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.34pm BST | |
| 2.12pm BST | 2.12pm BST |
| 14:12 | 14:12 |
| Cameron's speech in full: 'Where we see intolerance we must drive it out of our politics' | Cameron's speech in full: 'Where we see intolerance we must drive it out of our politics' |
| Here is the full text of David Cameron’s speech. | Here is the full text of David Cameron’s speech. |
| I first met Jo in Darfur in 2006 where she was doing what she was brilliant at, which was looking after and saving the lives of vulnerable refugees. And here we are today commemorating her life that’s been lost. | I first met Jo in Darfur in 2006 where she was doing what she was brilliant at, which was looking after and saving the lives of vulnerable refugees. And here we are today commemorating her life that’s been lost. |
| And of course the most profound thing that has happened is that two children have lost their mother, a husband has lost a loving wife, and parliament has lost one of its most passionate and brilliant campaigners, someone who epitomised the fact that politics is about serving others. | And of course the most profound thing that has happened is that two children have lost their mother, a husband has lost a loving wife, and parliament has lost one of its most passionate and brilliant campaigners, someone who epitomised the fact that politics is about serving others. |
| Today our nation is rightly shocked. And I think it is a moment to stand back and think about some of the things that are so important about our country. The fact that we should treasure and value our democracy, where members of parliament are out in the public, accountable to the public, available to the public, and that’s how Jo died. She died doing her job. | Today our nation is rightly shocked. And I think it is a moment to stand back and think about some of the things that are so important about our country. The fact that we should treasure and value our democracy, where members of parliament are out in the public, accountable to the public, available to the public, and that’s how Jo died. She died doing her job. |
| I think the second thing is that we should recognise that politics is about public service. People who go into public life, they want to act in the public interest, to pursue the national interest, to do things for other people, to make the country, make the world a better place. Politicians disagree with each other. We often disregard what politicians say, disregard each other and the rest of it. But at the end of the day that is what it is about, and that is what Jo showed it is all about. | I think the second thing is that we should recognise that politics is about public service. People who go into public life, they want to act in the public interest, to pursue the national interest, to do things for other people, to make the country, make the world a better place. Politicians disagree with each other. We often disregard what politicians say, disregard each other and the rest of it. But at the end of the day that is what it is about, and that is what Jo showed it is all about. |
| But, perhaps, most important of all, we should value and see as precious the democracy that we have on these islands where 65 million of us live together and work together and get on together. We do have peace, we do have stability and we do have a measure of economic wellbeing better than other countries, obviously still to be spread far more widely. And it is all underpinned by tolerance. So where we see hatred, where we find division, where we see intolerance, we must drive it out of our politics and out of our public life and out of our communities. | |
| And if we truly want to honour Jo, then what we should do is recognise that her values - service, community, tolerance - the values she lived by and worked by, those are the values that we need to redouble in our national life in the months and years to come. | And if we truly want to honour Jo, then what we should do is recognise that her values - service, community, tolerance - the values she lived by and worked by, those are the values that we need to redouble in our national life in the months and years to come. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.39pm BST | |
| 1.58pm BST | 1.58pm BST |
| 13:58 | 13:58 |
| Matthew Weaver | Matthew Weaver |
| The former Labour leader Ed Miliband said Jo Cox’s murder should prompt a rethink on the amount hatred and lack of respect in politics. | The former Labour leader Ed Miliband said Jo Cox’s murder should prompt a rethink on the amount hatred and lack of respect in politics. |
| Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s World at One programme he said: “We should reflect on Jo’s life and what she taught us rather than the manner of her death. We should reflect on the way we conduct our politics. There is too much hatred and not enough respect, and that’s true on all sides.” | Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s World at One programme he said: “We should reflect on Jo’s life and what she taught us rather than the manner of her death. We should reflect on the way we conduct our politics. There is too much hatred and not enough respect, and that’s true on all sides.” |
| He insisted that most politicians were motivated by noble causes and urged the public to recognise that. He said: | He insisted that most politicians were motivated by noble causes and urged the public to recognise that. He said: |
| It’s also perhaps a moment of reflection for the country because Jo was exceptional, but her commitment, her reasons for going into politics, her wish to make the world a better place was not exceptional. Politicians right across the House of Commons, the vast majority are in it for the right reasons. This terrible tragedy has shone a light on the work of Jo and many of my colleagues in the House of Commons across all sides. They are not in it for the money or the fame, they are in it to try and serve their constituents … | It’s also perhaps a moment of reflection for the country because Jo was exceptional, but her commitment, her reasons for going into politics, her wish to make the world a better place was not exceptional. Politicians right across the House of Commons, the vast majority are in it for the right reasons. This terrible tragedy has shone a light on the work of Jo and many of my colleagues in the House of Commons across all sides. They are not in it for the money or the fame, they are in it to try and serve their constituents … |
| For everyone around politics – press, politicians, perhaps members of the public too – yesterday was just this moment when you thought: ‘Gosh, a lot of the way we conduct ourselves looks so small in comparison to this terrible event.’ | For everyone around politics – press, politicians, perhaps members of the public too – yesterday was just this moment when you thought: ‘Gosh, a lot of the way we conduct ourselves looks so small in comparison to this terrible event.’ |
| Miliband added: “This is a crushing day for everybody who knew her. For the Labour party we have lost a member of our family. | Miliband added: “This is a crushing day for everybody who knew her. For the Labour party we have lost a member of our family. |
| “My thoughts today are most of all with Brendan, her husband, and her two little kids, and that’s what makes this so unbearable.” | “My thoughts today are most of all with Brendan, her husband, and her two little kids, and that’s what makes this so unbearable.” |
| The former Labour leader said it would take “weeks and months to understand what motivated” [Cox’s killer]. And he urged politicians not use her death for political purposes. | The former Labour leader said it would take “weeks and months to understand what motivated” [Cox’s killer]. And he urged politicians not use her death for political purposes. |
| He added: “I think it is very important in British politics that this is in no way used against one side or another. She was somebody who believed in inclusiveness, treating others with respect, disagreeing without being disagreeable.” | He added: “I think it is very important in British politics that this is in no way used against one side or another. She was somebody who believed in inclusiveness, treating others with respect, disagreeing without being disagreeable.” |
| Asked about whether he was concerned about his security, he said: “The great thing about the job I had and the job I do is the ability to interact with people, not with security, not cut off from the public. Of course we have got to look at all of the issues around security … but I want us to hold on to the accessibility of our democracy.” | Asked about whether he was concerned about his security, he said: “The great thing about the job I had and the job I do is the ability to interact with people, not with security, not cut off from the public. Of course we have got to look at all of the issues around security … but I want us to hold on to the accessibility of our democracy.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.14pm BST | at 2.14pm BST |
| 1.57pm BST | 1.57pm BST |
| 13:57 | 13:57 |
| This is from my colleague Oliver Duggan. | This is from my colleague Oliver Duggan. |
| Cameron/Corbyn statement began at exactly 13.48, 24 hours to the minute after #JoCoxMP was murdered just yards away. Parliament recalled. | Cameron/Corbyn statement began at exactly 13.48, 24 hours to the minute after #JoCoxMP was murdered just yards away. Parliament recalled. |
| 1.55pm BST | 1.55pm BST |
| 13:55 | 13:55 |
| John Bercow says Cox was someone whose passion and ability was widely admired. | John Bercow says Cox was someone whose passion and ability was widely admired. |
| She was a “quite outstanding” MP and made a remarkable impression in just 13 months. | She was a “quite outstanding” MP and made a remarkable impression in just 13 months. |
| She had a huge amount more to give, he says. She was inspired by moral passion. | She had a huge amount more to give, he says. She was inspired by moral passion. |
| He says her killing was a “despicable and appalling act” which has shocked millions of people, not just in the UK but around the world. | He says her killing was a “despicable and appalling act” which has shocked millions of people, not just in the UK but around the world. |
| He says free speech must continue. It must not be “dulled or dimmed or cowed” in any way by people who think violence can triumph. | He says free speech must continue. It must not be “dulled or dimmed or cowed” in any way by people who think violence can triumph. |
| He says from his vantage point he got to see and hear Cox. He knew of her extraordinary hard work. They have come together in grief. | He says from his vantage point he got to see and hear Cox. He knew of her extraordinary hard work. They have come together in grief. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.15pm BST | at 2.15pm BST |
| 1.52pm BST | 1.52pm BST |
| 13:52 | 13:52 |
| Corbyn announces the Commons will be recalled on Monday for tributes to Cox | Corbyn announces the Commons will be recalled on Monday for tributes to Cox |
| Jeremy Corbyn says we need our whole society to be secure. | Jeremy Corbyn says we need our whole society to be secure. |
| Jo had worked for anti-slavery campaigns, for Oxfam, for human rights all around the world, he says. | Jo had worked for anti-slavery campaigns, for Oxfam, for human rights all around the world, he says. |
| He says what happened is an attack on democracy. The “well of hatred” killed her. | He says what happened is an attack on democracy. The “well of hatred” killed her. |
| He says the statement from Brendan Cox, Jo’s husband, was exceptional. | He says the statement from Brendan Cox, Jo’s husband, was exceptional. |
| He says he has asked the prime minister and the Speaker for parliament to be recalled, and it will be recalled on Monday. | He says he has asked the prime minister and the Speaker for parliament to be recalled, and it will be recalled on Monday. |
| Cox was an exceptional woman. It is “a tragedy beyond tragedy” what happened to her, he says. | Cox was an exceptional woman. It is “a tragedy beyond tragedy” what happened to her, he says. |
| He says he is deeply sorry and deeply sad about what happened. | He says he is deeply sorry and deeply sad about what happened. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.17pm BST | at 2.17pm BST |