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| Jo Cox tributes: 'We need a kinder and gentler politics,' Jeremy Corbyn says - live | Jo Cox tributes: 'We need a kinder and gentler politics,' Jeremy Corbyn says - live |
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| Tributes are continuing in the House of Lords to Jo Cox as MPs head to the chapel for a service of remembrance. | |
| Baroness Angela Smith, shadow leader of the Lords, gave this tribute, where she urged others not to be deterred into public service. | |
| Our democracy will be seriously weakened if this outrage stops our brightest and our best from stepping forward into public life. When good people of passion and principle tell their family and friends that they want to be a councillor or a Member of Parliament – I want their families to be proud of them. Not fear for them. | |
| Yet the level of vitriol and violence contaminating our public and political life will deter some of the people that we need the most. | |
| Almost every MP can report threats and abuse, sometimes violent. And although social media makes it easier, it’s too easy just to blame the internet. All of this has coincided with the deterioration of political debate. | |
| Of course we must argue our differences on policy with emotion and conviction. But too many have gone beyond that. The tone of the debate and the language - particularly around immigration and asylum seekers - shames many. And the drip feed of denigration and abuse, poisons the very air that we breathe. | |
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| Here’s the video of Corbyn and Cameron’s tributes an hour ago. | |
| Cameron said Cox was “a voice of compassion, whose irrepressible spirit and boundless energy lit up the lives of all who knew her and saved the lives of many she never, ever met.” | |
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| Closing the tributes, Bercow says he must put the motion of tributes to Jo Cox to the house and hopes to hear the “loudest ayes” in the history of the House of Commons. He is not disappointed. | |
| MPs will now go to a service with chaplain Rose Hudson-Wilkin to remember Cox. | |
| The whole House of Commons now stands in a rare round of applause, ending the recalled session. Brendan Cox and the couple’s two children have been watching from the public gallery. It really has been an extraordinarily moving hour. | |
| Applause from all sides of the House of Commons, press gallery, and public gallery in memory of Jo Cox. | |
| Jo Cox, an MP for a year, receiving tributes that a veteran would be proud of. Remarkable achievement. | |
| Jeremy Corbyn waves to Jo Cox's family as MPs give a minute's standing applause at the end of the tributes. An incredibly moving hour. | |
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| MP Jonathan Reynolds, a close friend of Cox, said her willingness to enter public service “cost her her life”. He recalled one moment when his wife Claire had been breastfeeding their child at Labour conference, and Cox had sat down to feed her own son in solidarity, after she saw Claire had been receiving some uncomfortable looks. | |
| He says he hopes Cox’s story will inspire his daughter, as a “parliamentarian, mother and a friend”. | |
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| Labour MP Mary Creagh says Jo Cox “fizzed with life, compassion and commitment to social justice”. | |
| She credits Cox’s campaign with helping bring more Syrian refugees to Britain, saying she had “achieved more in 13 months” than some MPs had in years. “She had an open mind and an open heart. It was a blessing to have known Jo, rest in peace sweet friend,” she said. | |
| Barry Sheerman, MP for Huddersfield, said MPs have a duty to support her family, saying wonderful parents could have raised such a daughter. | |
| Green party MP Caroline Lucas, said she wished she had known Cox better. “All that work with her considered her a friend,” she said. “She was a formidable woman. We pledge in her memory to always put hope before hatred.” | |
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| Tim Farron, the Lib Dem leader, is speaking now, paying tribute to Cox’s work with refugees. He says her legacy is one of building bridges and not walls, and jokes he as a Lancastrian is wearing a white Yorkshire rose. | |
| Alison McGovern, the Labour MP for Wirral South, is tearful as she starts her tribute, quoting Cox’s own words about refugees, saying she would “risk everything to save her own precious babies.” | |
| Alison McGovern, her voice breaking with emotion, quotes from Jo Cox's speech calling for the UK to help child refugees | |
| McGovern says Cox might have been devoted to her hometown but knew compassion did not end at its borders. | |
| Jo didn’t just believe that women’s voices should be heard - she made it so. | |
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| Eilidh Whiteford, the SNP MP, said vigils have been held all over the world for Cox. There’s some laughs as Whiteford remembered the diminutive MP for her part in the MPs tug-of-war. | Eilidh Whiteford, the SNP MP, said vigils have been held all over the world for Cox. There’s some laughs as Whiteford remembered the diminutive MP for her part in the MPs tug-of-war. |
| I want to remember Jo for how she lived not how she died. Those of us who knew you will never forget you and I hope you rest in peace. | I want to remember Jo for how she lived not how she died. Those of us who knew you will never forget you and I hope you rest in peace. |
| Stephen Doughty, the Labour MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, who worked with Cox at Oxfam, says she was “furious at injustice but saw no one as a permanent enemy and everyone as a potential ally.” | Stephen Doughty, the Labour MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, who worked with Cox at Oxfam, says she was “furious at injustice but saw no one as a permanent enemy and everyone as a potential ally.” |
| Stephen Doughty: She was never satisfied with platitudes. She wanted action. #JoCoxMP | Stephen Doughty: She was never satisfied with platitudes. She wanted action. #JoCoxMP |
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| Labour MP Holly Lynch said it would be the hardest speech she would ever give, saying she had embodied the sentiment of making a difference as an MP | Labour MP Holly Lynch said it would be the hardest speech she would ever give, saying she had embodied the sentiment of making a difference as an MP |
| She was a daughter of Yorkshire and fought tirelessly of those who had put her faith in her. | She was a daughter of Yorkshire and fought tirelessly of those who had put her faith in her. |
| Lynch says she will remember her “warmth, spirit and her laugh” and says the intake of 2015 will be forever grateful to her unifying spirit. | Lynch says she will remember her “warmth, spirit and her laugh” and says the intake of 2015 will be forever grateful to her unifying spirit. |
| She was the heart and soul of these benches. We are heartbroken. We will miss her every day... and we will do everything in our power to make her and her family incredibly proud. | She was the heart and soul of these benches. We are heartbroken. We will miss her every day... and we will do everything in our power to make her and her family incredibly proud. |
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| Stephen Kinnock, a long-time friend who shared an office with Cox, called her death both a national tragedy and an unspeakable personal tragedy. | Stephen Kinnock, a long-time friend who shared an office with Cox, called her death both a national tragedy and an unspeakable personal tragedy. |
| The fearless Jo Cox never stopped fighting, she gave voice to voiceless and spoke truth to power. She put her convictions to work for everyone she touched. | The fearless Jo Cox never stopped fighting, she gave voice to voiceless and spoke truth to power. She put her convictions to work for everyone she touched. |
| Cox was “assassinated because of what she was, because of what she stood for,” Kinnock said. He says she would have been outraged at the poster unveiled by Nigel Farage on the day she died, which showed queuing refugees and the caption “Breaking Point.” | Cox was “assassinated because of what she was, because of what she stood for,” Kinnock said. He says she would have been outraged at the poster unveiled by Nigel Farage on the day she died, which showed queuing refugees and the caption “Breaking Point.” |
| "Jo would have responded with outrage" to @UKIP poster on immigration says @SKinnock https://t.co/YYsal8jXAH | "Jo would have responded with outrage" to @UKIP poster on immigration says @SKinnock https://t.co/YYsal8jXAH |
| “Jo understood rhetoric has consequences,” he said. “We must now stand up for something better because of someone better. We must work to build a more respectful and united country. | “Jo understood rhetoric has consequences,” he said. “We must now stand up for something better because of someone better. We must work to build a more respectful and united country. |
| We love you, we salute you and we will never forget you. | We love you, we salute you and we will never forget you. |
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| Harriet Harman pays tribute to Cox’s feminism, and her support of women MPs and encouragement of female Labour candidates. | Harriet Harman pays tribute to Cox’s feminism, and her support of women MPs and encouragement of female Labour candidates. |
| Harriet Harman remembers Jo Cox bringing her baby into work."She didn't stop kissing him all the way through the meeting." | |
| Stuart Andrew, a Conservative MP who represents the nearby constituency of Pudsey, said he and Cox had been close friends despite political affiliations | Stuart Andrew, a Conservative MP who represents the nearby constituency of Pudsey, said he and Cox had been close friends despite political affiliations |
| Some say she was a rising star. I think she was a star. | Some say she was a rising star. I think she was a star. |
| He said that in her tragic death, she has continued to be a force for unity which she stood for during her life. | He said that in her tragic death, she has continued to be a force for unity which she stood for during her life. |
| Above all I will miss her smile, as we pass each other in the corridor or across the House. The only regret I have is that I only knew her for a year. | Above all I will miss her smile, as we pass each other in the corridor or across the House. The only regret I have is that I only knew her for a year. |
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| Some laughter amid the tears as Andrew Mitchell says #JoCoxMP made "common cause with a crusty old Tory" over Syria | Some laughter amid the tears as Andrew Mitchell says #JoCoxMP made "common cause with a crusty old Tory" over Syria |
| Very moving and thoughtful tributes to Jo Cox from all sides: the House of Commons at its very best. | Very moving and thoughtful tributes to Jo Cox from all sides: the House of Commons at its very best. |
| Very touching and heartfelt tribute to Jo Cox by @RachelReevesMP | Very touching and heartfelt tribute to Jo Cox by @RachelReevesMP |
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| Andrew Mitchell, the former secretary of state, says the pain of the family will be “unbearable”. He says he still keeps the green wristband she gave him when they marched against the genocide in Darfur. | Andrew Mitchell, the former secretary of state, says the pain of the family will be “unbearable”. He says he still keeps the green wristband she gave him when they marched against the genocide in Darfur. |
| She was Labour to her fingertips but restlessly dismissive of party political manoeuvring. | She was Labour to her fingertips but restlessly dismissive of party political manoeuvring. |
| “Making common cause with a crusty old Tories, she and I became co-chairs as of Friends of Syria”, he said. Calling her a “five-foot bundle of old-fashioned Yorkshire common sense”, Mitchell said he and Cox had met the Russian ambassador, and “dressed him down” in a meeting the Russian ambassador “will not easily forget.” | “Making common cause with a crusty old Tories, she and I became co-chairs as of Friends of Syria”, he said. Calling her a “five-foot bundle of old-fashioned Yorkshire common sense”, Mitchell said he and Cox had met the Russian ambassador, and “dressed him down” in a meeting the Russian ambassador “will not easily forget.” |
| I do not believe she would want this vile and unspeakable act to change relationship with constituents. Thankfully the record shows these attacks are as infrequent as they are disgraceful. | I do not believe she would want this vile and unspeakable act to change relationship with constituents. Thankfully the record shows these attacks are as infrequent as they are disgraceful. |
| He calls on MPs to re-double efforts to solve the crisis in Syria, the legacy Cox would have wanted. | He calls on MPs to re-double efforts to solve the crisis in Syria, the legacy Cox would have wanted. |
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| Rachel Reeves, a friend of Cox for 10 years, says the best way to remember Cox is to carry her legacy on. She breaks down in tears as she says a new member will be elected for Batley and Spen, “but no one can replace a mother”. | Rachel Reeves, a friend of Cox for 10 years, says the best way to remember Cox is to carry her legacy on. She breaks down in tears as she says a new member will be elected for Batley and Spen, “but no one can replace a mother”. |
| Red and white roses placed in House of Commons to mark Jo Cox's seat pic.twitter.com/JMDM3RfZsp | Red and white roses placed in House of Commons to mark Jo Cox's seat pic.twitter.com/JMDM3RfZsp |