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Jo Cox tributes at the More In Common rally – live updates Jo Cox tributes at the More In Common rally – live updates
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As we still await David Cameron – the live video feed is currently showing footage of officials seemingly shrugging about what is going on – here’s something which might sway the odd person towards remain – a suggestion from the venerable Foreign Policy journal that Brexit could jeopardise the making of the Game of Thrones TV show in Northern Ireland.
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Ione Wells was also at the Trafalgar Square memorial and talked to people as to why they attended:
Caesar and Antonio are visiting the UK from Spain on holiday. Caesar (left) said they were devastated to hear of this “great tragedy”. They are here to show their belief in “freedom and respect for everyone”.
Peter Bruggen said he was feeling “a great deal of sadness at this assassination” and also because he wishes to express his views on unity and the referendum.
“I was living in Strasbourg aged 15 to learn French - living with a family. They took me to the cinema, and I saw early screenings of Churchill in meetings about unions. I was also taken to the opera and there, by chance, I sat right next to Robert Schuman - the prime minister of France at the time. Now, I don’t believe in these things but it felt like a message. I felt a closeness, a union, and have never had a doubt since that union was the right thing.”
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We have a final pre-voting poll and... well, if anyone says they can predict tomorrow’s result with much confidence they’re lying.
Too close to call in final #EUref poll: Leave 45% Remain 44%. Everything rests on 9% still undecided. [sample:3,000] https://t.co/BXhLPZjNAa
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This is Peter Walker taking over for a final couple of hours of the pre-referendum day live blog. As you’ll see from the updated video feed above, we’re due any moment to see David Cameron making a final appeal for the remain campaign, outside Birmingham university. We’re also promised a mystery special guest.
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Frostrup ends the Trafalgar Square event by urging the audience not to let this be just one day. Let’s take the spirit of unity and roll it out, she says.Frostrup ends the Trafalgar Square event by urging the audience not to let this be just one day. Let’s take the spirit of unity and roll it out, she says.
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Back in Trafalgar Square Frostrup says Jo loved musicals. She particularly loved Les Miserables, and some of the cast are on state singing her favourite song, Do you hear the people sing?Back in Trafalgar Square Frostrup says Jo loved musicals. She particularly loved Les Miserables, and some of the cast are on state singing her favourite song, Do you hear the people sing?
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About 100 people including the Edinburgh South MP Ian Murray gathered on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, with candles marking out “more in common” pressed into the sand.About 100 people including the Edinburgh South MP Ian Murray gathered on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, with candles marking out “more in common” pressed into the sand.
They heard Jo Cox’s friend, Oxfam colleague and former bandmate Kim Wallace say Jo and Brendan Cox loved climbing in Scotland: they had summited 98 of the country’s 282 Munros, hills over 3,000 feet (914m) high, and were planning their 100th this summer.They heard Jo Cox’s friend, Oxfam colleague and former bandmate Kim Wallace say Jo and Brendan Cox loved climbing in Scotland: they had summited 98 of the country’s 282 Munros, hills over 3,000 feet (914m) high, and were planning their 100th this summer.
“Jo was fearless,” Wallace said, choking back tears. “Jo was killed by hatred and if that happened to anyone else, Jo would not have been silent. She would’ve called it for what it was. I encourage you all to love the world like Jo did.”“Jo was fearless,” Wallace said, choking back tears. “Jo was killed by hatred and if that happened to anyone else, Jo would not have been silent. She would’ve called it for what it was. I encourage you all to love the world like Jo did.”
For #JoCoxMP about 100 people gathered on #Portobello beach, Edinburgh, candles spelling out in sand #MoreInCommon pic.twitter.com/xotIBwHCq1For #JoCoxMP about 100 people gathered on #Portobello beach, Edinburgh, candles spelling out in sand #MoreInCommon pic.twitter.com/xotIBwHCq1
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The speaker in Trafalgar Square asks everyone in the crowd to hold hands with the people beside them and pledge to ‘love like Jo’. It is very un-British, the speaker says, “but Jo would have loved it.”The speaker in Trafalgar Square asks everyone in the crowd to hold hands with the people beside them and pledge to ‘love like Jo’. It is very un-British, the speaker says, “but Jo would have loved it.”
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Police say around 2,000 people have turned out in Batley's market square to pay tribute to MP Jo Cox. pic.twitter.com/yAqpjexUpwPolice say around 2,000 people have turned out in Batley's market square to pay tribute to MP Jo Cox. pic.twitter.com/yAqpjexUpw
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Some of Jo’s friends are now addressing the crowd in Trafalgar Square.Some of Jo’s friends are now addressing the crowd in Trafalgar Square.
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Malala Yousafza, who was shot as a schoolgirl for defying a Taliban ban on girls attending school and who subsequently won the Nobel Peace Prize, is speaking now.Malala Yousafza, who was shot as a schoolgirl for defying a Taliban ban on girls attending school and who subsequently won the Nobel Peace Prize, is speaking now.
She says she knows from her own life how powerful it is when a family is lifted up in prayer.She says she knows from her own life how powerful it is when a family is lifted up in prayer.
She says the idea that we have more in common than what separates us was not just a line in a speech for Cox. It was a principle that she lived her life by.She says the idea that we have more in common than what separates us was not just a line in a speech for Cox. It was a principle that she lived her life by.
She says Cox will not be remembered for the way she died. She will be remembered for the way she lived. We will live like Jo because we will love like Jo, she says.She says Cox will not be remembered for the way she died. She will be remembered for the way she lived. We will live like Jo because we will love like Jo, she says.
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A choir from the school attended by Jo’s son Cuillin is singing If I had a hammer.A choir from the school attended by Jo’s son Cuillin is singing If I had a hammer.
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There is a tribute from the White Helmets, volunteer search and rescue workers in Syria.There is a tribute from the White Helmets, volunteer search and rescue workers in Syria.
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Bill Nighy reads an extract from a speech by Robert Kennedy.Bill Nighy reads an extract from a speech by Robert Kennedy.
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. Thousands of Peace Corps volunteers are making a difference in isolated villages and city slums in dozens of countries. Thousands of unknown men and women in Europe resisted the occupation of the Nazis and many died, but all added to the ultimate strength and freedom of their countries. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. Thousands of Peace Corps volunteers are making a difference in isolated villages and city slums in dozens of countries. Thousands of unknown men and women in Europe resisted the occupation of the Nazis and many died, but all added to the ultimate strength and freedom of their countries. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
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The actress Gillian Anderson is reading a poem, I will stand for love.The actress Gillian Anderson is reading a poem, I will stand for love.
To celebrate Jo Cox. "I shall stand for love, because we need more light." #VoteRemain #MoreInCommon @dorothyoger pic.twitter.com/6PtBQC462kTo celebrate Jo Cox. "I shall stand for love, because we need more light." #VoteRemain #MoreInCommon @dorothyoger pic.twitter.com/6PtBQC462k
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