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| A sad footnote to all that’s been written and said about the killing of Jo Cox is learning of the difficulties she experienced at Cambridge (Report, 17 June). As somebody who attended the same college in the 70s, I was not surprised. A young man who joined the college at the same time as me, and was the first of his family to go to university, felt very out of place and unsupported there. He left during his first year. It is wrong that bright young people from ordinary backgrounds feel so unwelcome. A useful memorial for Jo would be action by the college, university and higher education generally to reform to be more open and welcoming to those from diverse backgrounds.Dr Tim OwenNewcastle | A sad footnote to all that’s been written and said about the killing of Jo Cox is learning of the difficulties she experienced at Cambridge (Report, 17 June). As somebody who attended the same college in the 70s, I was not surprised. A young man who joined the college at the same time as me, and was the first of his family to go to university, felt very out of place and unsupported there. He left during his first year. It is wrong that bright young people from ordinary backgrounds feel so unwelcome. A useful memorial for Jo would be action by the college, university and higher education generally to reform to be more open and welcoming to those from diverse backgrounds.Dr Tim OwenNewcastle |
| • Thank you for all you have published about the late Jo Cox MP. I only met her once, at a Labour Women’s Network training day for women candidates, where she was truly inspiring, though I have to admit that it was her spirit and the red dress which sticks in my mind from 2010, not anything she particularly said. However, Emine Saner’s piece on The web we want (18 June) does not mention the threat to women councillors as well as parliamentarians, in my case from Islamophobes after comments I made about the crusades at a council meeting were misreported in one of the local papers. My teenage son was badly shaken by nocturnal telephone death threats, but fortunately I do not use social media, and a strong filter put on my council computer was a great help. The problem is that there is no way to tell if an email is from a disgruntled England fan who has had too many beers after a defeat or someone with mental health issues. We need strong women candidates with a passion for social justice as well as men, and for me the best tribute to Jo Cox would be to see a substantial increase in women coming forward for election at all levels.Cllr Eleanor JacksonRadstock, Somerset | • Thank you for all you have published about the late Jo Cox MP. I only met her once, at a Labour Women’s Network training day for women candidates, where she was truly inspiring, though I have to admit that it was her spirit and the red dress which sticks in my mind from 2010, not anything she particularly said. However, Emine Saner’s piece on The web we want (18 June) does not mention the threat to women councillors as well as parliamentarians, in my case from Islamophobes after comments I made about the crusades at a council meeting were misreported in one of the local papers. My teenage son was badly shaken by nocturnal telephone death threats, but fortunately I do not use social media, and a strong filter put on my council computer was a great help. The problem is that there is no way to tell if an email is from a disgruntled England fan who has had too many beers after a defeat or someone with mental health issues. We need strong women candidates with a passion for social justice as well as men, and for me the best tribute to Jo Cox would be to see a substantial increase in women coming forward for election at all levels.Cllr Eleanor JacksonRadstock, Somerset |
| • How appropriate that tributes to Jo Cox in Birstall took place at the statue to the Unitarian minister Joseph Priestley, a great champion of tolerance and civil and religious liberty. A first reaction on noticing that the tributes where made by Priestley’s statue was “Some things never change”. Because he admired the French and American desire for liberty, and wanted this for everybody, his home and laboratory were burnt down and he was lucky to escape with his life. As the bigoted mob attacked his house, they cried “For King and country”. Priestley would have been proud of Jo.Rev Peter GodfreyStonehouse, Gloucestershire | • How appropriate that tributes to Jo Cox in Birstall took place at the statue to the Unitarian minister Joseph Priestley, a great champion of tolerance and civil and religious liberty. A first reaction on noticing that the tributes where made by Priestley’s statue was “Some things never change”. Because he admired the French and American desire for liberty, and wanted this for everybody, his home and laboratory were burnt down and he was lucky to escape with his life. As the bigoted mob attacked his house, they cried “For King and country”. Priestley would have been proud of Jo.Rev Peter GodfreyStonehouse, Gloucestershire |
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