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[Morrigi]

UK MP is now dead, may she rest in peace.

[TheBiggerFish]

UK MP is now dead, may she rest in peace.

Indeed.

[Dorsidwarf]

It feels weird to read about someone being injured and find out minutes later that they're dead.

[Orange Wizard]

That's not good at all.

One eyewitness told the BBC they heard her attacker shout "put Britain first" at least twice beforehand.

Nationalistic pride amirite

[Baffler]

One eyewitness told the BBC they heard her attacker shout "put Britain first" at least twice beforehand.

Nationalistic pride amirite

The guy who claims that (and there is just one guy who claims that) says this:

“I heard the shot and I ran outside and saw some ladies from the cafe running out with towels,” he said. “There was loads of screaming and shouting and the police officers showed up.
“He was shouting ‘Britain first’ when he was doing it and being arrested. He was pinned down by two police officers and she was taken away in an ambulance.”

which considering the arrest and the actual shooting had two miles between them, is probably bullshit. Most of the sites that originally reported that have since taken it down.

[Sheb]

I've seen some sites claiming more than one witnesses.

[Orange Wizard]

The guy was apparently mentally ill and involved in some far-right media, so whether or not he actually said that, I think my comment is fair.

[Sheb]

Britain First denounce the violence. "The group's leader, former British National Party councillor Paul Golding, claimed the attacker could have shouted 'It's time to put Britain first"

Party of Peace, amirite?


There is also two named eyewitnesses that claims he said it for all its worth.

[Sheb]

So apparently the killer did have far-right links, and had bought a few hundred dollars worth of books from the Neo-nazi "National Alliance", including books on how to make pipe pistols. It's highly possible his decision to murder Jo Cox had more to do with her support of Syrian refugees than with the referendum. A less effective Breivik one might say.

Edit: Ooops, sorry for the double post.

[Vilanat]

As more stuff gets revealed, the chances he planned his attack and acted out of a political agenda are rising. my beef with the media is how quickly they rushed to determine that, issuing opinion pieces and throwing out accusations not two hours after the MP died of her wounds.

[sprinkled chariot]

So apparently the killer did have far-right links, and had bought a few hundred dollars worth of books from the Neo-nazi "National Alliance", including books on how to make pipe pistols. It's highly possible his decision to murder Jo Cox had more to do with her support of Syrian refugees than with the referendum. A less effective Breivik one might say.

Edit: Ooops, sorry for the double post.

He wanted to get certain politician asassinated - he got it done. Pretty effecient, huh.

[Sheb]

I disagree vilanat. Take that Guardian piece about 'dark day for democracy' or whatever. The point they make is that MPs getting killed is bad for democracy. What kind of info do they need to confirm that?

[scriver]

A less effective Breivik one might say.

No.

[Antioch]

Breivik gets his own category of despicable for shooting children.

[martinuzz]

A less effective Breivik one might say.

No.

Can't compare a lone extremist killing a politician with a nazi monster who killed dozens of children and wrote a whole manifesto announcing and defending it.