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Helen Joanne "Jo" Cox (22 June 1974 β 16 June 2016) was a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Batley and Spen constituency from her election in the May 2015 general election until her murder in June 2016.
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βEvery time we flounder we just embolden them further.β
βThe priority has been offering a service and making a difference.β
βIt bodes well for the future that young people are thinking so intently about political issues.β
βWe must put party politics to one side and focus on what really mattersβthe protection of Syrian civilians.β
βThey are a lifeline for job hunters without their own computer, slimmers, walkers, discussers, knitters and natterers.β
βWeak leadership, poor judgment and a mistaken sense of priorities have created distraction after distraction and stopped us getting our message across.β
βIf we can find the will I strongly believe we can still make Britainβs approach to talent a bit more X-factor (without Simon Cowell) and a bit less Downton Abbey.β
βMany businesses in Yorkshire want the security and stability of Britainβs continued membership of the European Union, a cause I look forward to championing passionately in this place and elsewhere.β
βI believe it is time for the Government urgently to consider deterring the indiscriminate aerial bombardment of civilians in Syria through the willingness to consider the prudent and limited use of force.β
βHaving gone through that experience of being in a Cambridge college, surviving it and building myself up, meant that coming here (Westminster) was a walk in the park, and a lot of the same people are here!β
βI always back UN action where we can find it, but I do not think it should be a limit to our help. There have been multiple UN resolutions that say [to] Assad: stop killing indiscriminately your own citizens.β
βIt was the realisation of a lifelong ambition to be the MP for my home town. It was by no means the end of a journey, but rather the beginning of a new chapter both for me and for the people of Batley and Spen.β
βIt is time to give city and county regions the powers and resources they need to promote growth, and I will happily work with all of those who are genuinely committed to building an economic powerhouse in the north.β
βWe both nominated Corbyn for leader last year. We have never had cause to doubt his commitment to societyβs most disadvantaged and to Labourβs values β a commitment we all share. But we have come to regret that decision.β
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Jo Cox on Left-wing politics 3 quotes
βIt is time for the left to revive its ethical foreign policy and carve out a new long-term narrative that puts human rights and the protection of civilians centre stage once again.β
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Jo Cox on History
βEvery decade or so, the world is tested by a crisis so grave that it breaks the mould: one so horrific and inhumane that the response of politicians to it becomes emblematic of their generation βtheir moral leadership or cowardice, their resolution or incompetence. It is how history judges us.β
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βBefore I heard the news that my friend Jo Cox had died from her injuries on Thursday, I sent her a text message, it read, 'you won't see this until you're better, but I love you'. And then I sat all day hoping, praying, willing her to recover. I still can't come to terms with the fact that she didn't. The 'I love you' still stands.β
Jess Phillips on Jo Cox
βI know if she could read this now she would wince and recoil, like so many women she beat herself up constantly, thinking she was struggling to be a good enough mum or a good enough MP. She was more than good enough at both.β
About Jo Cox
Helen Joanne "Jo" Cox (22 June 1974 β 16 June 2016) was a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Batley and Spen constituency from her election in the May 2015 general election until her murder in June 2016.