Jo Cox’s strong voice in the campaign to remain in the EU will be badly missed. Her final article, published today: https://www.facebook.com/StrongerInCampaign/posts/1196877127019276 …
David Cameron has hijacked the murder of Jo Cox to buttress his campaign for the EU and talks of her as if she represented the very same values that he does.
She does not.
You have to ask if Cameron even knew who Jo Cox was before she was murdered….and as for respecting her views and concerns…note she is disappointed that the secretary of state couldn’t be bothered to turn up for the ‘important discussion’ about Syria.
In the speech in the video above she slams Cameron for his ‘shameful’ refugee policy and blames him for that very refugee crisis and the death and destruction along with Obama,..as she said in an earlier statement...“There is nothing ethical about standing to one side when civilians are being murdered and maimed”… Their refusal to act and to contain Assad and deal with the outbreak of the war so long ago allowed thousands to be killed and millions displaced.
Jo Cox finished with this ….
“I do not believe that either President Obama or the Prime Minister tried to do harm in Syria but, as is said, sometimes all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
Jo Cox also said this about Cameron’s comments on Muslim women…
I think the Prime Minister should know better. He chose his words very poorly and I think he risks doing more harm than good and stigmatising Muslims, most of whom are integrated into British life. On one hand he says he wants to ‘free women’ but on the other he threatens them with deportation. This is not the way to promote integration.
Bad enough to use her death to drum up support for his political campaign but to also falsely claim that he admires her decency and compassion when her values are at total odds with his own on immigration, refugees and Islam is beyond belief and below contempt.
The BBC has failed to raise the issue of Cameron politicising Jo Cox’s death in such an obvious manner…even Tweeting her speech….and yet Trump is gunned down by the BBC for daring to say that Obama should use the term ‘Islamist radical’ when describing the Orlando killer.
Cameron stands on the coffin of Jo Cox and uses as a soapbox to peddle his lies…and the BBC feigns not to notice.
Others though have…
David Cameron ‘used Jo Cox’s death’ to campaign for Remain
David Cameron has received scathing criticism on Facebook after being accused of ‘using’ the death of Jo Cox for ‘political advantage’.
In an article for the Sunday Telegraph posted on Facebook this morning, the Prime Minister begins by paying tribute to ‘brilliant young MP’ Mrs Cox, who was killed in Birstall, West Yorkshire.
But after describing how the country will miss her, he turns the subject to the upcoming EU referendum.
He wrote: ‘It is not easy, in the wake of Jo’s murder, to turn to the question of Thursday’s referendum. But we must.’
He mentions that Mrs Cox supported the campaign to Remain in the EU, which the Prime Minister also backs, and then details why he believes British people must vote to stay in.
The post has not gone down well, provoking an angry reaction with people blasting the Prime Minister, with one asking ‘how low can you go?’
Ian Sanders said: ‘Using a poor woman’s murder for political advantage. I didn’t think you could get any worse. I wish I’d never voted for you. Still, you’ll be gone as soon as we leave the EU, and I can’t wait to get a decent Tory leader again.’
David Cameron

Owen Jones 
Channel 4 News