MP stabbed in Yorkshire. ***RIP Jo Cox***

[Herr Tubthumper]

**** me. And what a ****ing coward her attacker is.

RIP

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Sad, so tragically sad. RIP.

 

[Sorrel]

What a terrible thing to have happened. Obviously a huge personal tragedy, but also an attack on our democracy.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Died in the line of duty. Her poor family. It's horrific.

 

[Butch Willykins]

Hard right Brexiter who shouted "Britain First"?

Oh do f**k off you boring pri*k. Sort yourself out.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

That's brought tears to my eyes. A thoroughly decent person who seemed to have the respect of all sides. In it for all the right reasons.

 

[Frutos]

Utterly horrific.

RIP

 

[golddene]

Poor thing, our hearts go out to her family and loved ones so so sad and tragically unnecessary RIP.

 

[The Birdman]

RIP from a Southern Tory

 

[Billy the Fish]

Someone's died and people are political point scoring

 

[lawros left foot]

This has got to be as shocking and abhorrent as the Lee Rigby attack.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Someone's died and people are political point scoring

That, unfortunately is the way of our country.

terribly sad and RIP. Whatever anyone thought of her policies or views, nobody should be killed for them

 

[Butch Willykins]

Must be desperate Brexiteers trying to play down the "Britain First" shout.

Please log off and f**k off. You are a despicable ****.

 

[jimhigham]

Awful news. This feels so far removed from the way we go about our political business in this country. I expect this from the States but here?

Thoughts go out to her family, friends, colleagues and co-workers.

 

[spring hall convert]

If the rumours turn out to be true that this man has a long history of mental illness, there's going to be a few red faces in this thread.

Don't you assume that someone capable of murdering in cold blood is mentally ill regardless of their apparent motivation?

 

[LlcoolJ]

Her poor kids. For ****s sake, what's happened to this country? This is pure evil.

 

[spring hall convert]

This has got to be as shocking and abhorrent as the Lee Rigby attack.

Possibly moreso, given the victim's gender and occupation.

However, it's not top trumps.

 

[Buzzer]

Don't you assume that someone capable of murdering in cold blood is mentally ill regardless of their apparent motivation?

Eh? I'm making no judgements. No, I don't view all killers as mentally ill. I think that does a disservice to mentally ill people.

It's a terrible business and no mistake. Sometimes tragically, mentally ill people kill other people. And there seems to be evidence doing the rounds on Twitter that the man has a history of mental illness. If this is what has happened here then it's a very sad affair and a fair few people have jumped the gun for the sake of scoring political points. If it's just cold-blooded murder then lock him up and throw away the key.

 

[Sorrel]

Someone's died and people are political point scoring

It is a political attack - she was the representative of the area and the attacker wanted to silence the views of the electors. Utterly despicable apart from the obvious human tragedy.

 

[Steve in Japan]

Just makes you despair doesn't it? Sake.