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turgid [soylentnews.org] writes:

The BBC [bbc.co.uk] and Guardian [theguardian.com] report on the apparently politically-motivated murder of Labour MP Jo Cox (41, married with two young children) this afternoon by a 52-year-old man who allegedly shot and stabbed her while shouting, "Britain first!"

Cox had just finished conducting her constituency surgery, where she as the local MP arranges consultations with her constituents. This is an important part of traditional British democracy.

The UK is currently preparing to vote in a referendum on 23rd June [bbc.co.uk] on the UK's continued membership of the European Union.

Cox has been vocal in support of refugees from the Syrian civil war and in our continued membership of the European Union.

Sentiments are running high, and "nationalist" (UK or England? can they tell the difference?) organisations and individuals are using the referendum to gain influence, and immigrants and foreigners (from the European Union, of course, and coming in via the EU) are being targeted as scapegoats for the UK's economic woes. The nut-cases are coming out of the woodwork.

All main-stream political parties (including the UK Independence Party, the reason we're having this referendum) have expressed their shock, outrage and sympathy.

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