Lawmakers return to London to pay tribute to slain lawmaker

A 77-year-old man, who came to the aid of Cox, was also injured and remains in a stable condition in hospital. He has been named locally as Tommy Mair.

A man who faced a British court charged with murdering British MP Jo Cox has given his name as “death to traitors, freedom for Britain“.

British MPs have paid their respects Labour MP Jo Cox, who was attacked and killed in her constituency last week.

Mair gave his name as “death to traitors, freedom for Britain” in his first court appearance Saturday.

Britain has been in mourning since her death, which made her the first sitting lawmaker killed in Britain in a quarter century.

The House of Commons has been recalled to allow MPs to express their sorrow at her death. In the name of Jo Cox and all that is decent, we must not let this atrocity intimidate our democracy.

Both sides in the deeply divisive campaign ahead of a referendum on European Union membership on next Thursday have cancelled events amid calls for a less acrimonious political debate.

Buckby, who was previously a member of the British National Party as well as a potential “heir” to former leader Nick Griffin, said he wants to contest the seat because the Labour Party “has blood on its hands”.

Fiyaz Mughal, the director of Tell Mama, told The Times there were significant clusters of far-right activity in Yorkshire and that the charity’s annual report would detail an increase in anti-Muslim activity in the United Kingdom in the previous year. The last time it happened was in September 2014, so lawmakers could vote on whether to launch air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq.

Speaking in a pool interview with the BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Cox said the outpouring of public support and a £1m charitable fund had been sources of comfort to the couple’s two children.

Two roses, red and white, sat in her place on the green Commons benches.

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn lead Monday’s tributes, telling the House: “She spent her life serving and campaigning for other people”.

“Her face was full of blood”, said Ben Abdallah, who campaigned alongside her before she was elected to parliament for the first time previous year.

The session ended with the rare sound of applause in the House of Commons as lawmakers looked to the gallery where Cox’s family Saturday Parliamentarians then filed from the chamber and across the street to St. Margaret’s Church for a service of remembrance.

He was remanded in custody until his next appearance on Monday at the higher Old Bailey court in London, England’s central criminal court, and a psychiatric report has been requested.

He was also charged with possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of a knife.

Mr Justice Saunders is expected to set a timetable for Mair’s case at the next hearing.