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Jo Cox’s funeral will take place today – a month after tragic death
Posted On Jul 15 2016
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Hundreds of mourners have lined the streets to pay their last respects to the late Labour MP Jo Cox.
An inquest in Mrs Cox’s death was opened and adjourned last month after hearing she died from multiple stab and gunshot wounds.
Mourners pay their respects as the funeral cortege carrying the coffin of murdered MP Jo Cox, passes through Batley Market Square in Batley, north-west England on July 15, 2016.
David Hall knew Mrs Cox at school.
“Today I Pledge to Love Like Jo” was written across the top and beneath her own quote that “far more unites us, than divides us”.
Members of the public gathered in Heckmondwike to say a final farewell to the MP.
Cox’s widower, Brendan, led tributes to his wife on Twitter before the funeral this morning.
“Jo would ask us not to fight hate with hate but draw together to drain the swamp that extremism breeds in”.
Mrs Cox’s family said it had been “overwhelmed and touched by the love and support people have shown us”.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in the aftermath of the attack: “We are in a war with terrorists who want to strike us at any price and in a very violent way”.
The service in her West Yorkshire constituency is for close family and friends only.
“Now, particularly for the children, we have decided that Jo’s funeral will be a very small and private family affair”.
Angela Eagle also tweeted a tribute, writing: “Thoughts with Brendan Cox, and Jo’s family and friends on the day of her funeral #MoreInCommon #LoveLikeJo”. He said he was thinking of “all the victims of hate today” as details of the attack in Nice were reported.
Mrs Cox’s family has asked that they be allowed to grieve privately today, but were keen to ensure that residents are able to pay their respects.
A 52-year-old unemployed man with a history of mental illness, who had sympathized with racist and right-wing extremist groups, was charged with murdering Cox.
Cox’s alleged killer is scheduled to go on trial in November.
