Thread: British MP Jo Cox in critical condition after attack in Birstall, police say

British MP Jo Cox is in a critical condition after being attacked in her constituency of Batley and Spen on Thursday, according to West Yorkshire police and the office of a fellow member of Parliament.

Police have arrested a 52-year-old man in connection with an attack, the police statement said.

"At 12:53 today, police were called to a report of an incident on Market Street, Birstall, where a woman in her 40s had suffered serious injuries and is in a critical condition," said the statement.

The office of fellow Labour MP John Mann confirmed it was Cox who was attacked.

A man nearby also suffered slight injuries, the police statement said.

British MP Jo Cox attacked - CNN.com

What's our country coming to, this would never have happened under Margaret Thatcher, George Galloway before, now this, another good reason to leave the EU and restore our once genteel way of life.

I hope you're joking.

First reports are that the attacker was a neo nazi.

Originally Posted by wasabi

What's our country coming to, this would never have happened under Margaret Thatcher, George Galloway before, now this, another good reason to leave the EU and restore our once genteel way of life.

Not only that but the weather as well, there will be lot less rain over Britain after a brexit.

Cream-pie in the face?

Originally Posted by Begbie

I hope you're joking.

First reports are that the attacker was a neo nazi.

What reports, please post a link.

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Originally Posted by Begbie

I hope you're joking.

First reports are that the attacker was a neo nazi.

What reports, please post a link.

Indeed, more likely a far left fanatic fustrated at the success of the Brexit campaign.

If the perp yelled Britain First...sounds like a Brexit supporter...or just another deranged, hateful loner (person).

[Note: a Telegraph article.]

RIP, sad day for British politics

I heard she's dead.

Originally Posted by wasabi

I heard she's dead.

Yes. She's dead. Another nail in the coffin of Western Civilisation. No doubt the right-wingers will rejoice. When I was younger I used to wonder how Europe came under the sway of ignorant and murderous fascists, now I'm older I see it happening around me.

Shocker.

Originally Posted by Begbie

I hope you're joking.

First reports are that the attacker was a neo nazi.

BBC reporting his first name was Tommy, oh the irony.

I can almost feel my Grandfather turning in his grave.

It's official people, the world has gone mad.

Originally Posted by tj916

Originally Posted by Begbie

I hope you're joking.

First reports are that the attacker was a neo nazi.

BBC reporting his first name was Tommy, oh the irony.

I can almost feel my Grandfather turning in his grave.

It's official people, the world has gone mad.

And his surname sounds Irish..

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Originally Posted by tj916

Originally Posted by Begbie

I hope you're joking.

First reports are that the attacker was a neo nazi.

BBC reporting his first name was Tommy, oh the irony.

I can almost feel my Grandfather turning in his grave.

It's official people, the world has gone mad.

And his surname sounds Irish..

You really are stuck in the past, aren't you? By the way, Mair is a Welsh name, not that it matters other than to highlight your ignorance.

Don't blame the Welsh Bob! They've had a hard day today

FYI

Mair is a surname in the Scots, German and Yiddish languages, deriving from Latin maior. Notable people with the surname include:

People with the surname Mair in Scots context
Adam Mair (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
Charles Mair, Canadian poet, son of Scottish immigrants
Earnest Mair, Australian rugby league football coach
Eddie Mair, Scottish television and radio presenter
Gilbert Mair (trader) (1799 – 1857), sailor and trader in New Zealand
Lee Mair (born 1980), Scottish footballer
Norman Mair, Scottish rugby player and analyst
Rafe Mair, Canadian political commentator
Robert Mair, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge
Sarah Mair (1846–1941), Scottish campaigner for women's suffrage and education
William Mair ( –1897), politician in South Australia
People with the surname Mair in German context
Paulus Hector Mair (1517-1579), Augsburg civil servant
Michael Mair (born 1962), Italian skier
Victor H. Mair, American Professor of Chinese Language and Literature
Wolfgang Mair (born 1980), Austrian footballer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mair_(surname)

Who's the ignorant one?

A rather special young lady has been assassinated by a British terrorist.
It's very sad.
My sympathies to her family.

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Who's the ignorant one?

A decent woman has been murdered. Wind your neck in and keep your opinions to yourself for a few hours.

Originally Posted by Bower

A rather special young lady has been assassinated by a British terrorist. It's very sad.

British terrorist ??

where did that come from ?

he was a loon who should have been in a secure unit

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Who's the ignorant one?

A decent woman has been murdered. Wind your neck in and keep your opinions to yourself for a few hours.

Fair enough, I didn't start the name calling.

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Originally Posted by Begbie

I hope you're joking.

First reports are that the attacker was a neo nazi.

What reports, please post a link.

Indeed, more likely a far left fanatic fustrated at the success of the Brexit campaign.

She was against Brexit.

I'd stop digging after such an ignorant blunder, but you seem happy to carry on - the guy's Irish as well as far left, eh?

Originally Posted by Bower

A rather special young lady has been assassinated by a British terrorist.
It's very sad.
My sympathies to her family.

+one.

Why the fuck do you call it nationalism when it is nothing else than UKIP neo-nazism?

RIP lady