{"id":40419,"date":"2016-06-16T13:55:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T17:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40419"},"modified":"2016-06-16T13:57:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T17:57:36","slug":"assassinated-british-mp-was-a-vocal-humanitarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40419","title":{"rendered":"Assassinated British MP Was a Vocal Humanitarian"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span class=\"s1\">The Labour Party member of parliament was killed in a shooting Thursday<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-content right-rail-disabled\">\n<figure class=\"primary-video-wrapper video-brightcove\">\n<div class=\"clearvideofloat\">\n<div class=\"video-content right-rail-disabled\">\n<figure class=\"primary-video-wrapper video-brightcove\">\n<div class=\"article-video\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper brightcove-size-large\" data-pos=\"2\" data-continuous=\"1\" data-playlist=\"0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"bc-video-4944722761001-2\" class=\"BrightcoveExperience BrightcoveExperienceID_2329\" src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/htmlFederated?&amp;width=100%25&amp;height=100%25&amp;flashID=bc-video-4944722761001-2&amp;identifierClassName=BrightcoveExperienceID_2329&amp;bgcolor=%23000000&amp;playerID=1847503743001&amp;isVid=true&amp;isUI=true&amp;dynamicStreaming=true&amp;videoSmoothing=true&amp;includeAPI=true&amp;templateLoadHandler=Time.application.brightcoveFacade._onTemplateLoad&amp;templateReadyHandler=Time.application.brightcoveFacade._onTemplateReady&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;htmlFallback=true&amp;%40videoPlayer=4944722761001&amp;autoStart=&amp;debuggerID=&amp;startTime=1466099646658&amp;refURL=not%20available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">British member of parliament Jo Cox has died after being <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4371330\/jo-cox-shot-stabbed-birstall-england\/\">shot and stabbed<\/a>\u00a0multiple times during a meeting with constituents Thursday, days before Britons are due to cast ballots in a contentious referendum on whether to remain in the European Union. Cox was a vocal supporter of Britain remaining in the European Union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Before embarking on a career in politics, Cox was head of policy with the humanitarian group Oxfam, a major anti-poverty organization worldwide. After graduating from Cambridge in 1995, Cox also worked for Save the Children, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and as an advisor to the Freedom Fund, an anti-slavery group, reports the BBC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The mother of two was married to Brendan Cox, also a humanitarian campaigner. On Thursday in the wake of the shooting, Brendan Cox posted a simple tweet including a photo of his wife with no accompanying text.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-content right-rail-disabled\">\n<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrBrendanCox\/status\/743455646197096449\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrBrendanCox\/status\/743455646197096449\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"743455646197096449\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard MediaCard--mediaForward customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 133.3333%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset NaturalImage \" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrBrendanCox\/status\/743455646197096449\/photo\/1\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/ClFI93FWQAEwqxY.jpg:small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-srcset=\"http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FClFI93FWQAEwqxY.jpg%3Alarge 768w,http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FClFI93FWQAEwqxY.jpg 768w,http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FClFI93FWQAEwqxY.jpg%3Asmall 510w\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded is-deciderHtmlWhitespace\" cite=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrBrendanCox\/status\/743455646197096449\" data-tweet-id=\"743455646197096449\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand u-floatRight\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"u-hiddenInNarrowEnv\"><a class=\"FollowButton follow-button profile\" title=\"Follow Brendan Cox on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrBrendanCox\" data-scribe=\"component:followbutton\">Follow<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrBrendanCox\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/743104037898321924\/-l-CcOJN_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/743104037898321924\/-l-CcOJN_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/743104037898321924\/-l-CcOJN_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Brendan Cox\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Brendan Cox<\/span> <span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@MrBrendanCox\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@MrBrendanCox<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrBrendanCox\/status\/743455646197096449\" data-datetime=\"2016-06-16T14:50:13+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: 16 Jun 2016, 14:50:13 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2016-06-16T14:50:13+0000\">10:50 AM &#8211; 16 Jun 2016<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<ul class=\"Tweet-actions\" data-scribe=\"component:actions\">\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--reply TweetAction-icon\" title=\"Reply\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--retweet TweetAction-icon\" title=\"Retweet\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAction TweetAction--retweet web-intent\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=743455646197096449\" data-scribe=\"element:retweet\"><span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:retweet_count\">9,117<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">9,117 Retweets<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--heart TweetAction-icon\" title=\"Like\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAction TweetAction--heart web-intent\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/like?tweet_id=743455646197096449\" data-scribe=\"element:heart\"><span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:heart_count\">15,648<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">15,648 likes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cox isn\u2019t the only MP to have been attacked in recent years but Cox is the first to have been assassinated while in office in a generation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In May 2010, British MP Stephen Timms\u2014like Cox, a member of the Labour Party\u2014was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-london-11682732\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s2\">stabbed<\/span><\/a> twice by 21-year-old Roshanara Choudhry, a woman who said she wanted to punish Timms for his support of the Iraq War. Choudhry said later she was inspired by videos of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American citizen and Al-Qaeda member killed in a 2011 drone strike. Timms survived the attack and Choudhry was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Before that, in January 2000, Liberal Democrat MP Nigel Jones was attacked with a samurai sword by a Robert Ashman, a mentally ill man who believed the government was persecuting him. Jones survived with only lacerations on his hands but his assistant, Andrew Pennington, was killed in the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">All three were attacked during constituent \u201csurgeries,\u201d regular clinics where lawmakers meet the people they represent to hear their concerns in person. After the Timms stabbing, Harriet Harman, then acting leader of the Labour Party, suggested more should be done to protect MPs during such meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the great strengths of the British political system is the every day accessibility of MPs to their constituents but we can\u2019t have a situation where MPs are at risk,\u201d she <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/politics\/labour\/7725695\/Labour-MP-Stephen-Timms-stabbed-at-constituency-surgery.html\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>. \u201cParliament needs to consider how best to ensure MPs can carry out their responsibilities safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cox, 41, died Thursday afternoon after being shot and stabbed multiple times. A 52-year-old man whose name has not been confirmed by authorities has been arrested in connection with the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Campaigning around so-called \u201cBrexit\u201d referendum has been suspended in the wake of the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p11\">___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4371661\/jo-cox-british-mp-attack-brexit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29\">http:\/\/time.com\/4371661\/jo-cox-british-mp-attack-brexit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Labour Party member of parliament was killed in a shooting Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}