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Turkey military coup ’caused by BREXIT’, claims Labour MP
A FORMER Labour frontbencher has caused outrage after claiming the military coup in Turkey was caused by the campaign for Britain to leave the EU. The coup saw soldiers attempt to take the country from the control of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Shots were fired among civilians and bombs were blasted at the nation’s...
Jo Cox death: MPs to return to Parliament to pay tribute
Politicians will return to Westminster later to pay tribute to Labour MP Jo Cox, who was killed in her constituency in West Yorkshire on Thursday. MPs, who had been in recess for the EU referendum, have been recalled to the Commons to remember Mrs Cox, 41, who was described as "perfect" by her family. The Lords are...
‘Death to traitors, freedom for Britain’ Suspected killer of MP Jo Cox appears in court
THE MAN charged with the brutal murder of Labour MP Jo Cox gave his name as "death to traitors, freedom for Britain" during his appearance in court this morning. Mrs Cox, 41, died after being shot and stabbed in the street outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds, on Thursday. Eyewitnesses said the...
Thomas Mair charged with murder in connection to shooting of Labour MP Jo Cox
A MAN has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting of Labour MP Jo Cox. The 41-year-old politician was attacked in the street outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds, on Thursday. West Yorkshire Police said Birstall local Thomas Mair has been charged with murder, grievous bodily harm,...
‘My pain is too much’ Jo Cox’s last words revealed as tributes paid to ‘exceptional’ MP
THE poignant last words of murdered MP Jo Cox were revealed yesterday. As she cradled her in her arms, the MP’s assistant Fazila Aswat pleaded: “Jo, get up.” Mrs Cox, 41, replied: “No, my pain is too much. I can’t make it.” She had been shot and stabbed by a man lying in wait outside a...