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Yorkshire dailies pay heartfelt tributes to murdered MP

Newspapers covering Jo Cox’s Yorkshire patch today published front page tributes to the murdered MP.

Both the Yorkshire Evening Post and sister title the Yorkshire Post cleared their front pages today following the shock news of the  Batley and Spen MP’s shooting yesterday.

The YEP front page, headlined simply ‘Our Jo,’ carried a full-page picture of the late MP and the statement from her husband Brendan Cox in which he pledged to “fight the hatred that killed her.”

In a comment piece written by editor Nicola Furbisher, the paper described her as a “bright, vivacious, sassy, sparkling woman with a vision to make the world a better place.”

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“Anyone who met her could see she was made for great things. Intelligent, witty, full of plans, but with a razor-sharp and penetrating focus that meant she could cut through any jargon, waffle or business speak to reach the heart of the matter,” wrote Nicola.

“‘My brain never stops!’ she told one of our journalists during a meeting at her constituency office.

“We plan not to dwell in this column on the circumstances surrounding her brutal, untimely death. Instead we choose to celebrate and remember a life full of colour, wit, intelligence – and compassion.

“We have lost, without doubt, one of the finest politicians of her generation. She could one day have been Prime Minister. But she was our Jo. She was born to help the less fortunate – and the outpouring of grief amongst her Batley & Spen constitutents, and politicians around the globe, spoke volumes about her impact on the world.”

In the YP, columnist Tom Richmond described her as “a true politician of the people, equally at home championing all those community causes close to her heart or speaking with eloquence, insight and passion on the floor of the House of Commons.”

The YP also carried the statement from Brendan Cox on the front page together with seven pages of inside coverage.

 

 

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