Street parties will celebrate MP Jo, a year after tragedy
brought comfort, he said, adding that getting communities together was “more important now than ever”.
He said: “When Jo was killed a year ago, it took the heart out of our family.
“The first emotion was shock, both numbing and shattering.
“That in time gave way to a grief that remains very fresh, very raw and continues to hit us in vicious waves when we least expect it. But our family has not been broken.” Fast-rising Labour star Mrs Cox, 41, had been Batley and Spen’s MP for 13 months.
Neo-Nazi Mair, 52, who yelled “Britain first” as he stabbed and shot defenceless Jo as she lay pleading for help, was given a whole-life term after being convicted of murder at the Old Bailey last November.
Former charity worker Mr Cox said his wife’s killing “aimed to divide communities but has instead brought them together”.