A moving Jo tribute

One of the most upsetting things about last night’s Jo Cox: Death Of An MP on BBC2 came at the end.

White letters on a black screen told us her killer “has still offered no explanation for the murder”.

It must take a special kind of twisted mind to take two young children’s mum away and, potentially, leave them asking why for the rest of their lives.

It is doubtful Thomas Mair can offer any kind of understandable explanation. I didn’t need to hear the 999 calls or be told about the gory online research undertaken by Mair.

But any concerns about this documentary being an awkward cross between 24 Hours In Police Custody and a well-meaning memorial were outweighed by one simple fact: It was, by and large, a beautiful tribute to a wife, mum and hardworking MP who clearly had so much more to offer the world.

By including well-placed footage of Nigel Farage’s anti-EU rants the BBC probably left itself open to accusations of political bias. But the only clear political message came from Jo’s sister Kim: “At university Jo became aware that politics was a means of helping people.” KILLER Mair