MP Jo is honoured
THE widower of murdered MP Jo Cox said yesterday he was “awed” by the way in which the UK embraced his wish for communities to celebrate togetherness on the anniversary of his wife’s killing.
Brendan Cox was in Heckmondwike, in West Yorkshire, at one of tens of thousands of events around the country organised as part of The Great Get Together.
Accompanied by Mrs Cox’s parents, Gordon and Jean Leadbeater, and her sister, Kim, Mr Cox joined hundreds in the centre of the town, which is at the heart of her Batley & Spen constituency.
He said: “When we first thought about this we were thinking of just bringing some people together. We didn’t think it would have anything like the scale and the traction that it’s had. We’ve been awed by it.
“I think we’ve had well over 100,000 events with millions of people taking part over the weekend.”
Mr Cox spent Friday in Birstall with his family, focusing on his wife who was murdered on June 16 last year.
He said: “She would have loved this thing. It was absolutely at the heart of who she was.
“She would have been here on the bouncy castle with the kids.”