Jo would have ‘loved’ to see the UK come together
MP’S WIDOWER PRAISES COMMUNITIES FOR TOGETHERNESS
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Mr Cox said: “When we first Mr Cox said: “What Jo’s killing was t thought about this we were thinking designed to do was to tear our com- Jo Cox was murdered last year the so munities apart.
“I can think of no better response to that than a moment like this that brings our communities together - people from different background, who come from all different places around here, different faiths. Just moments that don’t fixate on the differences but focus on those things that we have in common.
“I think as a country we are not good enough at doing that.”
And he said: “If people feel closer to their communities, that’s exactly how Jo would want to be remembered.”
Mr Cox said he spent Friday 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 bouncing on the bouncy castle with the kids.”