In your opinion ?
General / Off-Topic The Murder of Jo Cox, will influence the vote of the British ?
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don't think so unless one side makes a crass gaffe e.g. NF blaming it on immigration, then it might move some people to shift.
Hopefully it will serve as a warning to those at the top who were letting the debate get poisonous. It wouldn't matter which party the MP belonged to this is not how we do politics in the UK.
It appears that it was a person with mental health problems. Maybe the rhetoric over the past month finally got to him and guided his final choice of target, but I suspect he would have harmed someone, even if it was just himself, sooner or later.
Hopefully it will serve as a warning to those at the top who were letting the debate get poisonous. It wouldn't matter which party the MP belonged to this is not how we do politics in the UK.
It appears that it was a person with mental health problems. Maybe the rhetoric over the past month finally got to him and guided his final choice of target, but I suspect he would have harmed someone, even if it was just himself, sooner or later.
This ^^
Murderer says he was a political activist. Will he be treated as a terrorist, or as somebody with mental health issues? Excellent article about that question, and its implications.
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A good article, especially the highlight between two murderers with mental health issues and how the press has depicted each.
I've already broke this down in another thread and had all manner of insults thrown at me. I don't think it will affect the vote. Any political activist with their head screwed on wouldn't engage in murder and shout out their affiliation. The damage to that affiliation's credibility, if a definite link was proven, would be irreparable. Britain First are not taken seriously anyway.
Lone nut or Manchurian candidate? I go with the latter.
Lone nut or Manchurian candidate? I go with the latter.
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I do not want to start a debate, but fundamentally, the violence is it a sign of mental health ?
It shouldn't impact the vote any more than any other kind of terrorist attack, but i think it will boost remain, it may tarnish brexiters, people will mix this guy up with the brexit campaign and conclude that brexit is for far right racists.....which is simply not true as i myself and many others votimg brexit are labour/socialists (Tony Benn was anti EU). On another note, i'd like to say that the murder and reactions to it were immensely sad and moving, i'm not ashamed to say that i shed tears for this woman that i never knew, and her family.