In celebration and memory of Jo Cox MP (1974-2016)

"Jo believed in a better world and she fought for it every day of her life with an energy, and a zest for life that would exhaust most people. She would have wanted two things above all else to happen now, one that our precious children are bathed in love and two, that we all unite to fight against the hatred that killed her.” (Brendan Cox)

Funds are being raised to support causes close to Jo's heart, as chosen by her family:

The Royal Voluntary Service, to support volunteers helping combat loneliness in Jo's constituency, Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire.

HOPE not hate, who seek to challenge and defeat the politics of hate and extremism within local communities across Britain.

The White Helmets: volunteer search and rescue workers in Syria. Unarmed and neutral, these heroes have saved more than 51,000 lives from under the rubble and bring hope to the region.

Here's an opportunity for any of us to give what we can manage to show our practical support:

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Is Jo Cox going to become the Liberal Lee Rigby, in which all manner of s**t gets justified in her name and she becomes a martyr to absurdist popularity nonsense, just because she was unlucky enough to be a murder statistic in a time of vague interest in politics.

I have nothing against Jo Cox, but like about 90% of the population, I'd never heard of this 'Saint of Liberal left causes' (many of which I ascribe to) prior to her being murdered. Day before she was no one, day after she's all the news.

Now her death was tragic, but lets at least wait until she's been buried before turning her memory into a means of extracting money from people to fund causes (good or bad).

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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Google+. That'll ensure that no-one sees it.

Even though she's dead?

And anyone who thinks I'd make a contribution to Hope not Hate can f*cking do one.