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“Jo相信有一个更美好的世界,她每天都在为之奋斗”

—— 英国遇害国会议员Jo Cox
来源:贴心姐妹网   更新:2016-06-16 11:47:19   作者:施雅芳
“Jo相信有一个更美好的世界,她每天都在为之奋斗”——英国遇害国会议员Jo Cox

英国41岁工党国会议员Jo Cox今天下午在和选区内居民见面后遭人枪击和刀刺身亡。

《卫报》说她是“工党内冉冉升起的一颗政治新星”。

在2015年的大选中,她代表工党参选,当选西约克郡巴特利和斯潘选区议员。

她在国会首次演讲时说:“我们的社区因移民而大为改善,不管是分布在选区的爱尔兰天主教徒,是来自印度古吉拉特邦和主要来自巴基斯坦克什米尔地区的穆斯林。当我们庆贺多元化,当我在我的选区穿行时,时不时令我惊奇的是,我们团结的程度和共同的地方,远远多于分化我们的东西。”

她支持修订移民法案以接受滞留在欧洲的3000名儿童难民。她在国会中说:“那些孩子目击了孩子不应该目击的事。我知道我会冒着生命危险将我两个珍爱的宝贝从那种苦境中救出来。”

她是工党妇女网络主席,致力于帮助更多女性进入国会。

从政前,她在慈善机构Oxfarm担任政策部的负责人。

她于1995年毕业于剑桥大学,是家中第一个上大学的人。她出生于西约克郡巴特利,母亲是一所学校的秘书,父亲在一家工厂工作。

她遇害后,留下丈夫Brendan Cox和两个年幼的孩子Cuillin 和 Lejla。

Jo Cox遇害前,英国正在处于是否留欧公决前双方阵营的激烈宣传、辩论期。

Jo Cox属主张留欧派,昨天还和丈夫、孩子乘坐一艘快艇在泰晤士河上宣传留欧主张。

 

Jo Cox被谋杀后,一名52岁男子Thomas Mair被捕。目击者Graeme Howard对《卫报》说,在枪击前和被捕过程中,那名男子高喊  “Britain first”。

British First 是英国的一个极右派政党。

Jo Cox 在国会首次演讲时,穿着大红连衣裙,演讲热情、幽默,充满生命的活力。

她也经常穿着红色连衣裙参加各项活动。热烈的红色成了她的个人标志。

今天,她的生命在暴力下嘎然而止。

她的丈夫Brendan Cox曾是前首相Gordon Brown的发展政策顾问,Jo Cox曾为非牟利组织创办人、慈善家Sarah Brown工作。

Jo Cox遭谋杀,Gordon Brown和Sarah brown非常悲痛,发表声明悼念。

“每当你和她交谈,能看到她眼中的热情,感受到她灵魂中的决心。“ Gordon Brown在声明中说:“……她为贫穷、孤独的儿童妇女竭力争取权益。”

Sarah Brown在声明中说:“我的心碎了。Jo有一种非同寻常的精神和热情,这种精神和热情贯穿于她在Oxfarm的工作以及我们为妇女儿童进行的无数次运动。”

今天,Brendan Cox在推特上推送了一张Jo Cox的照片。她仍然充满了生命的活力,但身着一件灰色的毛衣、牛仔裤和凉鞋。在泰晤士河畔的阳光下,她眯缝着眼微笑,那是给灵魂伴侣的俏皮微笑。

Jo Cox 在国会工作的日子里,不像其他国会议员在国会工作的日子里住在伦敦的住处,她和家人住在一条泊在泰晤士河的船上,每天骑车到国会上班。

Jo Cox遇害后,Brendan Cox在声明中说:“Jo相信有一个更美好的世界,她每天都在为之奋斗。她为之倾注的精力和热情,她这样的状态会令大部分人感到精疲力竭。”

他说:“她会希望两件事情发生:我们珍爱的孩子沐浴在爱中;我们团结起来反对杀死她的仇恨。”

“Jo的一生没有遗憾,她每天都活得很充实。“ 他最后在声明中说。

 

Jo Cox在国会的首次演讲视频链接

Thank you, Mr Speaker; it is a great privilege to be called to make my maiden speech in this most important of debates, and I congratulate many others who have made outstanding maiden speeches today.

I am sure that many right hon. and hon. Members will claim that their constituencies consist of two halves or numerous parochial parts; I am another in that respect, and Batley and Spen is very much that kind of constituency. It is a joy to represent such a diverse community.

Batley and Spen is a gathering of typically independent, no-nonsense and proud Yorkshire towns and villages. Our communities have been deeply enhanced by immigration, be it of Irish Catholics across the constituency or of Muslims from Gujarat in India or from Pakistan, principally from Kashmir. While we celebrate our diversity, what surprises me time and time again as I travel around the constituency is that we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us. 

My constituency is also home to Fox’s Biscuits and Lion Confectionery, so I am sure you will not think it an indulgence, Mr Speaker, if I describe Batley and Spen as a constituency with an industrial heart wrapped in a very rich and pleasant Yorkshire landscape—geographical, historical and cultural.

The spirit of non-conformity is as prevalent now in my part of west Yorkshire as it was in the time of my two immediate predecessors, Mike Wood and Elizabeth Peacock. They were both known for offering their own brand of independent, non-conformist service, albeit in very different ways. I intend to maintain that established tradition in my own unique style.

Of course, Batley is a town that has sent Labour MPs to this place for the best part of a hundred years. One of them, Dr Broughton, is of course famously credited with bringing down a Government, so I respectfully put the right hon. Members on the Front Bench opposite on notice. The Spen valley has a far more chequered political history, alternately sending Labour and Conservative MPs here to Westminster for much of the 20th century. Nothing made me prouder on 8 May than to be sent to this place with an increased Labour majority, proving again that in my neck of the woods non-conformity is what we do best.

As I have already alluded to, we make things in Batley and Spen; we do so now, just as we did historically. Batley and Spen has a high proportion of people working in manufacturing, and we can boast the full range of industries, including high-skilled, precision engineering. We manufacture all sorts, from beds to biscuits, and from carpets to lathes. We also have some of the best fish and chips in the country, and some of the best curries in the world.

However, what many of our businesses are lacking is confidence: confidence to expand; confidence to borrow; confidence to grow; and the confidence to fuel a real economic recovery that benefits everybody, offering decent jobs, paying decent wages and bridging the skills gap. Key to changing that situation is a fundamental shift in attitude towards regional economic regeneration. It is time to give city and county regions the powers and resources they need to promote growth, and I will happily work with all of those who are genuinely committed to building an economic powerhouse in the north. This agenda has to have at its centre a commitment to connect towns and villages in constituencies like mine to thriving city hubs, and to deliver a financial offer in the forthcoming July Budget that gives this worthy goal a real chance of success. Yorkshire folk are not fools: talk about devolving power to cities and regions, while simultaneously stripping them of the resources to deliver and subjecting northern councils such as Kirklees to the harshest of cuts, is not compatible with a worthy commitment to building a northern powerhouse to drive growth and prosperity.

Businesses in my constituency want help to address the skills mismatch at local level which leaves employers with staff shortages and young people without jobs. They want access to reliable sources of finance, including a network of local banks. They want to connect to a regional infrastructure that works for them, not rail price hikes of more than 126% and endless delays to key transport projects such as the electrification of the line from Manchester to Leeds. Many businesses in Yorkshire want the security and stability of Britain’s continued membership of the European Union, a cause I look forward to championing passionately in this place and elsewhere.

The key question is: will the Government’s actions match their northern powerhouse rhetoric? HS2 is not the only acid test. There are two bigger challenges. First, will the Government really devolve all the powers and decisions that could and should be taken locally and regionally? My test will be this: if there is a compelling reason for this to be a national decision then so be it; if not, it should be devolved. Secondly, will the Government really take the whole range of their decisions—on transport, research and development, planning, education and skills—in the interests of rebalancing the economy and growing the north?

I am Batley and Spen born and bred, and I could not be prouder of that. I am proud that I was made in Yorkshire and I am proud of the things we make in Yorkshire. Britain should be proud of that, too. I look forward to representing the great people of Batley and Spen here over the next five years.

Brenda Cox的声明:

"Today is the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. More difficult, more painful, less joyful, less full of love.

"I and Jo's friends and family are going to work every moment of our lives to love and nurture our kids and to fight against the hate that killed Jo."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. Hate doesn't have a creed, race or religion, it is poisionous.

"Jo would have no regrets about her life, she lived every day of it to the full."

前首相Gordon Brown的声明:

“Our memories will be for ever scarred by this moment. Our hearts will always be hurt at our country’s loss. Jo Cox was the most vivacious, personable, dynamic and committed friend you could ever have. Whenever you talked to her, the compassion in her eyes and the commitment in her soul shone through. Years of public service advancing the causes she cared passionately about should have been ahead of her.

“Sarah and I were privileged to work with Jo and her husband Brendan over many years and in her tireless efforts on behalf of poor and desolate children and mothers. She went to some of the most dangerous places in the world. The last place she should have been in danger was in her home community.

“People will say that this does not happen in Britain. This should not happen in Britain. And we must resolve that this will never again happen in Britain.

“My and Sarah’s thoughts and prayers are with Brendan and their two young children Cuillin and Lejla this evening. They will have all our support in the difficult days ahead.

“For them and for those of us who were Jo’s friends, this is a devastating day. And it is a devastating blow to our democracy.”

非牟利团体创办人、孩童妇女权益倡导者Sarah Brown的声明:

“I am heartbroken. Jo had a truly remarkable spirit and passion that shone through in her work with Oxfam and with me on our countless campaigns for women and children.

“Jo cared about everybody but she reserved a special place in her heart for the most vulnerable and the poorest citizens of the world.

“She was fearless, she was endlessly upbeat and she reached out to so many to join her cause. Her mission was to make the world a better place.

“But above all else Jo had utter devotion to her husband Brendan and their two children Cuillin and Lejla.”

(Source:Gordon Brown & Sarah Brown

卫报社论:The Guardian view on Jo Cox: an attack on humanity, idealism and democracy

Jo Cox: Labour's rising star whose life was cut short

‘I’ve been in some horrific situations’ - MP

Jo Cox shooting: Politicians in Canada, around the world react to death of British MP

观点:电影《女权之声》(《Suffragette》)| 不公义的年代,女人从不沉默

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