Tribute Paid to Raising Star Jo Cox:Londoners gather at vigils for murdered MP

Jo Cox: Londoners gather at vigils for murdered MP as Hillary Clinton honours 'rising star'
A woman lights a candle in Parliament Square for murdered MP Jo Cox PA

Hillary Clinton today condemned the shooting of Jo Cox MP as a “violent act of political intolerance” as her murder sent shockwaves around the world.The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said she was “horrified” by the killing of the Labour MP outside her constituency office in Birstall yesterday.


In a statement, Clinton said: “By all accounts, she was a rising star. Her maiden speech in Parliament celebrated the diversity of her beloved Yorkshire constituency, and passionately made the case that there is more that unites us than divides us.


“It is cruel and terrible that her life was cut short by a violent act of political intolerance.





Well-wishers sign a message of condolence (PA)


“It is critical that the United States and Britain, two of the world’s oldest and greatest democracies, stand together against hatred and violence.


“This is how we must honor Jo Cox - by rejecting bigotry in all its forms, and instead embracing, as she always did, everything that binds us together.”


Clinton’s words came after Londoners gathered to mourn the death and celebrate the life of the mother-of-two in a series of impromptu and emotional vigils across the capital.





A floral tribute left at the vigil to the 'rising star' MP (PA)


Flags at the Houses of Parliament and City Hall were lowered to half-mast.


A two-minute silence was observed at the Tooting by-election count, where returning officer Paul Martin said the murder cast a “dark shadow” over the process of electing the newest member of the Commons.