They said the event, called More in Common: Celebrating the life of Jo Cox, would celebrate her “warmth, love, energy, passion, flair, Yorkshire heritage and the belief in the humanity of every person in every place”.
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Prosecutor David Cawthorne, laid out graphic details of the attack during Saturday’s court proceedings.
As the nation comes to terms with this tragedy, Cox’s killing has muted the tone of public discussions over the upcoming referendum.
Speaker John Bercow recalled the House of Commons to allow lawmakers to honour their colleague.
Mrs Cox, 41, was pronounced dead at 1.48pm and a post-mortem found the cause of death to be multiple stab and gunshot wounds.
Prayers were said on Sunday for Mr Cox’s husband and children at a service at St Peter’s Church, less than half a mile from where she died.
Members of the “Out” campaign say Britain would prosper if it broke free from what they say is a doomed German-dominated bloc that punches way below its weight beside rivals such as Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Mair said nothing when the court asked him to give his address and date of birth.
Eyewitnesses claimed her alleged killer, Thomas Mair, who was believed to have mental illness, had shouted out “Britain first”, which is the name of a right-wing nationalist group that described itself on its website as “a patriotic political party and street defence organisation”.
“Death to traitors, freedom for Britain”, Mair said.
Ms. Cox, a Labour Party lawmaker, was shot and stabbed to death Thursday after getting out of her vehicle in the town of Birstall, in West Yorkshire, in her home constituency.
The murder of 41-year-old Mrs Cox outside a public library in Birstall in West Yorkshire has prompted an out-pouring of public grief.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, writing in The Guardian, said the referendum campaign had been transformed from a discussion about Britain’s role in Europe and into a forum on immigration and the people who, like Cox, support immigrants.
Britain has been in mourning since her death, which made her the first sitting lawmaker killed in Britain in a quarter century.
Although the motive is undetermined, some politicians and commentators have pointed to the heated referendum debate, where sensitive issues like national identity and immigration have featured prominently.
Any previous allegations about Mair can not be reported under British law in order not to prejudice the case against him.
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The report also said following a decision to exit, Britain would need to negotiate the terms of its withdrawal and a new relationship with the EU. “To focus on that which unites us and not which divides us”.
