EU Referendum Results Prompt Jo Cox's Husband Brendan To Give Message Of Optimism

A beautiful response from Brendan Cox.

Jo Cox's widower has sent out a message of hope, detailing what he believes his late wife's reaction would have been to news that Britain has voted to leave the European Union.

On Friday, Brendan Cox tweeted:

Today Jo wld have remained optimistic & focussed on what she cld do to bring our country back together around our best values #MoreInCommon

— Brendan Cox (@MrBrendanCox) June 24, 2016

The tweet was retweeted and liked thousands of times.

Many also replied with praising Mr Cox's words and the way has handled the loss of his wife.

@MrBrendanCox Your dignity throughout the past weeks has been stunning.

— Greg Ó Ceallaigh (@gregoceallaigh) June 24, 2016

@MrBrendanCox Thank you Brendan for this tweet. You are incredible. I'm so sorry for the sadness you've had to endure. Thoughts w u all xx

— Nadine Erskine (@NadineErskine) June 24, 2016

@MrBrendanCox Yours are the first words that have comforted - and inspired - me this morning. Thank you. #MoreInCommon

— Julia Payne (@juliaatthehub) June 24, 2016

@MrBrendanCox you bloody gentleman sir. You give me a little hope for the human race.

— Hamstall Ridware (@Hamstall) June 24, 2016

@MrBrendanCox even in the face of more uncertainty; you have the strength to be positive. I salute you. #Themanonthetrain

— Joe Cilia (@AisJoe) June 24, 2016

@MrBrendanCox @DamianWild Well done Brendan, a big dollop of perspective #MoreInCommon

— Mark Robinson (@ellandi_mark) June 24, 2016

His words came after Nigel Farage was criticised for saying Brexit was won “without a single bullet being fired” just days after the murder of the Batley and Spen MP.

He said: “The dawn is breaking on an independent United Kingdom!

“We have fought against the multinationals, we have fought against the big merchant banks we fought against big politics, we fought against lies, corruption and deceit.

“And today honesty, decency and belief in nation I think now is going to win.“And we will have done it without having to fight, without a single bullet being fired.

“We will have done it by damn hard work on the ground, by people like my friend Mr [Leave.EU bankroller Arron] Banks here. And by people in the Labour party and the Conservative Party and of Ukip and no party.

“I hope this victory brings down this failed project and leads us to a Europe of sovereign states.”

Very bad taste of Nigel Farage to claim victory "without a single bullet being fired" after the campaign shooting of Jo Cox

— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) June 24, 2016

"Without a single bullet being fired," Farage says. We have become disgusting.

— India Knight (@indiaknight) June 24, 2016

Nigel Farage claims #Brexit victory 'without a single bullet being fired'. Unbelievably insensitive and crass after #JoCox killing.

— Michael Wilkinson (@ThatMichaelW) June 24, 2016

Jo Cox was shot and killed last Thursday in Birstall, near Leeds.

The attack came on the steps of the town library just before 1pm, where the 41-year-old mother-of-two had been holding a surgery with her constituents.

Cox, who was elected to the Commons last year as MP for Batley and Spen, was rushed to Leeds Infirmary hospital by air ambulance after apparently being shot twice and stabbed.

52-year-old Tommy Mair will stand trial for her murder in November.

He is accused of shooting and stabbing Cox, 41, outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds, earlier this month.

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