On 16 June 2016, a week before the Brexit vote, brooding tensions came to a climax with one horrific act of violence: the murder of Jo Cox. We meet at Jo Cox House, a handsome building on Commercial Street in Batley. Leadbeater is sitting in an office that is used by the Jo Cox Foundation, a charity set up after Cox’s death. Ever since that dreadful day nearly five years ago, Kim Leadbeater has become best known as Jo Cox’s sister. “It’s an honour to be Jo Cox’s sister.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2021 06:22 UTC