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The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

NS#153: Intermission

The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

The New Statesman

News & Politics, Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2016

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

We're taking a break this week, following the death of Jo Cox MP.

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0:00.0

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0:08.0

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0:16.5

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0:21.2

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0:27.0

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0:31.0

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0:34.9

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0:38.3

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0:48.6

Hello I'm afraid there won't be a new statesman podcast this week. We didn't feel it was

0:58.7

appropriate in the light of the killing of Joe Cox, the Labour MP for Batley and Spen.

1:04.4

You will almost certainly have heard, but if you haven't, she was shot and attacked outside

1:11.8

a advice surgery in her constituency earlier today and died of her injuries shortly thereafter.

1:20.0

Obviously in this job you meet a lot of MPs or you share a panel or share a panel with

1:26.9

them.

1:27.9

I didn't know Joe Cox well, but a year ago at Labour Conference I chaired the panel on the rights of the Palestinians an issue which

1:36.2

was very close to her along with the treatment of people in Syria and in conflict zones

1:42.4

across the world and she was very charming

1:45.0

charismatic very bright dealt very politely with the questions which were

1:49.8

difficult and in some cases is always the way at this kind of event slightly incoherent and I

1:54.5

remember thinking at the time when she was clearly going places and then I should get to know her

1:59.3

but I put it off as we often do in life and now of course I never will.

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