Jo Cox: Trending quotes (page 3)

“Many people don’t realise just what a valuable lifeline libraries can be.”

Jo Cox

People

“Some say we need to be more patient. What we cannot, must not do is sit back and hope for the best.”

Jo Cox

We nominated Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership. Now we regret it (6 May 2016)

Hope

“Yorkshire folk are not fools.”

Jo Cox

Devolution and Growth Across Britain (19 June 2015)

Fools

“We now face five years of an unbridled Conservative government that is intent on swingeing cuts, further attacks on society’s most vulnerable and on our NHS. This will severely limit what can be achieved but I am determined to work tirelessly to do what I can to make sure local people are heard in Parliament and protected from the worst of what is to come.”

Jo Cox

Column: Jo Cox – After a hard day’s night, the real work starts http://www.batleynews.co.uk/news/local/column-jo-cox-after-a-hard-day-s-night-the-real-work-starts-1-7264438 (16 May 2015)

People

“This is about a deterrence effect to stop the Syrian regime targeting their own civilians. I think it would be enforceable from the Mediterranean using US French and UK military capability already out there. It would mean the aerial bombardment of Syrian civilians would stop, and it would create space for peace talks.”

Jo Cox

Speaking on BBC Daily Politics show — UK 'should enforce Syria no-fly zone even if Russia vetoes UN resolution' https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/oct/12/uk-should-be-prepared-enforce-syria-no-fly-zone-russian-veto-un-isis-assad (12 October 2015)

Peace , Thinking

“Unless we act to end the slaughter of civilians in Syria by President Assad, Isis will continue to find a steady stream of recruits from the Syrian Sunni population driven to desperation and radicalisation. In this context no amount of military action against Isis will be able to eradicate them. … As long as these attacks persist these forces will not be able to focus – as many want to – on freeing their country from the cancer of Isis.”

Jo Cox

A new progressive internationalism (17 June 2016)

Country

“In my neck of the woods non-conformity is what we do best.”

Jo Cox

Devolution and Growth Across Britain (19 June 2015)

“While I do not believe that there is a purely military solution to this conflict, I do believe that there will be a military component to any viable solution.”

Jo Cox

Don’t leave Syria to become a graveyard — this generation’s responsibility to the world (13 October 2015)

“The left should carve out a new long-term narrative about British foreign policy: one that puts human rights and the protection of civilians centre stage again. And one that reasserts our commitment to the responsibility to protect those most at risk of mass atrocity crimes. This isn’t really about being pro or anti-military intervention. Rather it’s a call to redefine the principles that will guide the decisions we take, as well as a commitment to then honour them.”

Jo Cox

A new progressive internationalism (17 June 2016)

Decision

“We both nominated Corbyn for leader last year. We have never had cause to doubt his commitment to society’s most disadvantaged and to Labour’s values – a commitment we all share. But we have come to regret that decision.”

Jo Cox

We nominated Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership. Now we regret it (6 May 2016)

Decision

“When the voters tell us on the doorsteps that they can’t picture our leader in No 10 we have to listen. When our candidates in London and Wales ask the leader to stay away, we have a problem. When the revival we were promised in Scotland with Corbyn’s “new” politics proves to be a mirage, we have to ask what it has actually achieved.”

Jo Cox

We nominated Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership. Now we regret it (6 May 2016)

Problem

“We need a robust but targeted military approach. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no war-monger. I opposed the Iraq war and worked for a decade as an Oxfam aid worker – but this isn’t Iraq. This is a humanitarian crisis.”

Jo Cox

Jo Cox: Syria is not Iraq – we must take action now http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/jo-cox-syria-is-not-iraq-we-must-take-action-now-1-7453039 (10 September 2015)

War

“Please let us stop casting the humanitarian, diplomatic and military responses as mutually exclusive alternatives. They are not. If we are serious about addressing this crisis, we need to stop pretending that any one of them offers a panacea and instead weave these strands into a coherent strategy.”

Jo Cox

Don’t leave Syria to become a graveyard — this generation’s responsibility to the world (13 October 2015)

“I don’t believe there will be a military solution to this conflict but I do believe there will be a military component to it. The vast majority of the fighting will be done by people from the region and by Syrians themselves, but that doesn’t mean that the UK shouldn’t play a role.”

Jo Cox

Jo Cox: Syria is not Iraq – we must take action now http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/jo-cox-syria-is-not-iraq-we-must-take-action-now-1-7453039 (10 September 2015)

People , Fight

“Many businesses in Yorkshire want the security and stability of Britain’s continued membership of the European Union, a cause I look forward to championing passionately in this place and elsewhere.”

Jo Cox

Devolution and Growth Across Britain (19 June 2015)

Business , Passion

“Corbyn needs to show he’s ready to lead from the front. He and those around him must come out of their bunker, stop blaming everybody else, and show the discipline and determination to drive our message home. These elections were a terrible missed opportunity. We cannot afford any more.”

Jo Cox

We nominated Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership. Now we regret it (6 May 2016)

Home

“If four years of continuous vicious conflict have taught us anything, it is that the current regime is no longer capable of bringing peace and stability to Syria.”

Jo Cox

Don’t leave Syria to become a graveyard — this generation’s responsibility to the world (13 October 2015)

Peace

“What many of our businesses are lacking is confidence: confidence to expand; confidence to borrow; confidence to grow; and the confidence to fuel a real economic recovery that benefits everybody, offering decent jobs, paying decent wages and bridging the skills gap.”

Jo Cox

Devolution and Growth Across Britain (19 June 2015)

Confidence , Business

“We owe it to everybody in our party to be honest about where we stand.”

Jo Cox

We nominated Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership. Now we regret it (6 May 2016)

“I’ve been in some horrific situations where women have been raped repeatedly in. In Afghanistan I was talking to Afghan elders who were world weary of a lack of sustained attention from their own Government and from the international community to stop problems early. That’s the thing that all of that experience gave me - if you ignore a problem it gets worse.”

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‘I’ve been in some horrific situations’ - MP http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/i-ve-been-in-some-horrific-situations-mp-1-7642788, ' (26 December 2015)

Women , World , Communication , Problem