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Jo Cox
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Married woman
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41 with 2 children
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Tipped as future star or PM
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Feminist / Leftist champion
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Pro-Mass Migrationist
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Globalist / establishment links
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Thomas Mair
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Loner
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Alleged “Right wing extremist / terrorist”
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Mental health issues
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Allegedly Shouted “Britain First” (Brexit)
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Days before Brexit in/out referendum
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Murder was hate crime / terrorism, not mental health or isolated random violence
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Extremism = right wing and concerns over immigration
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Links Brexit immigration concerns with intolerance, extremism and racism
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Brexit debate turned on head, campaigning suspended
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Polls reversed
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Massive media onslaught pushing the Bremain campaign and demonising Brexit
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Potentially derailing Brexit and UK voting to remain in the EU (?)
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Anna Lindh
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Married woman
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42 with 2 children
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Tipped as future star or PM
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Feminist / Leftist champion
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Pro-Mass Migrationist
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Critic of NATO / George Bush wars
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Mijailo Mijailovic
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Loner
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At time media spun motive as killer’s anger at NATO bombings of Serbia
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Later killer said he was high on hypnotic drug, and political motive was ‘all politicians’
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Days before Euro in/out referendum
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Murder was hate crime / terrorism, not mental health or isolated random violence
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Extremism = right-wing and anti-NATO extremist
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Massive change in Euro debate
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Polls reversed
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Massive media onslaught pushing Euro entry and predicting adoption of Euro
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Ultimately, public voted to keep Euro but very close decision
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Anti-NATO future PM dead; another pro-NATO party came into office
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Henriette Reker
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Married woman, Mayor of Cologne
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60 with 2 children
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Feminist / Leftist champion
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Pro-Mass Migrationist
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Embattled positon due to ‘victim blaming’ following Cologne rapes
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Loner
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Mental health issues
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Allegedly screamed “influx of refugees”
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Linked to right wing extremism
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Days before Mayoral election in controversial city leading ‘refugee welcome’ movement
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Murder was hate crime / terrorism, not mental health or isolated random violence
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Extremism = right-wing and anti-immigrant
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Anti-immigrant sentiment is a return to Nazism
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Massive change in Mayoral election
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Polls reversed
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Widespread revulsion turned previous edge for anti-refugee candidates, into crushing 53% win for Reker, as she was in induced coma to save her life following stabbing in neck
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Crackdowns on anti-immigrant social media postings, protests etc
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Background and politics of victims
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Background and ‘narrative’ of killer and their motives
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Timing days before crucial elections
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Resultant media push to reverse public opinion for voting purposes
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