It was until yesterday unthinkable in this country that one of the brightest of our young political stars, a passionate, eloquent campaigning politician, but also a devoted Mum of two young children and a loving wife, who was already earmarked for future high office and leadership, could be shot to death in her constituency by an unhinged loner shouting ‘Put Britain First’.
But it has happened. We unite to share the grief of this family in their unimaginable pain; we unite to condemn a crime few can comprehend; we unite to celebrate a very remarkable life cut short and we must unite to later ask the question of ourselves, what have we done to our country that such a thing can be?
But for now it is time to pause and reflect. Posts on this blog will resume when that has happened.