Was Jo Cox’s death a ‘false flag’?
Jo Cox was a British MP, belonged to the labor party and was a proponent for the remain campaign in the Brexit campaign. She was murdered on 16th June by a man who was 52 years old and who shouted ‘Britain first’ which is the name of a right-wing group.
But shortly after this incident the murder is called a ‘false flag’ and a whole twitter debate can be found online whether this murder was initiated by the ‘remainers’ themselves in order to get more public attention.
I think it does not make any sense to call the murder a planned incident for delaying the debate and gaining more public attention for the remain campaign, simply because she was not only a politician fighting for a remain of Britain in the EU but also a mother, sister and daughter. And instead of debating, this should be seen as a loss of a dear person and the family should be given the time to mourn Jo’s death. Questioning this as a ‘false flag’ does not help.
Additionally, this has not changed the polls so much. It has rather raised uncertainty than contributed to a higher amount of proponents for remaining in the EU. The polls show a rise of two percent on the side of the still undecided voters and even the ‘remainers’ lost one percent. Finally, the proponents for a Brexit lost three percent of their voters according to the polls which were updated on the 16th June.
In my view, the murder has not contributed to a higher amount of remaining proponents but rather raised public alert with regard to the high importance the decision on the 23rd June. Therefore, voters carefully rethink their opinion which may be why both sides have lost their voters to the ‘undecided’ section. So, this ridiculous debate about the ‘false flag’ can stop.
As a consequence, everything may happen on the 23rd June and nothing is settled yet. I just hope that this awful incident will be the last connected to the Brexit Referendum and its debate.
