The three constituent organisations of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, and other members and supporters of TUSC, have expressed their shock and horror at the brutal murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.

The Socialist Party released a statement on Thursday evening pointing to the “big-business politicians on both sides of the EU referendum debate [who] have dangerously whipped up racism and anti-migrant feelings”, while re-affirming its support, as a component part of TUSC, for an EU exit vote on “a pro-working class, internationalist standpoint” (see http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/23031/16-06-2016/shocking-killing-of-jo-cox).

The Socialist Workers Party posted an article on Friday, saying that it was now clear that Jo Cox’s suspected attacker Thomas Mair “had connections with Nazi organisations” and calling for a redoubling of “our campaigning against fascism and racism” (see https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/42926/Racist+hatred+behind+murder+of+Jo+Cox).

Senior officers of the RMT, the other constituent organisation of TUSC, also joined in on social media to condemn the brutal murder and add their voices to the need for the trade union movement to resist all attempts at racist division.