UK Political Division Has Worsened Since Brexit, Says MP Who Lost Sister to Political Violence

Kim Leadbeater, the MP representing her murdered sister Jo Cox's constituency, marked the tenth anniversary of Jo's 2016 assassination by stating that political polarisation in Britain has intensified beyond the Brexit referendum era. A neo-Nazi killed Cox one week before that vote. Leadbeater's perspective carries particular weight: as a legislator who experienced the decade's starkest political violence, her assessment suggests the trajectory from 2016 to 2026 has darkened.