It's been a busy time and in many ways very distressing. At an international level, the horrific events in Orlando almost seemed too surreal to comprehend. Homophobia and historic gun laws combining to devastate the lives of, not just the victims, but their families and loved ones. The outpouring of grief and support, not least from London, re-affirmed my belief in the human spirit. Anyone who opposes gun control legislation in the US has blood on their hands. End of.
Then just as the world is reeling from these senseless deaths on the other side of the Atlantic, this ridiculous EU Referendum took an unexpected and mortifying turn, as MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed by a right-wing extremist outside the library in Birstall, West Yorkshire. Amid one of the filthiest, scare-mongering, mud-slinging campaigns I have witnessed in my adult life, it left me and most of UK in shock. Never mind the suspects mental health, his comments have established a political motive for her murder, rendering the act an assassination. This is the sort of fuck-wit behaviour that happens in other countries, not in the UK. There are politicians out there with blood on their hands in the UK too, it seems.
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