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Fascists make beeline for Cox seat

RACISTS and fascists crawled out of the woodwork yesterday to contest a by-election for the seat of murdered Labour MP Jo Cox.

Labour is expected to win the multicultural Batley and Spen parliamentary constituency in West Yorkshire.

Ms Cox was a dedicated anti-racist. She famously said in her maiden speech in Parliament: “There is more that unites us than divides us.”

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