'Best big sister': Kim Leadbeater pays tribute to Jo Cox in maiden parliament speech

Yorkshire's newest MP paid tribute to her late sister in a House of Commons speech. The Batley and Spen MP won a byelection in July, the same seat held by Cox until she was murdered by a far-right extremist in June 2016.
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[@AlBion-rw9kd]

When is she gonna mention the teacher in hiding in her constituency ? The silence is deafening

[@arcticdragon104]

Nigel and Boris still alive

[@charlesdean3089]

Very moving. Love the wave to the fam above. All best Kim!

[@fingerscrossed2453]

Rinsing her sisters memory.
I can hear a rumbling sound as she spins in her grave.

[@MS-19]

@fingerscrossed2453 Clearly you have no concept of what is customary in a maiden speech to Parliament, and paid scant attention to the detailed content of this one.

[@youtubecensorsyouropinions6638]

Talking about your late sister for your own political ambition is disgusting and shows no class.

[@iainphillips3725]

I think this was more for her sister, otherwise she would have run herself

[@MS-19]

@youtubecensorsyouropinions6638 You clearly have no concept of what maiden speeches in Parliament are all about. It is customary to pay tribute to one's predecessors - and as she paid tribute to her sister, she made the point that she would rather not have had to do so; for, if her sister hadn't been brutally murdered, she wouldn't have stood for election herself.

[@TimesFM4532]

Not saying it would show no class