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Murdered 'Harry Potter' MP's sister takes seat in Muggle Parliament
Wizards who are keeping an eye on the Muggle news, and that is more necessary than ever in these days of Muggle pandemics, may have noted that the Batley saga continues.
For those who did not read the previous Quibbler exposรฉ (see issue 342, page 14) on the murder of Jo Cox, the Batley MP, in 2016, we should recap.
Jo Cox came from Batley, near Bradford (which wizards will know is the hometown of the real Harry Potter author), and in an 'inspired' performance used a Harry Potter quote in her maiden speech at the Muggle parliament in London.
However, barely a year after being elected and giving that speech, Ms Cox was assassinated, by an assailant carrying both a gun (a metal wand) and a knife. Shot twice in the head and once to the chest and stabbed fifteen times, there was no chance of her surviving, as the assailant no doubt had planned.
The MP's assassination, barely a year to the date she made the Harry Potter speech, was the first of a Muggle MP since 1990, during the British struggles with the Irish militia, the IRA.
The unusual attack was carried out by a Muggle, Thomas Mair, a member of the Britain First movement, though the Muggles news media played down this link. This despite the assailant apparently shouting 'Britain First' prior to attacking Ms Cox.
On the face of it, and the way it was presented by the Muggle news media, it was a senseless 'right-wing' attack on a MP known for her work for Oxfam charities and her espousal of Muggle human rights issues abroad such as Darfur, Burma and Syria.
As we explained in our previous exposรฉ of the issue, however, the motives for the attack were not so simple. Ms Cox was NOT the victim of a random Right-wing Muggle attack, but was 'taken out' by anti-Harry Potter forces, who objected not to her human rights stances but her support for the Harry Potter books.
Yes, readers, as hard as it is to believe, when so many Muggles read and enjoy Harry Potter stories, that one MP who took her support for Harry Potter to the Muggle parliament and poked the establishment with a wizarding quote from the books should be so targeted.
In her maiden speech, she said, "๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด", which as anyone knows is a paraphrasing of Dumbledore's speech after the tragic events of the Triwizard tournament.
"๐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ - ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต'๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ" - Albus Dumbledore
On Wednesday, Jo Cox's sister, Kim Leadbetter, who has been elected as MP in the same seat, also made allusions to the Harry Potter books.
๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต 10 ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข โ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ณโ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ: โ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ.โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ: โ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ."
I would give anything not to be standing here in place of Jo: Kim
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/890379-i-would-give-anything-not-to-be-standing-here-in-place-of-jo-kim
Are Kim's comments likely to be as CONTROVERSIAL as Jo Cox's?
No. Why? Because Jo's remarks were a pointed reference to the forces dividing Muggle society. And that could refer to the Muggle establishment which divides and rules!
Jo Cox made an unwise choice to paraphrase that remark by Dumbledore in the home of the establishment. A wizard society can accept the truth, but a Muggle society cannot look in the mirror, and Jo's comment cut too close to the bone.
Kim's comparisons are too naive to have the same impact, but the case of her murdered sister shows just how dangerous it is to quote Harry Potter in the Muggle halls of deceit.