yes politicians come in all shapes and kinds.

obvious villains like Trump and Thatcher; wily and unfathomable like Blair and Corbyn (you tell us what he ACTUALLY thinks about Brexit); queer and creepy like Keith Joseph and Michael Howard; determinedly in opposition like Tony Benn and Dennis Skinner.....

Its bloody sad we will never know how Jo would have developed in her mature years.

I was a teacher for a few years Jim. You can spot the kids with a predisposition for violence - due always to the environment they are brought up in. I think the tragedy of Jo, is probably more to do with the way we don't attend to folks with mental health problems. i think those people are attracted to and find avenues of expression in extreme political and religious groups.

at least we don't supply the buggers with guns like they do in America. but that's small comfort.

My Dad was a nurse in a mental hospital after his main career as a policeman. (Phil Beer's Dad was his boss). He once said to me - you'd be terrified to walk the streets if you knew how many walking time bombs were out there, (This was after the great Care in the Community campaign degenerated into the Couldn't Give a Shit in the Community.)

There have always been nutty political groups - everything from flat earthers, nudists, lords day preservationists, SPUC, the IRA......but the killers. They're something else. That's the dot recurring factor.

I think the concern for loneliness and mental health is the best way to remember Jo and celebrate her life.