European unity is necessary to promote peace and save Syrians

The whole European project is fundamentally about stopping mothers of young children being killed in the streets, writes Victoria White

NO MATTER how I try I can’t help thinking this Brexit referendum is about a woman lying dead in the street. I have tried not to see it as a referendum on the causes of Jo Cox’s murder but it is.

That’s not to say that almost the entire Leave camp does not abominate what happened in Birstall, West Yorkshire, last week. I know they do. But the whole European project is fundamentally about stopping mothers of young children being killed in the streets as they go about their business. And that project isn’t over.