Today, on the tenth anniversary of the MP Jo Cox’s terrible murder, it’s time for our country to talk.Ten years on, Britain stands more divided than ever, with our elected representatives still in profound danger just for doing their jobs. After the last two summers of anti-migrant hatred, in recent days we have seen hate on the streets of Belfast, Glasgow and Southampton. Appalling attacks – that echo the circumstances of Jo’s murder – have been used to whip up hatred against innocent families.Today, The Mirror announces a brand new version of ‘Britain Talks’, our ground-breaking conversation project, which will launch in September. It will carry on from where the National Conversation, which is currently live across the UK, ends.In today’s Mirror, we asked Jo’s bereaved husband Brendan Cox, and Katie Amess, the daughter of murdered Conservative MP David Amess, to have a conversation to start us off.And, today, we are inviting Mirror readers, and anyone in our country who is willing to take a step away from division, to sign up to our new project. All you have to do is answer a few questions about how you see the world.Brendan Cox and Katie Amess meet for the first time to share their experiences on ZoomThen, using unique technology pioneered by our partners, Die Zeit in Germany, we will match you to someone who sees it differently. For now, we are just asking people to sign up to Britain Talks using an email address, so that we can keep you informed when the project launches.It won’t be used for any other marketing materials – just to sign you up to a newsletter about Britain Talks, to keep you informed about how the project is progressing, and the new partners across civil society who come on board.This is your chance to become a founding member of a community that wants to get our real country back from extremists, and to build bridges not walls.We hope you’ll join us. We need to talk.Sign up for more information about Britain Talks here
