also had reaction from other parts of the political divide. the former labour prime minister tony blair said he was shocked and horrified by the news. flags outside parliament are flying at half mast this evening, sir david who was 69 had been an mp since 1987 and before that an mp for bethel didn t come up both in essex. the speaker of the house of commons give his reaction
course not all of them choose to have that. and there is various reasons for that. i think there is a great deal on offer but a lot of it is choice, not compulsory. and maybe one of the changes that might have to be made is that there is more pressure placed on mps to actually take all of the measures they have and to ensure that they follow the advice they are given. in and to ensure that they follow the advice they are given. advice they are given. in your experience advice they are given. in your experience is advice they are given. in your experience is that, advice they are given. in your experience is that, the - advice they are given. in your. experience is that, the obvious answer is this question, why don t they take the advice they have been given in your experience? are there reasons that are given for that because you know there s lots of different reasons. one size does not fit all and therefore there has to be a degree of flexibility. if you are an mp in a city urb
more rural environment that may not be feasible. fiend more rural environment that may not be feasible. : :, more rural environment that may not be feasible- be feasible. and therefore you may have to no be feasible. and therefore you may have to go to be feasible. and therefore you may have to go to meet be feasible. and therefore you may have to go to meet constituencies i be feasible. and therefore you may l have to go to meet constituencies at more localised and therefore may be in temporary venues or as i believe happens today a church or other venues. therefore sometimes those security arrangements that we would advise are not always practical. equally some others just feel it s not something i want to have, i remember an mp saying that s not what the public at so i m not going to do it. people have their own particular reasons for it, but the advice is good advice, it is well it is researched and i would advise all the politicians out there to review, notjust the politicia
this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a british member of parliament, sir david amess, has been stabbed to death while meeting constituents at a church hall outside london. he died at the scene. a 25 year old man was arrested immediately at the scene on suspicion of murder. he remains in custody. a knife was also recovered at the scene. enquiries are continue into a likely motive. the british prime minister paid tribute to sir david. the reason i think people are so shocked and saddened is, above all, he was one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics. in other news more than a0 people have died in a series of suicide bomb blasts at a mosque in kandahar.
daniel sandford is at the scene. forensics teams and firearms officers at the methodist church where the local mp had been holding his fortnightly surgery. sir david amess s meeting with constituents had been from 10am to 1pm, butjust after midday, he was stabbed multiple times. he was treated at the scene by police and ambulance staff but died before they could get him to hospital. sir david amess was the mp for southend west and well respected locally. he d represented the seat for the conservative party since 1997 and was a high profile brexit supporter and a member of the european research group. i think all our hearts are full of shock and sadness today at the loss of sir david amess, mp, who was killed in his constituency surgery in a church after almost a0 years of continuous service to the people of essex and the whole of the united kingdom. and the reason i think people