did not stop me going to meet constituents, to be available and i m sure it would not stop any mps as nigel said, doing theirjob and as nigel said, doing theirjob and as members of their community. you can t cut yourself off from the community. that s not thejob in this country. the job community. that s not thejob in this country. thejob in community. that s not thejob in this country. the job in this country is to be part of your local community but it is sensible to take precautions and to take advice and i m sure it is right to reflect on whether that security can be improved now. whether that security can be improved now. masters one last thou~ht, improved now. masters one last thought. you improved now. masters one last thought, you set improved now. masters one last thought, you set in improved now. masters one last thought, you set in a improved now. masters one last thought, you set in a different i thought, you set in a different party from david amess but i wonder w
carefully about. of course there are issues about physical and other security but we also need to think about the type of democracy we want to come to the type of behaviour that we want from all of us if we want to have a democracy where our elected representatives can live safely and go about their role in the way that we would want them to be able to. ~ ., , the way that we would want them to be able to. . .,, ., ~ the way that we would want them to be able to. . :,, ., ~ :, be able to. when i was talking to john whittingdale be able to. when i was talking to john whittingdale i be able to. when i was talking to john whittingdale i mentioned i be able to. when i was talking to i john whittingdale i mentioned that a conservative mp from north devon reported quite vile sexual verbal abuse and when she was walking through her local constituency high street. just a couple of weeks ago. the thing that people most think about in the context ofjo cox s death is social media and inevitab
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friend the next minute. it was one of the kindest, nicest people that you could meet in any part of life and i m sure everybody who has been with him in parliament and everybody who has worked with them whether in south end with the conservative party will feel as if they lost a good friend. because he was just one of those immensely likeable, gentle people. sir david amess had been an mp in essex in south east england for nearly four decades. he was married with five children. he was a well known figure in his local community as our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. sir david amess, described today as a man who devoted his life to his constituents. an mp for almost a0 years, this was general election night in 1992. his victory signalled a surprise win forjohn major s conservatives. david andrew amess has been duly elected to serve as member for this constituency. he was known as highly accessible to constituents in southend,
were going on in southend, full of enthusiasm for parliament, full of life. it s just a horrible shock. his senseless killing follows a series of attacks on mps all in their constituencies. in 2000 nigeljones, a liberal democrat, attacked with a sword. his aide andrew pennington died. in 2010 the labour mp stephen timms suffered life threatening injuries stabbed in the stomach, he survived. and in 2016 labour sjo cox murdered, shot and stabbed while out during the referendum campaign. her killing happened as the nation argued over brexit. many worry that political debates are becoming increasingly polarised and social media has fuelled the trend, among them jo cox s sister, now an mp herself. it s really important that we get good people in public life, - but this is the risk that we are all taking, you know,