to see him, but his killing may change forever how british politics works. daniel sandford, bbc news. the speaker of the house of commons, who helps oversee security around mps, says lessons must be learned, after what he called a hideous killing . mps are warning of increasing hostility towards politicians. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas has more details. in leigh on sea today, more tributes for sir david amess. many have come from his constituents but some from neighbouring mps. the killing of one of their number has shaken many. this morning, across the airwaves, they had stories of how they too had faced threats. do you feel safe doing yourjob going around your constituency? not really, no, if i m honest. mps are treated as if we weren t humans. what we ve seen is the - encouragement of a climate
of people and organising the people outside came running in to find the situation she did of poor david, who had been stabbed. the home secretary priti patel has known sir david for over 30 years. she s encouraging individual mps to discuss the risks they face with the police, to work out what protection they need. there are a range of measures in place. so this isn t aboutjust about saying, let s go for option a, have bodyguards or security there s a panoply of measures and we have to be proportionate in terms of the risk individuals are subject to. sir david was allegedly murdered in this church hall by a man who d apparently booked an appointment to see him, but his killing may change forever how british politics works. daniel sandford, bbc news. the speaker of the house of commons, who helps oversee security around mps, says lessons must be learned after what he called a hideous killing .
the speaker of the house of commons, who helps oversee security around mps, says lessons must be learned, after what he called a hideous killing . mps are warning of increasing hostility towards politicians. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas has more details. in leigh on sea today, more tributes for sir david amess. many have come from his constituents but some from neighbouring mps. the killing of one of their number has shaken many. this morning, across the airwaves, they had stories of how they too had faced threats. do you feel safe doing yourjob going around your constituency? not really, no, if i m honest. mps are treated as if we weren t humans. what we ve seen is the - encouragement of a climate often of hostility towards members of parliament. | i ve had people writing in my office wall, andrea, why don t you kill yourself? my staff are pretty
but far be it for me to advise any member of parliament. each individual has to make their ownjudgment. i said these comments on friday nightjust after this happened. and, absolutely, we must stand up to terrorism, and i make that very, very clear. i hope i will be one of the first people seen to be able to do that. we must not let the terrorists alter our way of life, but as we move forward and push back against this we must do it in a responsible way. that was tobias ellwood, the chairman of the defence select committee. the speaker of the house of commons, who helps oversee security around mps, says lessons must be learned, after what he called the hideous killing of sir david amess. mps are warning of increasing hostility towards politicans. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas has more. in leigh on sea today, more tributes for sir david amess. many have come from his constituents, but some
covid mask, and you could clearly see there was a beaming smile on his face, standing in that supermarket, just a couple of examples of how accessible sir david was to those people here in his constituency, a constituency where he had a majority of more than 14,000. elsewhere, there have been these church services. one just finished at st michael s church, a service for friends and those people who knew sir david. earlier, there was one at st peter s catholic church. sir david was of course a devout catholic. the priest there spoke of the genuine warmth of sir david s smile and he said that sir david amess was a man who listened to absolutely everyone. the speaker of the house of commons, who helps oversee security around mps, says lessons must be learned, after what he called the hideous killing of sir david amess. mps are warning of increasing hostility towards politicans. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas has more. in leigh on sea today, more tributes for sir david a