jo cox, like sir david, elected to parliament but a parent, a partner and a sister, too. kim leadbeater led herfamily s tributes back then. she will live on through all the good people in the world. ..paying the ultimate tribute now, following jo as their home town mp. it s really important that we get good people in public life, but this is the risk that we re all taking, you know? and so many mps today will be scared by this. and my partner came home and said, i don t want you to do it anymore, i don t, because the next time that phone goes, it could be a different conversation. this is a terrible and rare event but the awful truth it s become routine for many mps, and often their staff, to face threats, intimidation and abuse. common for those concerns to be reported to the police and those who come to serve us in this place know full well their work can
the tributes paid to sir david have come from across the political spectrum. and his death has led to renewed questions about the safety of mps, five years after the murder of another mp, jo cox, who was killed while on her way to meet constituents. her sister, the mp kim leadbeeter, described her horror, at today s events. here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. an officer s task in essex, to lower the flag. at half mast over parliament, too. the unionjack hanging limply and sombre over number 10, matching the mood. david was a man who believed passionately in this country and in its future, and we ve lost today a fine public servant and a much loved friend and colleague and our thoughts are very much today with his wife,
southend on sea can become a city? affable, indefatigable, joyous in his love of his part of the world, passionate in his causes and all politicians have opponents, but he did not have enemies. today s a dark and a shocking day the more so because, heartbreakingly, we ve been here before. informed by his faith, sir david had a profound sense of public duty and he was highly respected and much liked across the houses of parliament, on all sides. and yet, his name is known tonight for the worst of reasons the second mp in five years killed just doing theirjob. jo cox, like sir david, elected to parliament but a parent, a partner and a sister, too. kim leadbeater led herfamily s tributes back then.
of another mp, jo cox, who was killed while on her way to meet constituents. her sister, the mp kim leadbeeter, described her horror, at today s events. here s our political editor, laura kuenssberg. an officer s task in essex, to lower the flag. at half mast over parliament, too. the unionjack hanging limply and sombre over number 10, matching the mood. david was a man who believed passionately in this country and in its future, and we ve lost today a fine public servant and a much loved friend and colleague and our thoughts are very much today with his wife, his children and his family. sir david spent nearly a0 years on those green benches. speaker: ..amess! will my right honourable friend tell one of his ministers to organise a city status competition, so at long last
so at long last, southend on sea can become a city? affable, indefatigable, joyous in his love of his part of the world, passionate in his causes and all politicians have opponents, but he did not have enemies. today is a dark and a shocking day. the more so because heartbreakingly, we ve been here before. informed by his faith, sir david had a profound sense of public duty and he was highly respected and much liked across the houses of parliament on all sides. and yet, his name is known tonight for the worst of reasons the second mp in five years killed just doing theirjob. jo cox, like sir david, elected to parliament but a parent, a partner and a sister, too. kim leadbeater led herfamily s tributes back then.