weight do they carry? it s an interesting point. certainly. weight do they carry? it s an | interesting point. certainly at weight do they carry? it s an - interesting point. certainly at this stage, endorsements by mps don t matter on the surface any more because this is up to tory party members, it s not a case of mps backing different candidates any more. however, one thing that is significant about people like brandon lewis throwing their weight behind liz truss is it shows momentum for a particular candidate. 0ne momentum for a particular candidate. one thing tory members will be considering, one thing mps will be thinking is which candidate they feel has the momentum at the moment, therefore potential more likely to have that place in government by the autumn. certainly the fact that people like brandon lewis, tom tugendhat, ben wallace have thrown their weight behind liz truss suggests that they believe she is now looking like the front runner in this race. ~ , ., now looking li
me, many, many bars and westminster into me. it many, many bars and westminster into me. it raises many, many bars and westminster into me, it raises the question of how we want me, it raises the question of how we want to me, it raises the question of how we want to conduct our working lives, this is want to conduct our working lives, this is not want to conduct our working lives, this is not normal to drink to real excess this is not normal to drink to real excess i this is not normal to drink to real excess. i won t go into the daily excess. iwon t go into the daily mail excess. i won t go into the daily mail allegations but the man was so drunk mail allegations but the man was so drunk that mail allegations but the man was so drunk that apparently, he could not speak, drunk that apparently, he could not speak, apparently. and to be that drunk speak, apparently. and to be that drunk during the working week, this is not drunk during the working week, this is not a
moment, it came around at this particular moment, but the idea that labour, the snp moment, but the idea that labour, the snp and the lib dems were going to -o the snp and the lib dems were going to go along with this procedure was really to go along with this procedure was reallyjust for the birds and it should reallyjust for the birds and it should have been thought about it downing should have been thought about it downing street before they pressed ahead downing street before they pressed ahead with this idea that, you know, there ahead with this idea that, you know, there were ahead with this idea that, you know, there were some indications may be made there were some indications may be made through the back channels labour made through the back channels labour would have gone along with this and labour would have gone along with this and ultimately they didn t and that is this and ultimately they didn t and that is what really killed this thing that is what
career, the way you are perceived by the public might not be the way you really are, why did politics to him? curiously enough, we never discussed specifically curiously enough, we never discussed specifically why he came into parliament. it is one of those questions parliament. it is one of those questionsjournalists parliament. it is one of those questions journalists ask mps but mps don t ask each other. from what i mps don t ask each other. from what i knew mps don t ask each other. from what i knew of mps don t ask each other. from what i knew of david, he was somebody whos i knew of david, he was somebody who s certainly in public life was absolutely committed to doing the very best absolutely committed to doing the very best for the people he represented. it wasn tjust his constituency spoke up for, he had many constituency spoke up for, he had many causes he cared about and spoke passionately to deliver on those causes passionately to deliver on those causes as pass
the committed constituency mp who, at the age of 69, showed no sign of giving up his work for his community. campaigning on every issue that mattered climate change, cycling, veterans and even local dogs. less than 24 hours ago, david was in his own constituency doing a local advice surgery, which is somthing all mps do, week in, week out. of course david, as i knew him and we all knew him, was a passionate advocate and champion for southend, this wonderful town, and with that, of course, he was a man of the people. the community has been hit sideways by this, it is notjust a member of parliament, notjust the local member of parliament, but he did really touch people s lives, in a way that most mps don t manage to do. today the belfairs methodist church remains behind a cordon, detectives still at the scene where the suspected attacker