good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, have laid flowers together at the site of the fatal stabbing of the mp sir david amess in essex. sir david was stabbed repeatedly during a constituency surgery in leigh on sea yesterday. the police say they are treating the attack as a terrorist incident which is potentially linked to islamist extremism . a 25 year old man who was arrested at the scene remains in custody and searches have been carried out at two addresses in london. tonight a candlelit vigil is taking place in leigh on sea. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. a united front in the face of a suspected terrorist attack. the prime minister, the leader of the opposition, the speaker of the house of commons and the home secretary. four of the most senior politicians in the land at the church today where sir david amess mp was murdered. he was killed doing a job that he loved, serving hi
Happened to sir david amess yesterday. happened to sir david amess yesterday- happened to sir david amess esterda . , , ., , yesterday. yes, well put. two big areas spring yesterday. yes, well put. two big areas spring to yesterday. yes, well put. two big areas spring to mind yesterday. yes, well put. two big areas spring to mind from, - yesterday. yes, well put. two big areas spring to mind from, and i areas spring to mind from, and obviously this has transported us right back to the time whenjo cox died and the shock of that and this fresh shock with sir david losing his life. ithink fresh shock with sir david losing his life. i think on policing and security, i think harriet harman had a very strong point, where there is surely a medium. a very strong point, where there is surelya medium. no a very strong point, where there is surely a medium. no one i think is realistically talking about the kind of close protection for members of parliament that the home secretary and the p
You can get things moving far faster than having to wait for the surgery date, as well. but for david amess, meeting constituents was a vital part of his job. so the question now is how much further should security be tightened 7 many believe things have to be reappraised but mps themselves must decide. it s not a question of carrying on with business as usual and just regarding this as an occupational hazard of being an mp. nor of having close security such as the home secretary has, or the prime minister or the foreign secretary needs to have. we need to have a discussion about how we strike the balance. but it will be hard to find. two years ago in the royal albert hall, a fundraiser for people with learning disabilities, championed by sir david amess, a public role he loved, but guaranteeing mps security is a huge challenge. damian grammaticas, bbc news.
We will talk more in a moment about that but first a leigh on sea with daniel sandford. that but first a leigh-on-sea with daniel sandford. that but first a leigh-on-sea with daniel sandford. yes, the vigil was spontaneously daniel sandford. yes, the vigil was spontaneously organised daniel sandford. yes, the vigil was spontaneously organised this - spontaneously organised this evening, it was due to start at seven o clock, and at seven o clock there were possibly 300 people, people here have just marked a minute s silent. they are here with candles and dogs, reminiscing about sir david and almost everybody here had a personal story to tell about him because he was a man that attended so many events in the constituency that helped so many people with problems they had. almost everyone was laying flowers at the cordon around where the incident happened. they had some story about how david had helped them or had attended some significant event in their life and
The decision was made to spend some time remembering a man who was so much a part of their lives since 1997, and was really, in a way that many mps are not, was a significant figure in this community. figure in this community. daniel, thank ou figure in this community. daniel, thank you very figure in this community. daniel, thank you very much. figure in this community. daniel, thank you very much. daniel- figure in this community. daniel, - thank you very much. daniel sandford in leigh on sea. the former labour mpjohn woodcock now lord walney is an independent adviser to the government on political violence and disruption. he s been conducting an review due to be submitted by the end of year. hejoins me now. i know that when you originally appointed, you are focusing on far right violence but the whole area of political violence is a big one and obviously you were still an mp when jo cox was killed. i wonder if you think there are lessons we thought we d learned that perhaps