all sorts of things, on children with learning disabilities. he had a tremendous natural sympathy for people who needed help and so he showed what a backbencher can do. he has a big legacy of things he actually achieved as a backbencher. he was a valiant campaigner for a long time for leaving the european union. i suppose he was ultimately successful in that. he has the permanent memorial of having transformed southend into a city, her majesty the queen posthumously sadly approved city status for southend. his legacy really is that he will be a kind of exemplar of what a constituency mp candour. d0 what a constituency mp candour. do ou what a constituency mp candour. do you think more mps should emulate
more so than sir david amess himself. it is something he had long campaigned forfor himself. it is something he had long campaigned for for southend. and himself. it is something he had long campaigned forfor southend. and in many ways, people feel delighted that it has now happened, finally, but it is a bittersweet moment because the man who wanted it perhaps more than anyone else hasn t lived to see it happen. yesterday in the house of commons, we saw a chamber that we don t often see hushed, sombre, gone was the raucous debate, the noise, the bustle, at times, complete silence as mps there reflected on his life, his contribution to politics over almost a0 years as an mp. during the tributes, the home secretary even went on to describe sir david amess as mr southend. so, people here see that there is perhaps no better, no bigger, no more fitting tribute, than for southend to be granted city status in his honour, in recognition of all that he did for this
i don t know the answer to solving this problem, but i will try and keep a public profile as much as possible because it is central to what we do. we can t just lock ourselves away. the politician was married with five children. a conservative mp since 1983, first in basildon and later in southend west, he was known and loved for his hands on approach with voters. one of his many campaigns was to get city status for southend. police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder, and over the weekend they have been searching three properties in london. the man in custody is ali harbi ali, 25 years old and a british national of somali heritage. he went to school in croydon in south london. a few years ago he was referred to the prevent scheme, which is designed to stop people being drawn into terrorism. for now, southend is in mourning for a man who dedicated his life
has got to be done. i don t know the answer to solving this problem, but i will try and keep a public profile as much as possible because it is central to what we do. we can t just lock ourselves away. the politician was married with five children. a conservative mp since 1983, first in basildon and later in southend west, he was known and loved for his hands on approach with voters. one of his many campaigns was to get city status for southend. police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder, and over the weekend they have been searching three properties in london. the man in custody is ali harbi ali, 25 years old and a british national of somali heritage. he went to school in croydon in south london. a few years ago he was referred to the prevent scheme, which is designed to stop people being drawn into terrorism. for now, southend is in mourning
approach with voters. one of his many campaigns was to get city status for southend. police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder, and over the weekend they have been searching three properties in london. the man in custody is ali harbi ali, 25 years old and a british national of somali heritage. he went to school in croydon in south london. a few years ago he was referred to the prevent scheme, which is designed to stop people being drawn into terrorism. there are now calls to increase security for mps. the home secretary, priti patel, is considering police guards at constituency meetings. we must not let the terrorists alter our way of lives, but we also need to, as we move forward and push back against this, do this in a responsible way. for now, southend is in mourning for a man who dedicated his life to the service of his community. arun iyengar, bbc news.