community. people know who they are. they are the part of the job that s going out and getting recognised. for most of them is a really big part of their local community and being part of it is hugely important to them. so they are very, very accessible. to them. so they are very, very accessible- to them. so they are very, very accessible. ., ,, , ., , . ,, accessible. thank you very much. she mentioned there accessible. thank you very much. she mentioned there the accessible. thank you very much. she mentioned there the case accessible. thank you very much. she mentioned there the case of - accessible. thank you very much. she mentioned there the case of jo - accessible. thank you very much. she mentioned there the case of jo cox, l mentioned there the case ofjo cox, the mp that was murdered in 2016. this been for violent attacks in last 20 years. first on nigeljones, martin horwood was his successor to mrjones survived the attack and a constituency worker was killed. martin h
has said priti patel has asked all police forces to review security arrangements for mps with immediate effect. martin horwood new sir david. you are a long serving resident of cheltenham before becoming an mp so you knew nitrogen is well. in the light of what nigel jones was saying, i wonder if you might cast your mind back to what that incident had on the town back in 2000. it was very traumatic for all of us who knew nigel and who were friends of andrew. many of us lost a friend and colleague but i think the trauma was very widespread actually. cheltenham is the kind of place, just like southend now, where you expect these things to happen. that
the mental trauma of what he saw and in losing andrew in the circumstances. did it at all affect your behaviour, the behaviour of your behaviour, the behaviour of your staff? was there a kind of mindfulness that came as a part of the legacy of that? the legacy of that? yes, i m afraid to say there the legacy of that? yes, i m afraid to say there was. the legacy of that? yes, i m afraid to say there was. we designed - the legacy of that? yes, i m afraid to say there was. we designed my office with i m afraid that memory in our minds. so i m afraid i met constituents with a desk between me and the constituents, and we made sure there was a side exit, and my staff knew how to contact the police in an emergency. so we were mindful and we designed the office to make it safe in that kind of scenario, and luckily that was never necessary to take advantage of that. but i think it is writes that you have to be mindful after an occasion like this. you have to be conscious of it but not let