When the Troubles ended, the threat of ideologically motivated violence against politicians seemingly receded. Politics could never be entirely safe – the killing of Andrew Pennington, aide to a Liberal Democrat MP, showed the risk of lone madmen was always lurking – but the pall cast by ideological extremists had lifted.
The UK-US airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen have confirmed that the days of governments meekly asking the Commons for permission to launch military action are over at last.
A British lawmaker said Monday that she fears her relatives trapped in Gaza's only Roman Catholic church will not survive to see Christmas.She hopes her relatives can escape Gaza by Christmas because she is "an eternal optimist".