longstanding member of parliament, served almost 40 years and well-liked by party members and opposition politicians and earlier today we saw the prime minister boris johnson visiting the scene of the attack in essex, side by side, with the leader of the opposition, presenting a uniteded front there across political divides. shocked local residents have also been laying their floral tributes. sir david was a popular politician and liked to engage with the public face-to-face as is typical here for british parliamentarians. but with no personal security outside of parliament, it does leave them vulnerable and five years ago, another member of parliament, joe cox, killing outside of parliament, and this attack on sir david amos is