police say they re treating the killing of the mp, sir david amess, as a terrorist incident, after he was stabbed to death during a constituency surgery. side by side in grief the prime minister and leader of the opposition visit the scene as tributes are paid from across politics. he was a man of the people. he was absolutely there for everyone. he was a much loved parliamentarian. to me, he was a dear and loyalfriend. the killing has resurfaced the dilemma facing mps over security at their surgeries and whether it would be safer to hold them virtually. we don t want to become like other countries, other mp5 when they visit us they are aghast that we actually meet our constituents face to face. i think we want to carry on doing that, and i think we can, but we have got to do it in a way which is safer. questions asked about how a covid pcr testing lab that recorded thousands of inaccurate results won a multi million pound government contract.
i m ben boulous, live in leigh on sea, where the killing of the mp david amess is being treated as a terrorist incident. police say there is a potential link to islamist extremism, and counter terrorism officers are searching two addresses in the london area. side by side in grief the prime minister and leader of the opposition visit the scene as tributes are paid from across politics. he was a man of the people. he was absolutely there for everyone. he was a much loved parliamentarian. to me, he was a dear and loyalfriend. the killing has resurfaced the dilemma facing mps over security at their surgeries and
to terms with the fact that david amess has been so cruelly taken away from all of us. less than 2a hours ago, david was on his own constituency, doing a local advice surgery, which is something that all mps do week in, week out. and of course david, as i knew him and as we all knew him, was just a passionate advocate and champion for southend, this wonderful, wonderful town. and with that, of course, he was a man of the people. he was absolutely there for everyone. he was a much loved parliamentarian. to me, he was a dear and loyalfriend, but also he was a devoted husband and father. we think ofjulia and their children at this really sad time. they are in our thoughts and in our prayers. and of course you have seen some of the tributes that have been laid today for david, and i think that absolutely reflects the warmth, love and affection that people locally had for him. and the prime minister and i today have come here to pay our own respects and our tributes to david, while also pay
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