amess. he was one of the friendliest and affable mps in parliament. he was always prepared to work with you, whichever political party you are in, if it was a cause that he felt was important. and that is why everybody with their own experience of having worked in common cause with him is feeling shocked, and feeling a sense that this is an attack on democracy. and that is why we have to really think about how we enable us as mps to do our work, to engage with our constituents, but do so in a safe way. and this cannot be just left to the government are left to the police. we have to have that discussion as a parliament about what we need to change to make sure that we can keep that engagement with our constituents which are so precious and such a distinctive part of the uk s democracy, but not have a situation where this is the second murder of an a situation where this is the second murder ofan mp a situation where this is the second murder of an mp in five years. we cannot say that a