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[neil999]

He’s died, very sad and scary times

 

[ToffeeTim]

He’s died, very sad and scary times

Terrible news

 

[tsubaki]

Shocking this, we do sort of forget how often this has happened (2 MPs and an assistant murdered since 2000, (edit) two other MPs seriously injured and dozens of convictions for death threats).

RIP

 

[coollino]

awful

 

[grandjoeblue]

Horrendous. Violence is not a solution to a difference in opinions.

Life sentence for the murderer.

 

[Blue 1]

Jesus Christ. How awful.

Our society needs a long hard look at itself.

 

[Mrk]

How many more times does this need to happen before MP's security is taken seriously? Not to mention the damage the constant vilification of all MP's on a daily basis has. 99% of them are good people doing what they believe is right, whether we agree with them or not.

 

[Amw79]

Grim and shocking stuff about the MP.

RIP.

 

[Milkman]

Whatever your views on the Tories, who on earth would put themselves forwards for public service in times like these? Awful stuff. The world is f*****d.

 

[tsubaki]

How many more times does this need to happen before MP's security is taken seriously? Not to mention the damage the constant vilification of all MP's on a daily basis has. 99% of them are good people doing what they believe is right, whether we agree with them or not.

The problem is that this sort of attack is as close to unpreventable as it gets - the MP (for good reasons) says where they are going to be in advance and the suspect knows they are likely to be in a position where they will be near them.

Even if you had armed cops in the same room a determined person would be able to stab someone in the few seconds they’d have.

None of the above is a criticism of Amess or his security mind, just an observation on how surgeries usually operate (how they have to operate really).

 

[Rich B]

How anyone can be so destructive of life, I will never understand. Political views don't even come into it. RIP Sir David

 

[BlueStevie35]

Regardless of what you think of the Tory party or politics in general, absolutely no one deserves to be so brutally murdered for. Whoever did it needs to be given the same sentence as that scumbag policeman who murdered that young girl

 

[Tubey]

The problem is that this sort of attack is as close to unpreventable as it gets - the MP (for good reasons) says where they are going to be in advance and the suspect knows they are likely to be in a position where they will be near them.

Even if you had armed cops in the same room a determined person would be able to stab someone in the few seconds they’d have.

None of the above is a criticism of Amess or his security mind, just an observation on how surgeries usually operate (how they have to operate really).

Not if they are searched beforehand. Wouldn't be difficult to have that as standard procedure.

 

[Mrk]

The problem is that this sort of attack is as close to unpreventable as it gets - the MP (for good reasons) says where they are going to be in advance and the suspect knows they are likely to be in a position where they will be near them.

Even if you had armed cops in the same room a determined person would be able to stab someone in the few seconds they’d have.

None of the above is a criticism of Amess or his security mind, just an observation on how surgeries usually operate (how they have to operate really).

I do agree, but the lack of any security whatsoever surely only encourages these people. If potential attackers knew an MP had security at surgeries, it would at the very least make them think twice.

 

[LinekersLegs]

RIP