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Another MP is Murdered

Journal by turgid

On Friday, Sir David Amess, Conservative MP for Southend West was stabbed to death by a suspected Islamist terrorist while carrying out his constituency surgery at Belfriars Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.

Amess was a Conservative Eurosceptic and passionate about animal rights.

This is a terrible tragedy and devastating for his family and friends, and his constituents have lost their democratically-elected MP who served his local area for many years.

This is a cowardly attack on democracy. For all its faults, he was elected lawfully and peacefully under the UK's democratic system. One of the features of the UK system is that Members of Parliament hold "surgeries" - open meetings in their constituencies - where ordinary people can meet them and raise issues directly.

In 2016 Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death in the street by a far-right terrorist where she had been due to hold a constituency surgery.

Prior to that, the last MP to have been murdered in office was Airey Neave who was killed in 1979 by a car bomb planted by Irish terrorists.

In recent years, particularly due to the thread of terrorism, armed police have been on patrol in the UK. Do MPs need an armed guard when they meet their constituents?

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 17 2021, @11:34AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 17 2021, @11:34AM (#1187704)

    Prior to that, the last MP to have been murdered in office was Airey Neave [wikipedia.org] who was killed in 1979 by a car bomb planted by Irish terrorists.

    Prior to that, the last tyrant to have been killed in office was Airey Neave who was killed in 1979 by a car bomb planted by Irish freedom fighters.

    FTFY.

  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 17 2021, @11:36AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 17 2021, @11:36AM (#1187705) Homepage Journal

    We already had one this month! Oh, I forgot about Brexit. The UK can't share quotas for terrorists with Europe anymore.

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    Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 17 2021, @12:02PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 17 2021, @12:02PM (#1187707)

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/26/angela-rayner-stands-by-remarks-calling-tories-scum [theguardian.com]

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 17 2021, @02:44PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 17 2021, @02:44PM (#1187726)

      Islamic extremism led to this killing. Absolutely not Labour rhetoric.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 17 2021, @04:28PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 17 2021, @04:28PM (#1187740)

    Do MPs need an armed guard when they meet their constituents?

    What is so special about politicians, why do the public not get armed guards? 43,000 people now on MI5 terror watch lists [independent.ie] with a purported 90% of them being Islamists. These attacks are not new. Stephen Timms was similarly attacked by an Islamist in 2010. In 2017 an Islamist ran into Westminster Palace and stabbed a police officer, in 2018 another Islamist ploughed into pedestrians at the same location before crashing his car near the House of Lords.

    Public enemy number one [youtube.com] has been warning people for years, disliking him too often lead to incredulity or outright dismissal of his claims.

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