Tory MP stabbed to death while conducting surgery for constituents

That MP must have upset the attacker in some way!

He had numerous strong views with people with equally strong opposite views; some contrary to what you'd expect from someone on the right of the Tories. Nothing that should ever lead to being murdered, but if it was based on his views it may not have been Brexit related.

There is no other way to take that comment but anything other than the assailant at least had an excuse and your latter comments don't take away from that either.

And if this is actually the case, can we say that Labour's Angela Rayner who only a few weeks ago called the Tory's 'Scum' is in part responsible in the same way when Jo Cox was murdered it was blamed in part on the Tory's Brexit campaign which David Arronovitch of The Times said 'emboldened extremism'. Yes I think we can.

The woman mp that was stabbed before, was that a pro Brexit head that killed her?

The motive here and even more importantly the reaction of the Tory Government are vital to ensuring a continuing and functioning Democracy in the UK IMO.

1. Is this a politically motivated attack?

2. Was it a mental health breakdown?

3. If it is political, was the motive left wing or right wing?

4. If the motivation was left wing? Was it a blow against a perceived nascent Tory perpetual government, what was the trigger how can it be countered? There are already significant concerns re: the new Tory voting bill and restrictions that some on the fringe left see as a power grab. If this was the motivation? What is the reaction?

5. If the motivation was right wing? What further steps is the perpetrator hoping to achieve? Is his attack a blow against a government he believes isn't being aggressive or proactive enough in securing the Union, being British, protecting borders and being Uber Brexity?

The reaction to any of the potential scenarios is something that needs to be measured and cautious. Any kneejerk of restrictions or additional legislation could do damage to what is already a delicate political balance in the UK IMO.

There is a real danger of an incompetent Tory administration attempting to spin this attack into a Reichstag moment and whilst the murder of any Public Representative is a tragedy. It must not be used as fuel for a moral panic and power grab.

I also find it quite troubling that in the time of "Brexit" since 2014, 2 sitting MPs have been murdered, versus 4 in the entirety of the troubles when HMG and Tory and Unionist MPs in particular were targets of paramilitaries.

RIP to Sir David Amess and I do hope that this doesn't signal a restriction of British democracy.

RIP to the MP

If anything it's the opposite, people just ignore them, one time it was a position of status now they are perceived as little more than oddballs and petty criminals, People talk a lot but when it comes down to it that's all it is ,talk,

Condemn what happened to Mr Amess totally

RIP to the MP.

Let me guess, politicians will not have to deal with the public in the future. Introduced just in time for further draconian restrictions and lockdowns arriving later in the year.

The event was already presented to us very quickly, even before he passed away. Perfect theatre.

Irish media and politicians are responsible for propagating this type of hate. I made the point before saying how irresponsible our journalists and politicians have been in the wake of the Brexit vote. There has been a relentless avalanche of hate against anyone who supported Brexit over the last five years.

The UK has really gone downhill with this anti or pro Brexit ****. No matter how or where you state your opinion on the issue or on other divisive social issues. You should not be killed out in public for just doing your day job. You should have the right to keep yourself safe and protected when you carry out your duties in the workplace.

What these attackers don't realize or understand is that their innocent victims are normal human beings just like us. They are not part of a some secret society or cult that can influence people in how they live their lives. These MP's are public servants going out there doing their work alongside their constituents. They have lives. They have families. They have a lot of self respect among other decent people out there in wider society.

The two people who killed Jo Cox & Sir David Amess for expressing their own moral & political beliefs do not possess these normal traits that other people would have in their day to day lives. They are sick. They are evil. They are domestic terrorists.

I don't even want to think or say when the MP's family members are hearing about this story being reported in the media at this time. Their lives must be going through the same state of perpetual hell within their own heads when an attack like this has happened occurred to their own loved ones. And now they may have to experience that horrible reality when it occurs outside normal people's doorsteps all over again.

And for what purpose? What sort of message do these attacks send to other people in society? If your heads must be that sick to even inflict that sort of misery on people all over again. What do other innocent people say or think about you when you take part in carrying it out among people who live in your own community?

This decade will be remembered for being completely bat **** crazy.

Rest in peace to the victim. Horrible way to go.

Poor example, the man craves attention, goes out of his way to get noticed, would suspect a lot of the stuff online about him originates from his own spindoctors,

Is their any actual evidence for a motive yet? I think people need to wait and see before jumping to conclusions.

Shocking murder, god rest him. Where will it all end?

I read earlier that unusually for a Tory (in my thinking anyway), the deceased MP Mr. Amess is a Roman Catholic. Not that it makes any difference, I just noted this fact in my head.

May he rest in peace, and condolences to his family and wider circle. They must all be devastated.

Well, what I was getting at was more about the specific type of incident which occurred here rather than the political system as a whole. Here we had , I am presuming. a mentally ill individual with a grievance ,possibly incited by others, who stabs a public representative to death. It's not as if the deceased MP was even a radical, controversial ot extremely left wing figure who might be considered a likely target of some hate mob.