Openness is central to our democracy but I don’t want to lose another colleague to a violent death
I’m in shock. So is every MP. It feels like Jo Cox’s murder was only moments ago. Many of us cried to see her sister Kim Leadbeater courageously take the seat Jo once held and make her maiden speech in front of Jo’s commemorative shield last month.
Coming so soon after the untimely death of James Brokenshire, the stabbing of the unfailingly magnanimous and courteous Sir David Amess has left MPs of every party hue in tears. He was a character. There was always a twinkle in his eye. He seemed never to bear a grudge. And his campaigns for Southend were legendary.
Chris Bryant is the Labour MP for Rhondda and has campaigned about the safety of MPs.