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Flowers and tributes at the scene near Belfairs Methodist Church in Eastwood Road North, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, where Conservative MP Sir David Amess died after he was stabbed several times at a constituency surgery on Friday (Aaron Chown/PA)
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Rachelle Abbott18 October 2021
As anti-terror police question the suspect in the killing of Sir David Amess, MPs hold a minute’s silence in the Commons for their fallen colleague.
So just how safe are Parliamentarians to go about their constituency business, and when does online hate become real-world risk?
We speak to former Met Detective Inspector Philip Grindell, who advised Parliament following the murder of Jo Cox and is now CEO of Defuse Global.
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