David Amess: the English press echoes a political class in shock
Opposition Labor leader Keir Starmer and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrive at the scene of the crime that took the life of MP David Amess on October 16 in Leigh-on-Sea.
REUTERS - PETER NICHOLLS
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David Amess was killed while meeting his constituents.
The 25-year-old suspect is still being questioned by police.
It could be linked to Islamist extremism.
After a day of tribute yesterday, it's time for action.
The subject is obviously in the headlines this morning.
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With our correspondent in London,
Marie Boëda
Boris Johnson the Prime Minister and Keir Starmer, the Leader of the Opposition, walk side by side.
They both wear dark suits and a bouquet of white flowers.
They went to the scene of the attack yesterday.
It is the photo in one of the British dailies today.
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"
We must put an end to the hatred that targets our MPs
."
Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, writes a column in
The Observer.
"
The intimidation suffered by elected officials must stop
."
He calls for a dialogue based on respect.
But in
The Telegraph
, he recalls the importance of the tradition of face to face between elected officials and their constituents.
The conservative newspaper headlines on the arrested suspect.
Ali Harbi Ali had already been referred to the counter-extremism program several years ago.
But the Homeland Security Intelligence Service did not know him.
His father tells The
Times about
his "
trauma
" of seeing his own son arrested by the police.
"
We are not intimidated by violence
", there it is
The Independent
who quotes Priti Patel, the Minister of the Interior.
Among its proposals to strengthen the security of parliamentarians, the presence of police during the offices of elected officials.
This does not please Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin.
He calls for switching to videoconferencing to avoid any face-to-face meeting.
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