Birstall MP attacked and killed

[d000hg]

When was the last time an MP was murdered?

[scooterscot]

When was the last time an MP was murdered?

List of serving British MPs who were assassinated


Date Victim
11 May 1812 Spencer Perceval[1]
6 May 1882 Lord Frederick Cavendish[2]
22 June 1922 Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, Bt[3]
30 March 1979 Airey Neave[4]
14 November 1981 Rev. Robert Bradford[5]
12 October 1984 Sir Anthony Berry[6]
30 July 1990 Ian Gow[7]
16 June 2016 Jo Cox[8]

[SueEllen]

When was the last time an MP was murdered?

To add to the figures:

The last time an MP was seriously injured was in 2010. The nutter who attacked him claimed it was due to how he voted on the Iraq war. linky

The last time someone physically tried to assault an MP before this was this month linky The MP is an annoying self publicised but still....

Hopefully now the police and CPS will take threats to MPs and other politicians seriously, and actually not just give the perpetrators all fines or suspended sentences then treat the politician as paranoid regardless of whether they are Nigel Farage, some random back bencher or some unknown councillor.

[scooterscot]

All n all it's a worrying development of the UK in general, the ones that export democracy.

[minestrone]

Apparently the nutjob was shouting something about "Britain First". For all we know he may have been protesting about the Eurovision Song Contest. Either way, it's a terrible tragedy, not least for her family and friends, but also for democracy. How long will it be before we need CRB checks to visit our MP?

I don't know if you have ever spent any time with anyone who has a chronic mental condition, they think there are extra voices on the TV that are just for them, traffic lights give them messages in Morse code, it is entirely possible he is in that area.

Hinckley shot Ronald Reagan after becoming infatuated with Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver, Chapman shot John Lennon after reading Catch 22. If people are extrapolating this event out for political mileage before knowing the state of mind of the person then they are standing on dodgy ground.

Tonybee in the guardian today is the very lowest level of journalism I have seen for decades, same goes for Massie's ( published, pulled, published, pulled, edited, published ) article in the Spectator.

It fills me with some level of satisfaction knowing the Guardian will be gone in a few years, burning through that 700 million they got for selling autotrader at 100 million a year.

[unemployed]

All n all it's a worrying development of the UK in general, the ones that export democracy.

Is any of it really surprising though.
Basic needs are considered a luxury in this country and can only be obtained with a premiership footballers salary.

Expect more to come a lot more.

Maybe those parasites will wake up and smell the coffee then.

[stek]

I don't know if you have ever spent any time with anyone who has a chronic mental condition, they think there are extra voices on the TV that are just for them, traffic lights give them messages in Morse code, it is entirely possible he is in that area.

Hinckley shot Ronald Reagan after becoming infatuated with Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver, Chapman shot John Lennon after reading Catch 22. If people are extrapolating this event out for political mileage before knowing the state of mind of the person then they are standing on dodgy ground.

Tonybee in the guardian today is the very lowest level of journalism I have seen for decades, same goes for Massie's ( published, pulled, published, pulled, edited, published ) article in the Spectator.

It fills me with some level of satisfaction knowing the Guardian will be gone in a few years, burning through that 700 million they got for selling autotrader at 100 million a year.

I've watched 10 Rillington Place and not felt the urge to murder unfortunates....

TBF though if anyone is willing to deprive a human being of life, they have to mentally deranged/ill, I remain convinced of that. I realise I have totally contradicted myself but it does go to show it's not simply a switch on/switch off situation...

[minestrone]

All n all it's a worrying development of the UK in general, the ones that export democracy.

Your level of hypocrisy is quite something.

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ml#post1986938

[xoggoth]

Tonybee in the guardian today is the very lowest level of journalism I have seen for decades

Generally I find her quite sensible but that is rather unbalanced. There is no doubt the real far right is rising in Europe but the reason for that is that, for far too long, real concerns have been ignored. Effect is being confused as cause.

It is a pity human society can never be balanced and based on facts and the realities of history and human nature rather than idiotic ideals and morality, we just swing from one extreme to the other. Much of today's anti-racism is just an inverted racism, a ridiculous belief that, despite the low performance and well documented problems of poor nations, they are somehow all wonderful, hard working, law-abiding people the moment they cross our borders. Any problems are down to racism and exclusion by the horrid white man.

[minestrone]

Generally I find her quite sensible

From 2010...

At last the Tories have a final solution for the poor – send them to distant dumping grounds where there are no jobs

She is beneath contempt, the language she uses is deliberate and constant.

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