MPs and political staff remain “traumatised” by the murder of Sir David Amess, and continue to struggle amid fears for their security, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has said. Sir Lindsay said Sir David’s death last October underlined how much the world had changed in recent years, following the 2016 murder of Labour MP Jo Cox, and the 2017 terror attack on Parliament.
And he said some MPs remain worried about their safety, after Sir David was stabbed more than 20 times by twisted London-born extremist Ali Harbi Ali at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Speaking after Ali was convicted at the Old Bailey on Monday, Sir Lindsay said: “What I do know is that colleagues are still badly affected.
“People have been traumatised by these events, whether that’s the Members of Parliament, staff of the House, or staff of MPs. What happened on that day affected people in different ways.
