Tory MP David Amess Stabbed to Death 15/10/21

[platinumsage]

His Wikipedia page has already been updated to refer to him in the past tense and describe his death as an assassination.

 

[billy_bob]

His Wikipedia page has already been updated to refer to him in the past tense and describe his death as an assassination.

It'd be such a good twist in the tale if it turned out that had been done five minutes before he died.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Are politicians getting bumped by constituents a recent UK phenomenon?

 

[Pickman's model]

In happier times.

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[Mr.Bishie]

And not just the Government.

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ETA: I can't find the original tweet (yet), so it might not be genuine.

She was the first to tweet from the LP. She didn’t use those words, nor would she tbh, under the circumstances. Who the fuck is Jake?

 

[PR1Berske]

Are politicians getting bumped by constituents a recent UK phenomenon?

Yes.

Before Jo Cox, the previous was Ian Gow

 

[platinumsage]

It's all pretty meaningless until a tabloid gets the perp's name and we all find out what flavour of nutter he was.

 

[brogdale]

Reunited.

 

[billy_bob]

Reunited.

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I'm disturbed that the top half of that appears to be a cardboard cutout and the bottom half a 3D actual Thatcher. I won't sleep easy till I know in which direction the transformation was happening.

 

[Dogsauce]

Please let it be an anti-vaxxer conspiracy person.

That was my first guess, they seem to be the angriest nutters at the moment.

 

[tim]

In happier times.

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He was Westminster's champion tap dancer

 

[Magnus McGinty]

That was my first guess, they seem to be the angriest nutters at the moment.

Presents a dilemma though.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

I guess it's stating the obvious, but this is just gonna be used to push through more authoritarian legislation.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I guess it's stating the obvious, but this is just gonna be used to push through more authoritarian legislation.

Don’t they mostly act through fear?

 

[Kaka Tim]

Possible options in the tory stabber sweepestake -

remainiac terrorist ?

jihadi nutjob?

fash?

deluded conspiracy theorist (Qanon/Scamdmeic/9/11 was a fake) - take your pick)

Seriously disturbed individual with MH issues?

Disgruntled constituent who felt their illegal parking/planning permission complaint was not taken seriously?

Jealous Husband? (or some other romantic entanglement gone toxic scenario)?

 

[Pickman's model]

Possible options in the tory stabber sweepestake -

remainiac terrorist ?

jihadi nutjob?

fash?

deluded conspiracy theorist (Qanon/Scamdmeic/9/11 was a fake) - take your pick)

Seriously disturbed individual with MH issues?

Disgruntled constituent who felt their illegal parking/planning permission complaint was not taken seriously?

Jealous Husband? (or some other romantic entanglement gone toxic scenario)?

hunt scum?

 

[brogdale]

I'm disturbed that the top half of that appears to be a cardboard cutout and the bottom half a 3D actual Thatcher. I won't sleep easy till I know in which direction the transformation was happening.

Took 'her' to his daughter's wedding...

 

[T & P]

I was thinking he might have held some 'liberal' views within the remit of the Conservative Party that might have enraged some nutjob, but au contraire...

Raised as a Roman Catholic, he was known politically as a social conservative and as a prominent campaigner against abortion

 

[platinumsage]

Possible options in the tory stabber sweepestake -

remainiac terrorist ?

jihadi nutjob?

fash?

deluded conspiracy theorist (Qanon/Scamdmeic/9/11 was a fake) - take your pick)

Seriously disturbed individual with MH issues?

Disgruntled constituent who felt their illegal parking/planning permission complaint was not taken seriously?

Jealous Husband? (or some other romantic entanglement gone toxic scenario)?

Insulate Britain

 

[andysays]

Are politicians getting bumped by constituents a recent UK phenomenon?

Yes.

Before Jo Cox, the previous was Ian Gow

It's possibly not the most important aspect, but were either of them murdered by actual constituents, rather than people living in other constituencies than the one either Cox or Gow represented?

 

[existentialist]

Possible options in the tory stabber sweepestake -

remainiac terrorist ?

jihadi nutjob?

fash?

deluded conspiracy theorist (Qanon/Scamdmeic/9/11 was a fake) - take your pick)

Seriously disturbed individual with MH issues?

Disgruntled constituent who felt their illegal parking/planning permission complaint was not taken seriously?

Jealous Husband? (or some other romantic entanglement gone toxic scenario)?

Desperate benefits claimant.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

It's possibly not the most important aspect, but were either of them murdered by actual constituents, rather than people living in other constituencies than the one either Cox or Gow represented?

Fair point, I framed it like that as they both happened at their surgeries.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

The right are going to milk this to the max.

 

[killer b]

The right are going to milk this to the max.

depends on who did it surely?

 

[chilango]

nice to see uncle joe quoted

I was quoting Marilyn Manson

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

It's possibly not the most important aspect, but were either of them murdered by actual constituents, rather than people living in other constituencies than the one either Cox or Gow represented?

This is a local stabbing for local people...

 

[not-bono-ever]

Apparently it’s all Rayners fault according to Twitter

 

[elbows]

Insulate Britain

According to wikipedia one of his most significant achievements was the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act (2000).

 

[Pickman's model]

Apparently it’s all Rayners fault according to Twitter

jay or angela?

 

[AmateurAgitator]

depends on who did it surely?

Not really no