Nagraboy
Ausculta fili
Surely a bit soon for political mud-slinging? He’s just been murdered.
David Amess MP stabbed in Leigh-On-Sea
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Surely a bit soon for political mud-slinging? He’s just been murdered.
clivem2
pfm Member
I'd have thought the police will be looking out for people linking to such web pages.
Rob998
Scimmia Nordoccidentale
How is posting his publicly available voting record mud slinging? It might provide an insight as to what provoked his attacker.
Rob998
Scimmia Nordoccidentale
Why? It’s a perfectly respectable resource.
Ponty
pfm Member
Nothing is distasteful or disrespectful enough for some, I dread to think what’s on FB etc. Hopefully it will be monitored.
Joe Hutch
Mate of the bloke
If it Amess's voting record 'might provide an insight as to what provoked his attacker', then presumably the police would be 'looking out for people linking to such web pages.'
Personally, I doubt they will be. Such attacks are usually a result of mental illness, or a specific, personal grievance. An MP's voting record is way too vague as a means of finding a motive.
Personally, I doubt they will be. Such attacks are usually a result of mental illness, or a specific, personal grievance. An MP's voting record is way too vague as a means of finding a motive.
Tony L
Administrator
Indeed, most will just be following the party whip anyway. Tories are going to vote for Tory things.
Cav
pfm Member
How does that add to this thread?
Nagraboy
Ausculta fili
Yes, doing something like this in front of a group of people at a constituency meeting where being identified and caught is a certainty, sounds like a nutcase with a grievance.
Rob998
Scimmia Nordoccidentale
Yes, of course you are correct, it was a rather silly comment from me. But I still don’t think linking to it is in anyway mudslinging or disrespectful.
Joe Hutch
Mate of the bloke
I think it's beside the point. The poor bloke's dead, however he voted.
Tony L
Administrator
Agreed. I have to admit he’d not appeared on my radar, and the voting record shows what he believed in (to some degree, as stated much will be whipped by the party). I’d be happy to be judged on my work and views after my death, I’m sure he was the same. I honestly don’t see it as a negative thing to post; he was a professional politician, that voting record is part of his legacy, his chosen career. As is the animal charity stuff.
paulfromcamden
Baffled
Maybe in a day or two. Not hours after he was brutally murdered.
Rob998
Scimmia Nordoccidentale
Which is an utter tragedy and a heinous crime, I’m not trying to take away from that.
ff1d1l
pfm Member
Well, it promoted discussion by eight posters. As to voting record being irrelevant, in precise terms it possibly is, but as an overall indicator of the political caste of the individual it's pretty unarguable. And proved very relevant - sadly - in the Jo Cox case, might it not also here?
How did your post add to the thread?
Cav
pfm Member
Well, we know he was a Tory MP. That was never in doubt so what is your "political caste" comment about and why mention it now rather than when you posted earlier?
You seem to be equating this murder with that of Jo Cox with no evidence whatsoever.
Congratulations on your troll post, you are delighted to have hooked eight posters in a thread about a tragedy.