Sam Coates tells the story of a northern Tory MP who says police refus to act when he Tory MP Tobias Ellwood was harass by a man who had already. MP death threats. Tory MP Andrew Rosindell told Times Radio he had repeatly report incidents to the police but “quite often they literally don’t do anything, or the onus is on me to give endless statements which lead nowhere.” The police’s failings will once again be under the spotlight in the coming days.
Where do MPs stand? Tory MP Tobias Ellwood
This week will bring many conversations about whether MPs should be better protect when they hold constituency surgeries. of arguing politicians should stop holding face-to-face surgeries with their constituents and hold dataset them by Zoom instead. It’s fair to say that view is not shar by the vast majority of his colleagues. Most of the MPs Playbook has spoken to this weekend are closer to the position express by former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith: “Whilst I am sure it is possible to get better security, particularly at our surgeries, nothing should come between us and our constituents. Of course it’s a risk we might lessen but not eradicate because it is the core of who we are as MPs.”
Action coming:
Priti Patel told the BBC’s Andrew Marr yesterday that she was considering a “panoply” of measures to “close the gaps” in security, for example bodyguards for MPs on a case-by-case basis. We can expect more from the government this week ahead of the next constituency surgeries on Friday.
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