But one government insider claimed: 'He was unlucky. Spies and police scour suspect's family connections to Somalia and Kenya for any clues and whether Sir David's campaigning for Qatar could form part of killer's motive.
Friends warned that he was becoming an extremist and was being whipped up by Anjem Choudary's YouTube videos, which he was 'utterly obsessed' with Ali Harbi Ali was referred to counter-terrorism programme Prevent - but not considered 'extreme enough' to be passed on to MI5.Boris Johnson told the House of Commons that Southend -on-sea will be accorded city status in honour of Sir David Amess.Sir Keir Starmer added Labour's condolences, saying Sir David was 'a man and a politician we can all learn so much from'. He said making Southend a city was a 'fitting tribute'.Īs touching tributes were paid to the MP today: He was also one of the nicest, kindest and most gentle individuals ever to grace these benches.' Sir David was a patriot who believed passionately in this country, in its people and in its future. 'But we will not allow the manner of Sir David's death in any way to detract from his accomplishments as a politician or as a human being. Mr Johnson said all MPs mourn with Sir David's family, adding in the Commons: 'Sir David was taken from us in a contemptible act of violence striking at the core of what it is to be a member of this House, and violating both the sanctity of the church in which he was killed and the constituency surgery that is so essential to our representative democracy. Mr Johnson had today told a packed chamber the attack on Sir David was 'contemptible' and had struck at the 'core' of what it means to be an MP. The Archbishop of Canterbury spoke of Sir David as a 'friend to his constituents' who had a 'robust fairness of spirit and charity of heart' which endeared him to MPs from all parties. MPs and peers fell silent as the service to remember Sir David Amess as politicians from all parties, including Jacob Rees-Mogg, Priti Patel and Lisa Nandy sat in the rows behind Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who sat on the front row nearby Speaker of the House Sir Lindsay Hoyle. The Prime Minister later led a sombre procession of around 800 politicians as they filed in to a church service to remember their colleague, Sir David. Wearing black suits, dresses, and face coverings, the MPs and peers walked from Parliament to St Margaret's Church in Westminster Abbey, central London. Parliament cancelled almost all of its business today for tributes.
To cheers, Mr Johnson said Her Majesty had agreed that Southend will be upgraded to city status - something Sir David had tirelessly campaigned for over two decades. A gap was left on the green benches where Sir David typically sat. But he insisted that the fundamental functions of democracy would not be damaged by the murder of 'one of the nicest, kindest and most gentle' individuals ever to have sat in the House. The PM told a packed chamber the attack on the Tory veteran had been 'contemptible' and struck at the 'core' of what it means to be an MP. Boris Johnson declared that the Queen has granted David Amess's 20-year dream of Southend becoming a city today as the Commons gathered to express its grief at his killing.
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