It is incumbent on all of us to reject polarisation, show decency and tolerance, and debate our opponents in good faith
- Brendan Cox is co-founder of Survivors Against Terror, and the widower of Jo Cox MP
After the horrific and senseless killing of David Amess on Friday, huge amounts of pain came to the surface in our family. The parallels are obvious and it has hit us all very hard. With Kim Leadbeater (Jo’s sister) now in parliament, it’s not just pain that the killing rekindles from the past, but real fear for the present as well.
This is felt by almost all MPs, almost all of their staff and every one of their families. This weekend there will have been hundreds of conversations asking the same question: is it worth it?
Brendan Cox is co-founder of Survivors Against Terror, and the widower of Jo Cox MP