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Meeting them where they are: a British MP’s murder

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The Risk to Politicianss Is Not Limited to Britain

M ps are expected to hold meetings with their constituents on a regular basis. Sometimes they will ask for appointments, but sometimes people are allowed to just drop in. And m ps almost act as social workers in and these things. But the risk to politicianss is certainly not limited to britain. In 20 15, we saw henrietta recke, the mayor of cologne, was stabbed in the neck by someone motivated by anti immigrant sentiment. We saw the liberal mayor of gedanc, pawel avanoich, murdered in twenteen 19. The closest analogy i can actually think of is maybe gabby giffords, the us Congresswoman who got shot in two thousand

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