Trump shooting highlights risk of violence facing MPS

CONCERNS have been raised about the safety of MPs and the risk of political violence in the UK after the assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump.

Shots were fired towards Mr Trump as he spoke at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening. The presumptive Republican nominee has since been described as “safe” by a spokesperson after the shooting, in which one person was killed and two others critically injured. The suspected gunman, who attacked from an “elevated position” outside the rally venue, was fatally shot.

UK politicians have said the incident highlights the risk of violence facing MPs, some of whom have faced intimidation and carry panic alarms.

Kim Leadbeater, the sister of murdered MP Jo Cox, said the attack on Mr Trump raised questions about “what a civilised democracy looks like”.

The Labour MP for Spen Valley, whose sister Ms Cox was killed by a far-right extremist in 2016, told BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg that “we are back again having that conversation about what democracy looks like, what our politics looks like”.