Man arrested after death threat sent to MP Chris Bryant following killing of Sir David Amess
A MAN has been arrested after MP Chris Bryant received death threats in the wake of Sir David Amess' death.
The Rhondda MP said he was sent the malicious post after calling for people to be kinder after the Tory MP was stabbed to death on Friday.
A 76-year-old man has now been arrested on suspicion of malicious communications.
Mr Bryant said: "You only have to look through some of the responses to this tweet to see the poison that is infecting British politics. And now I’ve had yet again another death threat."
The MP also spoke about the abuse he receives - claiming it has happened every year he has been a Labour MP.
He said: "Over the years I have had a lot of death threats. They happen about four to five times a year. People have been arrested, cautioned by the police and one has gone to jail for it.
"The year before it was anti-vaxxers, the year before we had Brexit campaigners plastering the word 'traitor' all over my office.
"There are many people putting themselves in harm's way on behalf of the public every day but there can't be many workplaces that have suffered two murders in five years.
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"I hope everyone dials down the nastiness in politics. It's been six years of everyone calling each other traitor. That needs to end, we need to be nicer to each other."
The MP also said his constituency office has been targeted in the last year by an "angry mob" of protesters.
And he said the "steady stream of horrific abuse" is "more sour now than I've known it in 20 years".
Sir David, 69, was knifed to death in Leigh-on-Sea while holding a constituency surgery.
The Tory MP's death is being treated as terrorism with cops continuing to quiz Ali Harbi Ali in custody.
Ali, 25, had been referred to the Government’s Prevent anti-terrorism programme.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has now launched a review into MPs’ safety.
