David Amess’s family show clip of Starmer calling for ‘questions to answer’ after inquiry into MP’s death rejected

Sir David Amess' family shares clip of Starmer calling for clarity

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00:00And let me just conclude by playing a clip that we have from Sir Keir Starmer

00:06who was leader of the opposition at the time and this is the day of Sir David's

00:11death and I'll hold this up because as you'll see he himself says that there

00:16are questions to answer.

00:18My heart goes out to Sir David's wife, to his children, his wider family, his staff and all of his friends and colleagues.

00:29Today is a dark and a shocking day, the more so because heartbreakingly we've been here before.

00:38Informed by his faith, Sir David had a profound sense of public duty and he was highly respected and much liked

00:47across the Houses of Parliament on all sides and within the Christian community.

00:54We now have to come together in response to this horrendous act and show that violence, intimidation and threats

01:02will never prevail over the tireless work of public servants like David, simply doing his job.

01:10He was much respected, he had that profound sense of duty, was driven by his faith

01:17and that's why across the parties, across Parliament he was so respected and so liked

01:25and there's a very profound sense of loss I think across politics, across faith and up and down the country.

01:34Well there are many questions I think that are still there but I think today is a day when all of our thoughts

01:41and all of our focus are with Sir David's family and there are questions for other days

01:49but today our thoughts, our prayers, our focus is on them.