Joshua Kerry, the man charged with murdering Reform UK member Anne Widdecombe, has also been charged with preparing acts of terror, including against the party’s leader, Nigel Farage. Counter-terrorism police say the charge relates to activity alleged to have taken place between 2024 and July this year. Kerry, 28, from Rotherham, is due in court on Wednesday over the terror charge.
Security for MPs was reassessed under Operation Bridger in 2016 following the murder of MP Jo Cox, and again after another MP was killed in 2021. Protections exist both in parliament and in MPs’ local areas, but this latest threat is likely to raise fresh questions over whether they go far enough.
Al Jazeera’s Camille Nedelec reports from London.
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