Listening to them trying to censor Johnson, playing the Jo Cox card, playing the victim - sensitive to any criticism calling them out.....Yet they are free with the abuse aimed at him.

Yes, all MPs are now that much in danger.....it isn't nice but that's how polarised this issue has become.

Those who put themselves in that firing line have chosen to willingly....that's on both the leave and remain side.

You can't go over the top and expect the opposition not to fire....the modern left are all about censorship and control of language.

The exact opposite of the left I grew up with.

Edited by Stirlingsays (26 Sep 2019 6.54am)

This is a pretty scary post.

It was a pretty scary afternoon and evening with one Labour MP so apoplectic with rage (real or pretence) that I thought he was going to explode.

The media have made much of the rowdy behaviour and language used but I doubt whether many saw it unfolding as I don't think that either BBC News Channel or BBC Parliament Channel are that popular.

The BBC website this morning leads with "Boris Johnson faces backlash over 'dangerous' language" and go on to write that he used words like "betrayal" and "surrender act" which most readers will probably find amusing as they are hardly examples of dangerous language

Jo Cox's husband was furious that someone was using her death to try and score political points and I can't say that I blame him

By bringing Jo Cox's name into the debate as a tactic to control language they heightened the level of sensitivity significantly and indeed brought the memory of that event straight to any nutcases out there wanting to hear it.

And they have the cheek to complain about words such as 'betrayal' and 'surrender', words that are entirely appropriate for their actions.