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Originally Posted by papa smurf
A noble gesture but how does that serve democracy.
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I think for two reasons. One it ensures there isn't a seat change as a result of political violence. Jo Cox's murder was politically motivated and at the moment it seems Sir David Amess' murder was also politically motivated. No party wants the seat to change hands due to a terrorist attack. The message of unity is nice as well.
On a practical level, it also spares his local constituency party from having to have a political campaign in the aftermath of his death. I doubt they'll feel up to that and it's a very human thing to spare them that. Just as the last thing Jo Cox's local party would have wanted to do after her death is go door-knocking in Batley.