Alison O'Connor: Right to protest does not extend to politicians' houses

Our homes are our sanctuary — and nobody deserves to be subjected to aggressive, hostile or sustained attacks

Tribute to MP David Amess prior to kick-off before a Premier League match at the London Stadium, London, last October.  Picture: Zac Goodwin/PA

If you want to really depress yourself, spend some time online looking at videos of people who have taken to protesting outside the homes of our politicians.

What you will see are angry, misguided, often horrible, people. Some are clearly dangerous. It is less than a month ago that British MP David Amess was killed during one of his constituency clinics, and in 2016 MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death in her constituency.