Sir David Amess was assassinated today. The motives of the killer are not yet known.
However, assassination will only gather sympathy for right-wing Tories. Individual terrorism (if that is what this is) is politically naive. The police can use it as an excuse for repression.
Famously the Narodniks achieved their highest ambition by assassinating the Tsar. The result? Another Tsar and a wave of vicious reaction ensued.
Marxists oppose individual terrorism. Trotsky pointed this out over 100 years ago. The link is here
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