council leader? well, i believe that everything that i am led to believe says the police have the situation under control, although i don't want to speculate any further on the circumstances but all i want to say is i am sure everyone's thoughts and southend will be with sir david and his family at this time. you yourself, you sit across the political divide, sir david amess a conservative politician, yourself, at labour politician, give us a sense of what he's like to deal with, do you find him someone who reaches out and works across political differences to make things happen for people in it constituency? certainly sir david and i have always had a very friendly and civil working relationship. obviously