Police of Met said earlier in an email at the offices of the deputies, seen by Politico, that they “investigated offenses linked to a series of letters that have been received by the deputies in the post in recent months”.
“The letters in question have been sent by a single sender,” said the e-mail, adding that the correspondence was “distinctive because, as well as containing offensive content, the letters seem to be coated with excrement”.
The investigative police urged the deputies affected to report it to the police. The House of Commons refused to comment while the police do investigations.
A deputy, granted anonymity to talk about sensitive questions, told Politico that they had recently received a letter with blood on it. It is not clear if this is linked to the allegations surveyed by the police.
The parliamentarians have reported an increase in abuse and threat incidents in recent years, which has prompted an investigation into their security led by the president of the municipalities Lindsay Hoyle.
This follows several cases of people prosecuted for threatening deputies from different parties, often by email or on social networks.
Many deputies have publicly talked about their experiences and their safety measures that they have been forced to take, including the cessation of surgeries in person, the installation of panic rooms and the alarm.
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