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Exhaustively researched, gorgeously crafted and presciently timed, “The Lilac People” exhumes a buried history that could leave us mourning our lost democracy if we don’t learn from, and act on, its tragic lessons.

"I doubt that they really wanted someone to go out and kill a Tory MP, but if you say those words… then the risk of someone acting on those words is there."

Counter Terrorism Policing North East said it was believed that Mr Lawrence, from Headingley, was acting on his own and they were not currently seeking anyone else in connection with the incident.

But in line with longstanding royal practice, it was owned under the names of other people or companies, acting on his behalf as so-called "nominees".

She added that she did not yet know "what Baroness Casey will say about which particular area" but would act on the facts.