Going back to the thread title (shock horror!), there is no doubt that anyone, including MPs, should be protected from such vile and intimidating abuse. But what really struck me though was how the Police completely ignored it. I was subjected to a similar level of abuse this summer by so called 'travellers' in front of six Police officers who did nothing. If anyone behaved in this way at a football match they would be arrested, in court, banned from football for life etc. Are the Police at least partly responsible for allowing this breakdown in civility in our society?