When disagreement becomes intimidation, a line is crossed. A wholesale culture change is needed
In September, the House of Commons fell to a hush as MP Andrea Jenkyns talked about the experience of Nic Stansby, a local councillor in Wakefield.
Stansby has been intimidated – both in person and on social media – since her election in May. Police have been called to her home, and her son is too scared to leave the house. What she has experienced is deplorable. As the prime minister put it: “She should be able to get on with the job of representing her constituents free of hatred and free of the abuse that she appears to be getting.”
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