The Shadow Health Secretary has criticised a Labour peer for calling candidate Rosie Duffield “frit or lazy” after she pulled out of local hustings citing safety concerns.
Lord Cashman has now apologised for the comments but the security of politicians has become an increasingly serious issue.
It’s a phenomenon that is spreading across Europe with recent attacks against senior politicians.
We speak to Mike Freer – a former Conservative MP who decided not to run for re-election after receiving abuse including death threats and a suspected arson attack on his constituency office a few months ago.