In addition to events in the Middle East, MPs cite coordinated mass lobbying campaigns, the difficulty of confronting hate on social media, and environmental campaigners targeting politicians’ homes as reasons to be fearful.
Wednesday’s tense Commons vote came with the backdrop of hundreds of protesters gathered outside Parliament to peacefully demand a cease-fire in Gaza, with “cease-fire now” beamed onto the famous Elizabeth Tower, home of Big Ben.
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which helped organize the protest, said the issue of MP security “is serious but cannot be used…
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