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I missed #bbcqt last night but for the hundreds of people tweeting/RTing - including from 1 MP - messages denying I had police with me at party conference/saying it’s a smear this is what the police said.

Read it closely.

The clue is in the word “armed”.

The police with me weren’t carrying guns. But they had tasers & batons.

I’m not posting a photo of them because there are plenty out there. But they were with me all of the time, for the entirety of conference, when I walked to the many events outside of the secure zone.

To the individuals and blogs that have posted pictures of me (some of them creepy) without police at various events inside the conference secure zone - that’s because it was a secure zone. Where everyone had been vetted & where there were plenty of uniformed/plain clothed police.

If my family and I could work, live and go about our business like everyone else we gladly would.

That so many people are so keen to attack/deny/smear/obfuscate and I have to talk about my personal safety is indicative of a serious problem.

That the same people who are having a go have literally NOTHING to say that our party withheld (from both me & the police) details of a physical threat made against me is particularly galling.

I thought I joined a movement that believes in solidarity for all.

Clearly not.