A friend of mine has been critical of his local Tory MP on the socials. My friend’s spouse works in the local community. So said MP has complained to her boss about her husband’s politics. This is bullying. This is not OK.
I’m not naming names as I’ve been asked not to (yet) but he’s ok with my sending these tweets.
If anyone has a useful suggestion on how my pal can do something about this while protecting his privacy, I’ll gladly pass that on.
And by the way, what we’re talking about here is not vitriol or abuse, but straightforward criticism of this MP’s voting record - the kind of thing any constituent ought to be able to do in the public arena without prompting threats against his family.
We go in hard against regimes that do this. In Belarus, protestors can find their parents out of a state-sector job. In other countries, bloggers and their families are harassed while the government stands by without defending their freedom of expression. How is this different?
Just want to say thanks to everyone for engaging with this thread and for all the suggestions, I'm reading them all and sharing them with my friend, even if I'm not replying to everything. 👍
Update: my friend has written up a complaint to the parliamentary standards commissioner and will be submitting it in the next few days.
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