I managed Christine Jardine MP’s volunteers.

Staff were bullied until they broke, Alex Cole Hamilton MSP told us to “lie to save ourselves” and one colleague was paid £24k and NDA'd after a suicide attempt.

This is not an exhaustive record, but it's enough to #AskAlex 🧵 1/9 Christine Jardine was both bullied and a bully. She is a living example of the phrase "two things can be true at once."

I saw it first-hand and I have the evidence. 2/9

@cajardineMP

🧵When organisations and employers do something bad, they often don't tell the truth - even to their legal representation. When Christine Jardine MP bullied us, some of us fought back. Some staffers reported Christine to party complaints process. 1/8

https://twitter.com/cajardineMP/status/1785258095699996894

One staffer was clear they considered this an act of whistleblowing. It was encouraged by Alex Cole Hamilton MSP - Alex said he couldn't stand by her bullying behaviour any longer. Texts confirm his position. Things got worse. The staffer attempted suicide (not the only one) 2/8

🧵Why Alex Cole Hamilton MSP and his @scotlibdems should be investigated as soon as possible: 1/10

#AskAlex #AskWendy 🔍LIES: Alex lied to Holyrood Magazine. He told them my complaints (which include assault and staff being bullied until they attempted suicide) had been investigated independently. I have never been contacted by an investigator, interviewed or asked to hand over evidence. 2/10

🧵A Whistleblower 'What Would You Do':
You’re told by colleagues they are concerned about paedophiles in your workplace. They tell you compelling information, then they’re treated terribly and suddenly removed from work. You’re scared for their life. 1 You have own experience of assault, cover up, seeing people almost die through suicide. You know your workplace has distant history of child abuse. You know it has recent history of refusing to accept mistakes relating to a paedophile. You know your workplace covers up abuse. 2

🧵Read this out loud. It’s not a parody. It’s Alex Cole Hamilton MSP talking to and about his constituent:

- “Raj boy racer”
- “I’m driving a fucking Tesla”
- His constituent’s car is “piece of shit”

A Muirhouse constituent unable to afford same car as an MSP is no surprise,… https://t.co/d94aTAUcW2twitter.com/i/web/status/1…


This is one of those times I have to say I didn’t handle it well. But my behaviour has always been proportionate to what Lib Dems put me through. His behaviour took me by surprise (see vid end of 🧵). It didn’t sit comfortably with me. But the power imbalance between us was huge.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

🧵Welcome to the 800 new followers who have joined us this week! 🧵

I’m Emma. After joining Scottish Liberal Democrats I became heavily involved as a volunteer. I did incredibly well. They fast tracked through me the approval process so that I could run in elections 1/24 They put me in every voluntary role you could imagine. I was trusted with private party information. Alex Cole Hamilton MSP enjoyed telling people that I was his “best find”. My lifelong dream of running for Parliament was within reach. That is until the Euros in 2019. 2/24

So I’m about to put a film on and have some food with my little boy, when my phone starts pinging. Have I seen Cramond Neighbours? This is my local Facebook group that I can’t post about Alex because to talk about assault on a woman is political apparently After everything what’s gone down on twitter this week, Alex posts on my local community group with this. It is retriggering, I’m shaking for first time since I started #AskAlex. This is the patriarchy. He will say he is our MSP. Well why the hell won’t he answer me? I’m upset.

Alex Cole Hamilton MSP trapped me in the staff kitchen and made me listen as he sacked a woman 1/4 The woman he sacked wasn't told why she was being sacked. She was made to sign an NDA.

(I was at fault here too. I will address this in a later blog. I will also address why I feel like it's ok - although not great - to share this despite Lib Dem women telling me it's not) 2/4