for example, angela smith. a lot for her honesty and being called a traitorfour times more than the average candidate. this could be because she recently changed parties. she is now with the liberal democrats. she also voted against brexit. this was against the majority in her former constituency. and she says she has faced a torrent of abuse from anti—semitism to misogyny. in order to stay sane, i do not look at most of the abuse directed at me on twitter. i just don't think any individual can cope with that. and you can feel the anger behind the tweets, and the anger behind the use of capital letters, the aggression. and i find that frightening. so it seems whether you are leaving your party or taking a stance on that ultimate divisive issue, brexit, it can make you many enemies online as well. next, i wanted to see whether the type of abuse candidates received also tended to differ based on their ethnicity. what we saw here is that if you are a bme candidate you are more likely to be accused of being stupid,

angela smith is being called a traitorfour times more than the average candidate. because she has recently changed parties. she is with the liberal democrats and voted against brexit. this was against the majority in her former constituency. and she says she has faced a torrent of abuse from anti—semitism to misogyny. in order to stay sane, i do not look at most of the abuse directed at me on twitter. i just don't think an individual can cope with that. and you can feel the anger behind the tweets and the anger behind the use of capital letters, the aggression. and i find that frightening. so it seems whether you are leaving your party or taking a stance on brexit can make you many enemies online, as well. next, i wanted to see whether the type of abuse candidates received also tended to differ based on their ethnicity. what we saw here is that if you are a bame candidate you are more likely to be accused of being stupid, to be insulted for your intelligence. a good example is david lammy, who is insulted for his honesty and intelligence and sworn at an awful lot.

take, for example, angela smith.average candidate. now, this could be because she's recently changed parties — so she is now with the liberal democrats. she also voted against brexit. this was against the majority in her former constituency. and she says she has faced a torrent of abuse, from anti—semitism to misogyny. in order to stay sane, i do not look at most of the abuse that's directed at me on twitter. i just don't think any individual can cope with that. and you can feel the anger behind those tweets and the anger behind the use of capital letters, the aggression, and ifind that really frightening. so it seems that whether it's leaving your party or taking a stance on that ultimate of all divisive issues, brexit, can make you a lot of enemies online too. next, i wanted to see whether the type of abuse candidates received also tended to differ based on their ethnicity. what we saw here is that if you are a bme candidate, you are more likely to be accused of being stupid, basically, to be insulted for your inte

take, for example, angela smith. also voted against brexit. this was against the majority in her former constituency. and she says she has faced a torrent of abuse, from anti—semitism to misogyny. in order to stay sane, i do not look at most of the abuse that's directed at me on twitter. i just don't think any individual can cope with that. and you can feel the anger behind those tweets and the anger behind the use of capital letters, the aggression, and ifind that really frightening. so it seems that whether it's leaving your party or taking a stance on that ultimate of all divisive issues, brexit, can make you a lot of enemies online too. next, i wanted to see whether the type of abuse candidates received also tended to differ based on their ethnicity. what we saw here is that if you are a bme candidate, you are more likely to be accused of being stupid, basically, to be insulted for your intelligence. a good example of this is david lammy, who is insulted for his honesty and his intelligence. he's also sworn at an