shame on you, rushanara ali! i don't know how you show your face, you're disgusting!al office, and the returning labour mp, rushanara ali, is reflecting on the nature of a contest that she said went well beyond the usual cut and thrust of an election campaign. this was something else. it involved many months of online abuse, threats, intimidation, disinformation. it became a really frightening environment for the wider community. animosity towards labour in this formerly safe inner—city seat with a significant muslim populations stemmed from the party's stance on the war in gaza. legitimate anger about what's happening in another part of the world was being exploited by certain groups. i spent, i'd say, as much time talking to the police and responding to threats and hostilities during this campaign as i did to talking to voters. just after the election was called, she says she was sent a letter threatening her life, delivered by hand to the labour office. she passed it to police. shame on you, shame on you! other labour mps who also onlyjust held onto their seats rep

shame on you, rushanara ali! i don't know how you show your face, you're disgusting! the usual cut and thrust of an election campaign. this was something else. it involved many months of online abuse, threats, intimidation, disinformation. it became a really frightening environment for the wider community. animosity towards labour in this formerly safe inner—city seat with a significant muslim populations stemmed from the party's stance on the war in gaza. legitimate anger about what's happening in another part of the world was being exploited by certain groups. i spent, i'd say, as much time talking to the police and responding to threats and hostilities during this campaign as i did talking to voters. just after the election was called, she says she was sent a letter threatening her life delivered by hand to the labour office. she passed it to police. shame on you, shame on you! other labour mps who also onlyjust held onto their seats reported similar experiences in the face of challenges from pro—palestinian candidates. this was a campaign that was sullied by haras

but you look at people like rushanara ali, elected as an mp for bethnal green and stepney.er seat, and i was looking at the pro—palestine demonstrations and actually a load of those people are bused in from elsewhere as well, aren't they? and i just wonder if that is a tactic that's used to try to mask how little support there really is out there. jess phillips winning yesterday in her speech there, she was heckled. she made the point. well, you don't particularly like a strong woman standing up in front of you, do you? she also said that some of her, campaigners had their tires slashed or let down, that there was abuse going on. i mean, are some of the pro—palestine lot actually just quite a nasty bunch, do you think, >> don't don't seek to tarred the hard work of activists, as thugs simply on our side? we had a workers party candidate stand in sutton coldfield on a pro—palestine ticket , whose son pro—palestine ticket, whose son was hospitalised after he was beaten up by eight thugs, that stood firmly against palestine. so please don't seek to paint purely palestinian pro

do you remember this from outside the office of rushanara ali mp? months and months ago? why?you, shame on you. >> labour courted these people. they ignored all the warnings. now they're complaining about it because they've turned against them. the solution cannot and must not ever be appeasement. let's get the thoughts of my panel tonight. daily telegraph columnist allison pearson. i've also got conservative peer lord bailey and former labour party adviser matthew laza allison. how do you feel when you see people are unable or unwilling to name the actual problem here? >> well, we know that jess phillips is no shy, retiring violet . she's phillips is no shy, retiring violet. she's a you phillips is no shy, retiring violet . she's a you know, she's violet. she's a you know, she's a very powerful, articulate woman. and she was booed horribly at her at her count where she did survive. unlike, you know, there's a lot of , you know, there's a lot of, labour constituencies which are under threat now from from the muslim vote. and i think it's very disappointing they were to prepare

aren't sectarians, people like khalid mahmood in in birmingham, perry barr, who lost his seat, rushanara alie office security detail during her campaigning because she's a labour mp and they're being accused of being baby killers even though they're calling for a ceasefire in gaza. so this is something which we've seen repeated time and again across these different seats and really needs to be confronted. i think. >> but how do you confront it? i mean, surely they're doing the right thing. i had i had a meal with an mp last week . right. and with an mp last week. right. and he had his revolver on him. you'll be shot. can you raise your eyebrows at that? why do your eyebrows at that? why do you raise your eyebrows ? you raise your eyebrows? surprised? well i am. >> is that allowed ? >> is that allowed? >> is that allowed? >> it is allowed. it's completely licensed. let's just say he was a northern irish mp, right? i was right, yes. so therefore he had this on him . therefore he had this on him. and we talk about it. we talk about various incidents or whatever. but in the right circumstances w