Asked about protests focused on the conflict, the Labour leader said: “Beyond the formal protests, there have been a number of threats and abuse to individuals, particularly some MPs, which I’m very concerned about – the level of threats that are being made to a number of MPs, including some within my own party.”
“So I fiercely defend the right to protest, including on this issue, of course, but I don’t think we can escape the fact that there are these threats, not necessarily in the protests, in and around, that we must be very careful about.”
“We’ve lost parliamentary colleagues in the past and so this isn’t just some idle discussion, it is a very serious issue.”
Sir Keir also admitted he worries about the impact of his job on his two teenage children.
He added: “We don’t name them in public, we don’t do photographs with them. I just desperately try to protect them in that way.”
