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The Conservative justice minister has said he will stand down at the next general election following a string of death threats and an ‘arson’ attack on his constituency office last year.
Mike Freer, who is gay and whose constituency is home to a large Jewish population, was targeted last year when his office was subject to an arson attack.
The government minister Mike Freer has announced he will stand down. If the state cannot protect him, can it protect any of us?
Arson attack on Finchley office was ‘final straw’ for outspoken MP
Call me old-fashioned, but I rather liked our country when women and children didn’t have acid thrown at them in the street, teachers weren’t forced into hiding with their family for educating pupils about religious tolerance, Saturdays in the capital didn’t feature anti-Semitic hate marches and well-loved Members of Parliament didn’t quit their jobs after being subject to death threats because they spoke up for their Jewish constituents.