By Rod Ardehali For Mailonline and Daily Mail Reporter
Published: 08:50 GMT, 16 February 2019 | Updated: 08:58 GMT, 16 February 2019
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Harriet Harman has claimed female MPs have had to move house and hire bodyguards after getting bullied over their stance on Brexit.
The former Labour Party deputy leader suggested that the the level of hostility and abuse has led to female MPs even shifting their positions on crucial votes.
Police have advised one unnamed MP to not travel alone at night. Another has been told not to drive and a third has been advised against jogging in her local park, the Times reported.
A 55-year-old man this week admitted sending a death threat to Miss Soubry (left). Michael Robbins (pictured right) admitted making a series of telephone calls to the MP’s constituency office in Nottinghamshire, Exeter magistrates court heard
Harriet Harman, 68, former deputy leader of the Labour Party, said the level of hostility and abuse has led to female parliamentarians even shifting their positions on crucial votes
Scores of activists have hounded MPs in Westminster in recent months. Last month, a mob of protesters surrounded pro-Remain Tory MP Anna Soubry, calling her a ‘Nazi’ and a ‘traitor’.
Several female MPs have accused the police of failing to adequately deal with the culprits - adding that they feel the authorities are siding with the abusers in some cases, it was claimed.
A 55-year-old man this week admitted sending a death threat to Miss Soubry. Michael Robbins admitted making a series of telephone calls to the MP’s constituency office in Nottinghamshire, Exeter magistrates court heard.
Robins, of Exeter, Devon, was given a community order.
Another man, 59, was arrested after
