By Simon Walters for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:03 GMT, 8 March 2019 | Updated: 23:45 GMT, 8 March 2019
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Diane Abbott has spoken of her fears that she could be murdered or raped by one of the Right-wing extremists and social media trolls who bombard her with vile threats.
She said she never used to think she was in such danger but the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox by a far-Right extremist in 2016 changed her view.
The shadow home secretary said it dawned on her after being told Mrs Cox’s killer had a room bedecked with photos of his victim.
It convinced Miss Abbott that ‘someone out there’ had a room full of images of her – and she could suffer the same fate.
Diane Abbott, left, has spoken about her fears that she could be murdered or raped by Right-wing extremists and social media trolls. She said she never worried about being in danger until after Labour MP Jo Cox, right, was murdered in 2016
Her comments appear in Women of Westminster, a new book by Labour MP Rachel Reeves, which also provides details of similar threats made against moderate female Labour MPs by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn.
Miss Abbott’s concern was disclosed on International Women’s Day – 24 hours after Home Secretary Amber Rudd had to apologise for clumsily referring to her as ‘coloured’.
When police raided the home of Batley and Spen MP Mrs Cox’s killer, Thomas Mair, 55, they found his bookshelves packed with volumes about the Nazis and
