Q Manivannan: “I did not feel like this was the wrong thing to be doing. If anything it further re-enforced the fact that I should be…”

They have a glimpse of what it is like being a politician as you do face scrutiny in every one of your actions and you face that physical risk.

Nobody should be attacked because of who they are, the colour of their skin, or the faith they follow.

You're seeing cohesion with every other party, including with the Conservatives and Labour – simply because everyone understands that regardless of the disagreements and very strong disagreements they continue to have, basic human decency…

In my speech after my election I said 'I am to some in this country, everything that the hateful despise' so I did expect some vitriol because it is not new to us, we are used to it but the level of attention - and it was international…