Bridget Phillipson: “Farage may succeed in his run-off against a bin, but he can’t run from the truth forever.”

Nigel Farage spent 38 days fighting a bin in his most desperate attempt yet to deflect attention from the sleaze and scandals engulfing him and his party.

I worry that we are at kind of a ground zero in terms of attitudes around violence against women and girls.

We’ve seen some pretty shocking failings in terms of the police response over decades and sadly we’re not seeing the progress that we should in terms of how the police will often respond to this.

In light of these allegations, I would urge the commission to investigate: