Bridget Phillipson: “It’s faintly ridiculous and it’s just another highly personalised attack. I mean, the numbers and the way that’s being…”

Nothing in it exonerates Reform or Nigel Farage from the serious allegations that they still face.

The way that the Tories and Reform have approached this issue is all too often about political point-scoring. They’re not serious about taking the action that’s needed to protect women.

Kemi Badenoch's Tories held young people back and caused the welfare bill to spiral. To pretend she's suddenly on the side of young people is frankly insulting.

I think we are seeing a weaponisation of violence against women and girls by parts of the right that I don't believe will challenge the attitudes that we're seeing, or will lead to women feeling safer – and that is my focus.