Shabana Mahmood: “The appearance of differential treatment before the law is particularly corrosive”

Robust debate and criticism are part of this job - threats, abuse and violence are not.

Today I also announce an independent root-and-branch review of the protective security provided by the state to those in public life.

My message to the Eritrean government is simple: take back your nationals or face a complete ban on your citizens entering the UK.

An attack on any individual in public life is an attack on every one of us, and it is an attack on democracy itself.