I remember canvassing my council ward in 2012 as a well regarded Liberal Democrat councillor. They phoned their neighbours so they could get their abuse ready.

And after I lost my seat 2 years later, they all told me how much they liked me.

I can’t imagine how much worse it must be for this guy.

Still, I find it difficult to have sympathies for the people who stole our EU citizenship and declared war on trans people.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli…

Mystery as Tory MP becomes 79th to quit even after campaigning for six days

Aaron Bell said it was ‘with a heavy heart’ that he was stepping down, raising questions about why he had been on the campaign trail since Rishi Sunak called the snap summer poll

^{Archie Mitchell (The Independent)}