Do the Lib Dems have an intolerance problem?

Is the Liberal Democrat party really all that liberal? Mr S isn’t quite so sure – after speaking to an ex-Lib Dem staffer who is taking legal action against the party for ‘discrimination, harassment and victimisation’. The former caseworker, who is using the pseudonym Amelia Sparrow, was dismissed after three days of working for a Lib Dem MP for ‘dishonesty’ – yet believes it was down to pressure put on her boss after she didn’t keep schtum about her gender-critical views. How curious…

Having previously worked at a different party, Sparrow says she left her old caseworker role after feeling ‘politically homeless’. Moving to the Lib Dems, she picked up a similar job – where she was expected to draft responses to constituents along party lines, checking what her MP’s stance was on more sensitive issues including trans rights.