‘A man threatened to shoot me’: the abuse pushing UK councillors out of politics
For Heather Williams, serving as a Conservative district councillor in South Cambridgeshire has become less about local governance and more about survival. Over the last nine years, the opposition group leader has faced a barrage of hostility ranging from shouts in the street to graphic threats of sexual violence and death. In one chilling encounter, […]
September 18, 2026