Government minister to stand down at next election owing to death threats
Mike Freer of the Ministry of Justice says the threats to his safety are ‘too much’ and may be related to his pro-Israel views.
A government minister has said he will stand down at the next general election after a series of death threats and an arson attack on his constituency office.
The minister for courts and legal services, Mike Freer, said that “by the skin of my teeth I avoided being murdered” by Ali Harbi Ali, who went on to kill the Southend West MP Sir David Amess in 2021.
“There comes a point when the threats to your personal safety become too much,” he told the Daily Mail.
Freer, the MP for London’s Finchley and Golders Green seat since 2010, said it was time to “say enough” as he could no longer put his family through the anxiety for his safety.
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