Laura Kuenssberg will reportedly be accompanied by security team after being jeered for her treatment of CorbynThe BBC’s political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, is being protected by security guards at the Labour party conference this week following abuse she has received over her role, according to reports. Yvette Cooper ‘sick to death of vitriol’ directed at Laura Kuenssberg Read moreKuenssberg, who has previously been jeered by some Labour supporters, will be accompanied by a security team inside and outside the conference zone in Brighton, the reports said. Kuenssberg has frequently been targeted with sexist abuse online and the BBC is understood to have given her access to a bodyguard during the general election campaign. The corporation did not comment on the reports of her protection at the Labour conference, telling the Sun on Sunday that it does “not comment on security issues”. The abuse aimed at Kuenssberg has followed complaints that she is not neutral, and treats the Labour leader and his party unfairly.

Source: The Guardian September 24, 2017 22:57 UTC