A man threatened to rape me. This latest threat came from a far-left extremist who called my dad a “Zionist”, using the term as an insult, and spelt out on Twitter how he intended to rape my sister and me and anally rape my mum.

I found out about the threat from the police only in February, when they asked me about my movements. At the time my dad was trying to shield me from the details, so the phone call came as quite a shock. After all, why should I be targeted? Though I am a Labour Party member, I have no public profile. I have never run for public office and have no reason to be singled out other than that I am