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THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY has been thrown into crisis with young members saying that its officials have ignored complaints against a “nightmare” senior campaigner who reportedly masturbating in public in front of a young activist.
Almost 200 young members of the party have accused it of having an “abhorrent” complaints procedure that fails to protect people from sexual harassment.
On Saturday night, young Tory Elena Bunbury issued a public statement accusing a senior Tory campaigner in Yorkshire of sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
