or ters ▁of ▁Jer emy ▁Cor b yn . ▁The ▁BBC ▁refused ▁to ▁comment ▁about ▁the ▁story . ▁The ▁Labour ▁politician ▁Y v ette ▁Cooper ▁def ended ▁the ▁BBC ' s ▁political ▁editor : ▁" It ’ s ▁her ▁job ▁to ▁ask ▁difficult ▁questions . ▁It ’ s ▁her ▁job ▁to ▁be ▁s cept ical ▁about ▁everything ▁we ▁say ." ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁campaign ▁Ku ens s berg ▁was ▁also ▁being ▁ab used ▁by ▁some ▁Conserv ative ▁and ▁UK IP ▁supp or ters . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁Labour ▁Party ▁conference ▁in ▁Bright on ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Ku ens s berg ▁was ▁accompanied ▁by ▁a ▁security ▁guard . ▁Journal ist ▁Jen ni ▁Russell , ▁a ▁former ▁BBC ▁editor ▁herself , ▁was ▁quoted ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁about ▁the ▁issue ▁affect ing ▁Ku ens s berg : ▁" The ▁graph ic ▁level ▁of ▁thre ats ▁to ▁women ▁is ▁quite ▁extraordinary ▁and ▁it ’ s ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁worst ▁things ▁to ▁have ▁happened ▁in ▁recent ▁British ▁public ▁life ." ▁The ▁body guard ▁also ▁accompanied ▁her ▁to ▁the ▁Conserv ative ▁Party ▁conference ▁in ▁Manchester ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁Ku ens s berg ▁said ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁at ▁a ▁gather ing ▁in ▁London ▁that ▁the ▁t roll s ▁were ▁attempting ▁to ▁silence ▁her . ▁ ▁Client ▁journal ism ▁Peter ▁O bor ne , ▁writing ▁for ▁open D em ocracy , ▁critic ised ▁Ku ens s berg ▁for ▁perpet