The Liberal Democrats have admitted breaching the human rights of an award-winning former BBC journalist by deselecting him as a parliamentary candidate over his Christian views.
In a landmark case, Sir Ed Davey’s party has agreed to pay damages to David Campanale after it admitted to multiple counts of unlawful religious discrimination against him by a rival whom he had roundly defeated in the race to be the candidate for Sutton and Cheam ahead of the 2024 election. He is also pursuing costs, which he claims are currently more than £250,000.
