A lawyer who was targeted by a Conservative party dossier sent to right-leaning newspapers has been forced to review her security after receiving an “ominous” email in the wake of critical articles, she has said.
Jacqueline McKenzie, the head of immigration at Leigh Day and a partner at the firm, said a briefing sent to the Telegraph, Mail, Sun and Express by party officials was “underpinned by racism and misogyny”, inaccurate and calculated to whip up ill-feeling.