Kirsty Williams: Abuse of women in politics getting worse

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Abuse is getting "worse and worse" for women in politics, Wales' former education minister has said.

Kirsty Williams said she had felt unable to keep her family safe from the trolling she received on social media.

The ex-politician told BBC Walescast that while she would not discourage her daughters from getting into politics, she would be worried if they did.

Abuse is "simply priced-in" for many of her former colleagues in politics, she said.

The former Brecon and Radnorshire Member of the Senedd spoke to the BBC Wales podcast as part of a series of profiles of Welsh political figures.

Ms Williams served as a Liberal Democrat representative for the constituency from the start of the assembly in 1999.

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"I think it's particularly difficult for women because there is a particularly nasty misogynistic, really horrible element to some of the social media stuff.

"For too many of my colleagues, now it is simply priced-in that that is the price they've got to pay for doing the job that they want to do."