Pro-Palestine activists dump effigies of dead babies on office doorstep of Tory MP in stunt led by former BBC News producer

Sickening pro-Palestine activists have dumped the bloody effigies of dead babies on the office doorstep of a Tory MP with two young children.

Siobhan Baillie, 42, said she felt ‘sad, angered and upset’ after her constituency office was targeted as part of a campaign against the MP for Stroud, in Gloucestershire.

The stunt’s ringleader was former BBC News producer and activist film-maker Oonagh Cousins, who describes herself online as a ‘mama, documentarian, producer, director, activist’. 

Last night Ms Baillie, who has two daughters under the age of four, told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Those protesters won’t help a single child.’

Siobhan Baillie, 42, (pictured) said she felt ‘sad, angered and upset’ after her constituency office was targeted

Ms Baillie, a member of the Conservative Friends of Israel group, said staff working for her had quit because of the protests. 

An MP since 2019, she was pregnant when she campaigned during the election that year. 

She said female MPs were being targeted by protesters more than male MPs are. ‘Women get more abuse than men. I’ve got to believe it’s a deliberate attempt to intimidate parents.’

The stunt’s ringleader was former BBC News producer and activist film-maker Oonagh Cousins. Pictured, Stroud Ceasefire Now Coalition protest

But she said: ‘I’m absolutely determined to show that there is a better way of doing politics. There’s zero need to protest like that.’

Robin Layfield, speaking on behalf of the Stroud Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: ‘It is right that responsibility for this has been brought to the MP’s doorstep. 

‘Our MP – our representative in Government – has huge agency and political power that she can bring to bear to help end this genocide and to bring about a ceasefire now.’ 

Ms Cousins was contacted for comment.