Tory MP Bob Stewart reveals teacher mocked his son

A Conservative MP today revealed his teenage son’s teacher stood up and told his classmates not to talk to him because his dad is a Tory.

Bob Stewart, who served as an Army Colonel before he joined the Commons, said all four of his sons have had abuse hurled at them because of his parliamentary career.

But he said the abuse reached a new low during the General Election when his 13 year-old son’s teacher mocked him in from of his class. 

Mr Stewart, a former United Nations Commander in Bosnia, lifted the lid on the abuse during a parliamentary debate on the scale of abuse MP receive.

Mr Stewart, the MP for Benkenham, said: ‘It goes worse than that, it goes to children.

‘All my four children have been hassled by other kids in their local schools because of the job of their father.

‘There is little that can be done about that because they are children and my kids are robust enough to withstand it.

‘But such behaviour is taken to a new level when, during the last election, a teacher  tells the class of my 13 year-old boy that nobody should talk to him because he is the son of a Conservative MP.’

Home Office Minister Sarah Newton said the revelation is ‘deeply troubling’ and that the teacher had let their profession down

There were cries of ‘shame’ and shocked gasps from fellow MPs after Mr Stewart made the comments.

Home Office Minister Sarah Newton said the  revelation is ‘deeply troubling’. 

She said: ‘That is simply unacceptable. It is a noble thing to stand for election it is a noble thing to want to rep[resent your community – either as a councillor or as an MP in this place

‘And those people in a position of responsibility and influence, such as a teacher, should be upholding the shared values of our country.

‘And it is most disappointing to hear of somebody in such a powerful and influential position, letting themselves down and letting their profession down.