Brexiteer ‘bombarded Remain MPs with abusive messages’

A Brexit supporter accused of bombarding prominent Remain MPs with abusive voicemail messages is to face trial in July. Robert Vidler, 63, allegedly targeted shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer, Shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner, and Nick Bowles, the Tory MP for Grantham and Stamford. Vidler is said to have left ‘threatening, abusive or menacing’ voicemail messages with Jane Gordon-Cumming, a member of staff for Mr Boles on his Parliamentary phone on January 8 and 13. He is charged…