Zarah Sultana starts every event she attends the same way.

She must log the date, location and time into a small mechanical device at each destination so the security team knows where she is.

That way, if any danger arises, her colleagues and parliamentary authorities can provide support as quickly as possible.

She is the Labor MP for Coventry South and the youngest Muslim MP ever elected in the country, which she believes is part of the reason she has become the most dangerous MP online this year, based on the parliament’s own record.

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The hate and abuse she has received online has increased significantly since the Oct. 7 attacks, and she said the abuse has come thick and fast since she started speaking out about Palestinian rights.

Often, when talking about abuse, we risk dismissing what people say about her out of politeness. So I cautiously asked her if she would mind confessing her daily life.

She candidly pulled out her phone and gushed about some of the abuse she had to deal with.

The first wrote: “‘You should be deported’.”

“Go back home to Pakistan,” another abuser wrote.

The last one before I blocked her was the most shocking – it just said: “Send that bastard to Palestine, they have very few goals.”

I asked her why she was still on social media. She insists this is an important part of the job and the most effective way to communicate with constituents as a young MP.

I stayed with her for more than 24 hours to understand how these threats affected her, but along the way, I was amazed at the many security decisions she continued to make. She avoids public transportation whenever possible, she considers the exit of every building she enters in case she feels threatened, and she is never alone when she visits.

While doing door-to-door visits with her and her team, I mentioned casually that this was probably the most revealing part of being an MP.

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It involves knocking on strangers’ doors to ask them to vote. She acknowledged it was part of the job, but acknowledged there were risks and said there were times when she wasn’t entirely sure her safety was assured.

But she doesn’t want that to be a barrier to becoming a member of Congress.

The safety of MPs is a real issue, and for members who are threatened, carrying out their duties becomes even more dangerous.

Two MPs killed in their constituencies cast a long shadow.

Joe Cox was brutally murdered 2016 and Sir David Ames Stabbed to death five years later.

For current members of the House of Commons, these risks are very real, and for some MPs they believe the risks are too high.

Mike Freer, a Conservative MP whose office is located in Targeted in arson attack on Christmas Eve Last year, he said he would resign at the next election, citing security concerns.

At the same time, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak condemns ‘extremist forces’ trying to divide us” when he addressed the nation in Downing Street a week ago.

Parliamentary authorities say security is fundamental to democracy and have provided MPs with a range of security measures.

MPs who are at greater risk are entitled to more services, and the security minister said some female MPs at serious risk have been provided with private cars.

Ms Sultana is now stepping up her security – all the more necessary as she begins campaigning to retain her Coventry South seat.