Beard received considerable online abuse after she appeared on BBC's Question Time from Lincolnshire in January 2013 and cast doubt on the negative rhetoric about immigrant workers living in the county.
Beard recibiu considerables ciberacosos despois de que aparecese en xaneiro de 2013 no programa da BBC Question Time dende Lincolnshire, e se expresase positivamente sobre os traballadores inmigrantes que vivían no condado.