USER1999
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So it is ok to gate crash a political meeting, and attempt to drown out the speaker, but it is not ok to grab a protester and chuck them out.
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he was on the lead
Kellfire
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I doubt it’ll go any further by law. Having seen the video, I don’t think that’ll be deemed assault.
USER1999
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It is still all over the papers though.
I'm fuming that the MP has apologised. He has nothing to apologise for.
Bunkermagnet
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Exactly. The woman in question is heading straight to the top table, with purpose. Who knew if she was intending harm or severe injury. His actions stunned her and stopped anything further happening.
Say she had been a bomber or knife wielding fanatic, what would the headlines been if she had got to the top table and injured someone with everyone just letting her pst?
Whilst I'm fuming........the BBC news is making a big point of the protestor being female. So what. She can still wield a knife, she can still blow herself up, she can still shoot a gun. You can't play the poor weak female card to suit if you want equality. The person was an aggressive protestor who the people present would have no idea of how dangerous they could be. Male or female is irrelevant.
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Deleted member 16999
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I fully agree she got what she deserved, ie, stopped and forcibly removed, but not sure how from the video you can say the bit in bold, on the video she was simply walking towards the top table and at no time resisted when grabbed, she could of been armed, carrying a hazardous substance etc, but she certainly didn’t look aggressive in the video.
Pin-seeker
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The manner in which she strode out was forceful, perhaps purposeful is a better word. In the currect climate regarding security, in that moment I think anyone there could read it as aggressive. You are correct, the rest of her manner was not aggressive.
Beezerk
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I'm going to buck the trend and say the mp fella was way out of line with how he dealt with it.
He thought she was armed apparently, why grab her neck then and not her hands/arms 😂
He thought she was armed apparently, why grab her neck then and not her hands/arms 😂
Pinko softie liberal
I wanted to see some Sercret Service action. How would they have dealt with it?
Beezerk
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Pinko softie liberal
I wanted to see some Sercret Service action. How would they have dealt with it?
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Dunno, I'd have thought they would have been well within to the law to man handle her.
To me it looks very ugly how he grabs her, hes definitely lost the plot you can see it in his eyes and body language. It's almost a pompous "how very dare you come in here" sort of attitude.
I'm not on the side of the protester btw.
richart
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You could get a nasty paper cut from the leaflets she was handing out.
Beezerk
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You could get a nasty paper cut from the leaflets she was handing out.
Lol I couldn't care less if she was handing out the Big Issue or serving him a nice 1962 red wine, he shouldn't have grabbed her like that. He just made himself look very stupid imo.
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Deleted member 16999
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That’s hindsight, what if she had been carrying a concealed weapon, what if her intent was to grab a knife off the top table and attack the Chancellor etc etc.
Him sitting and waiting for her to get close gave him the element of surprise and gave him the upper hand.
I’m also annoyed gender has been brought into it, almost as if he’d of been given a medal if it had been a man he’d grabbed.
Beezerk
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What if what if, it's all hindsight.
I still stand by my observation that had he truly thought she had a weapon he would have grabbed her arms. All this "I thought she had a weapon" ballox is purely him trying to sneak his way out of it imo.
Saying that though "assassins in frocks" would have made a great headline 😂
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In all fairness though mate, he’s probably clueless and just did what he thought was right, if she’d of fought back he’d of probably sh!t himself. 😂
Beezerk
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That would have been sublime 😂
I think he is angry in how he grabs her, I think I would feel similar in the same situation. Regarding the quote, you are right, how dare she be in there. She wasn't invited. It was a key event, a key speech and the protestors tried to hijack it. He is going to feel like that. I'd say the protestors are equally pompous for feeling they have right to gatecrash the evening. (I've gone all Daily Mail this morning, I don't know what has happened
)Greenpeace will be absolutely bouncing this morning, it could not have gone better for them. They made the news last night, it is continuing today. They breached security, some more spare for traffic duty today, and instead of the story disappearing this has given it legs. They can play the victim and spin the story for a few more days.
