Tory bully MP Mark Field shoves a protestor against a pillar then grabs her by her neck

[Poot]

Did anyone else hear Col Bob Stewart (the Toriest of Tory MPs) explaining how he should have grabbed her 'to control a ... person'? It was the most telling piece of almost-letting-slip-your-misogyny. I can't find the clip now though

 

[chilango]

or if she'd have managed to back-heel the fucker right in the bollocks.

I think she'd have been kicked out of Greenpeace

 

[Sasaferrato]

or if she'd have managed to back-heel the fucker right in the bollocks.

If you are assaulted, you are perfectly entitled to defend yourself.

 

[chilango]

If you are assaulted, you are perfectly entitled to defend yourself.

I have a sneaky suspicion that that would have gone horribly wrong at this occasion.

 

[MickiQ]

A man publicly manhandling a woman never looks good but even worse his claim he felt threatened really doesn't hold much water, she didn't rush past him, she walked albeit briskly and he just jumped up and had at her.
And whilst I don't want to promote stereotypes she doesn't look very dangerous, she looks like the kind of woman who bakes cookies for the church fete and volunteers at the dogs home rather than a credible threat to anyone's safety.
Sadly though I suspect that other maybe a police caution it is unlikely much will happen which is a pity since he doesn't have that big a majority.

 

[Proper Tidy]

jesus, can a Tory not go 5 mins without being a cunt?

fuck all the pricks on SM defending it as well. No, Jo Cox didn't die for some vermin cunt to assault women in front of his pals

What's SM?

 

[FridgeMagnet]

What's SM?

Social media. I just had a horrible idea of how many people online will actually be tenting watching the video.

 

[Kaka Tim]

A man publicly manhandling a woman never looks good but even worse his claim he felt threatened really doesn't hold much water, she didn't rush past him, she walked albeit briskly and he just jumped up and had at her.
And whilst I don't want to promote stereotypes she doesn't look very dangerous, she looks like the kind of woman who bakes cookies for the church fete and volunteers at the dogs home rather than a credible threat to anyone's safety.
Sadly though I suspect that other maybe a police caution it is unlikely much will happen which is a pity since he doesn't have that big a majority.

suspect she was dressed so as to fit into the occasion.

 

[andysays]

At the risk of bringing feminist wrath down on me, I have never struck or manhandled a woman in my life.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't...

 

[Kaka Tim]

on reflection a can of mace in his shouty tory face would have been funnier.

 

[elbows]

Did anyone else hear Col Bob Stewart (the Toriest of Tory MPs) explaining how he should have grabbed her 'to control a ... person'? It was the most telling piece of almost-letting-slip-your-misogyny. I can't find the clip now though

I heard about some other things he said.

Another Conservative MP, Bob Stewart, told BBC Radio 4's World at One that Mr Field had "probably" placed his hand on Ms Barker's neck because if he had "touched her anywhere else he'd probably have been deemed highly inappropriate".

"She might have a belt of explosives on her," he added. "She might have a weapon."

Minister suspended after grabbing activist

 

[Brainaddict]

The Mail's immediate smear campaign has revealed the appalling fact that (checks notes) she has 31 rabbits.

Very exact number, that.

Suspiciously exact. Rabbits are always either dying or breeding. I doubt even she knows how many rabbits she has at any given moment. That's the last time I trust the Daily Mail

 

[elbows]

She might of had a belt of deadly exploding rabbits.

Police could have raided her home and discovered articles that could be used in the preparation of terrorism, such as the recipe for Welsh rarebit.

 

[Wilf]

ASIDE:
Will milkshake chucking become the new paintballing?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Sir Peter Bottomley said the guy should be praised.

And, if he ever pops his head over my garden fence again, he's in for a shock.

 

[Proper Tidy]

She was somewhere she shouldn't have been. Had she not been there, it wouldn't have happened.

Do you think protest is illegitimate?

 

[Wilf]

And whilst I don't want to promote stereotypes she doesn't look very dangerous, she looks like the kind of woman who bakes cookies for the church fete and volunteers at the dogs home rather than a credible threat to anyone's safety.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Do you think protest is illegitimate?

Whether I do or not is beside the point, but as protests go, it was completely innocuous.

 

[Argonia]

She might of had a belt of deadly exploding rabbits.

Police could have raided her home and discovered articles that could be used in the preparation of terrorism, such as the recipe for Welsh rarebit.

 

[agricola]

She might of had a belt of deadly exploding rabbits.

Police could have raided her home and discovered articles that could be used in the preparation of terrorism, such as the recipe for Welsh rarebit.

TBF the Mail must be losing its edge - not so long ago they'd have described the home of someone they didn't like who had a knitting business as being full of used needles.

 

[Sasaferrato]

I heard about some other things he said.



Minister suspended after grabbing activist

Not laying hands on the woman would have been the most appropriate response of all.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

The Mail's immediate smear campaign has revealed the appalling fact that (checks notes) she has 31 rabbits.

Very exact number, that.

Single-handlidly (or perhaps uses two hands at once, with that many) keeping Ann Summer's dividends high

 

[isvicthere?]

This is quite the take:

There really isn't enough facepalm.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

.

 

[cupid_stunt]

It was a deliberately provocative protest it has to be said. This is the point of this sort of direct action and those undertaking it must accept that with this sort of protest there will likely be a response which could include being forcibly removed from the building.

This being said it shouldn't be him doing it and the force was clearly disproportionate. The stuff about him feeling threatened is an obvious lie, he just lost his temper and attacked a woman.

Totally agree, and funny enough the BIB is basically what Sasaferrato was saying before you did.

 

[isvicthere?]

She was somewhere she shouldn't have been. Had she not been there, it wouldn't have happened.

A bit like the population of Hiroshima in 1945, you mean?

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Sir Peter Bottomley said the guy should be praised.

My juvenile sense of humour has me giggling at the idea of "Sir Bottomly" being kicked around by a Black Adder type

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Did anyone else hear Col Bob Stewart (the Toriest of Tory MPs) explaining how he should have grabbed her 'to control a ... person'? It was the most telling piece of almost-letting-slip-your-misogyny. I can't find the clip now though

Yes, he was saying that the only way to place a woman under control is to grab her neck as anywhere else and you'll end up sat next to Weinstein. Arms seem to not exist in his world. But then in his world peaceful protest must be met by physical restraint. Cos he's a fucking dickhead.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Yes, he was saying that the only way to place a woman under control is to grab her neck as anywhere else and you'll end up sat next to Weinstein. Arms seem to not exist in his world. But then in his world peaceful protest must be met by physical restraint. Cos he's a fucking dickhead.

Fuckin hell..what a total knobhead

 

[cupid_stunt]

And, if he ever pops his head over my garden fence again, he's in for a shock.

My juvenile sense of humour has me giggling at the idea of "Sir Bottomly" being kicked around by a Black Adder type

*orders Black Adder outfit* Just in case, like.