A sitting Tory Minister has just been filmed apparently ‘attacking‘ a female protester, seemingly completely unrprovoked, at tonight’s posh Mansion House event by ‘shoving her against a pillar and then dragging her out of the building by her neck’.
You can watch the astounding scenes below:
WATCH: Conservative MP Mark Field shoves a protestor against a pillar then grabs her by her neck and shoves her out of the Mansion House dinner after climate change protestors interrupted the banquet. pic.twitter.com/DFwZYxROfF
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) June 20, 2019
In this longer version of the video, you can see the woman apparently posing no immediate threat as she passes behind Mark Field. He marches her out of the room by her neck. I wasn’t there, so I can’t say she didn’t pose a risk, but it looks heavy handed. pic.twitter.com/zX2BtcPW4t
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) June 20, 2019
Unsurprisingly, the Tory Minister’s disturbing actions against the Greenpeace protester came in for significant criticism, with many accusing him of various criminal offences including assault and GBH.
This is so upsetting. The climate-change protestors were, according to the police and friends who were there, wholly peaceful. Why on earth does Field react with such ferocity? The violence of his intervention is quite wrong. https://t.co/q5OorQcQFr
— Robert Peston (@Peston) June 20, 2019
red-faced Tory MP, in black tie at a banquet in the City, smashes a woman climate change protester against the wall and grabs her by the neck. did banksy come up with this https://t.co/wFN0oi4XjK
— Jon Stone (@joncstone) June 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/shahmiruk/status/1141832913467691008
[TW: Violence against women, graphic assault]
Mark Field must resign as an MP. This is horrifying and I hope she presses charges to the fullest extent of the law. https://t.co/VypO7PrAdB— Jack Monroe (@BootstrapCook) June 20, 2019
This is horrific. Conservative Foreign Office Minister Mark Field violently grabs a woman as she protests about climate change at the bankers’ banquet.
This appears to be assault. He must be immediately suspended or sacked. Due to Violence against women.https://t.co/fjy6HZXyyG https://t.co/mM8hJ47ult
— (((Dawn Butler MP))) (@DawnButlerBrent) June 20, 2019
One last thought on this… if ever there was an image that sums up the Conservative Party’s disconnect with the younger generation right now it’s a man in black tie at an elite dinner grabbing a climate change protestor by her neck.
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) June 20, 2019
