AIBU to be shocked at the violence towards women at the Reform conference?

Slimy Nige has responded saying no one was upset when he got milkshake thrown at him so he doesn’t understand why anyone should be bothered about this (or words to that effect)
no apology forthcoming.

Awful. I remember that poor 82 year old man manhandled out of a Labour Party conference a couple of years ago. There absolutely is no need to treat people like that. It's a Party Conference fgs.

If those delegates were really that alarmed by the presence of a heckler at a party
conference than they clearly don’t have a very strong sense of the history and traditions of our democracy. There have always been hecklers at party conferences. I have never seen images of them being physically assaulted like this before. Not after the tragic murder of Jo Cox. Not after the tragic murder of David Amess. The brutal, tragic murders of politicians should never, ever be used as an excuse for the erosion of our much valued rights to freedom of speech and freedom to protest.

It is never acceptable or excusable to lay hands on a peaceful protestor, and the Reform leadership should make that clear.

The fascist woman who infiltrated the conference needs a hobby, as do so many others.

You want to believe they aren’t reasonable people and you are spreading hate.

You are pretending that I’m ok with mob violence. This is part of the problem. Demonising others.

And you are also projecting what you think their reasons were.

I think the instinct to neutralise a threat arrived and that woman bore the brunt. I’d guess Anne Widdecombe being murdered and Farage receiving death threats, Polanski refusing to apologise, have all created increased vigilance responses.

Her timing was off. Safety has been threatened. Protests are tolerated by those that feel safe. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

if a Reform protester turned up at a Green conference I’d not be surprised by the same outcome. In fact I think it’d be worse.

I agree with Robert Jenrick's response - "Oh boo hoo". 😂

For too long, leftist agitators have felt entitled to walk over others in society with a total lack of respect.

It doesn't matter what the event is - a protest, a political rally, a meeting, a religious service - whatever it is, these people have felt entitled to invade and disrupt proceedings, showing complete lack of respect to those present, as well as to their rights to assemble and express reasonable opinions etc.

I am pleased to see there is now some push back against these arrogant bullies and I found it deeply satisfying to see them being manhandled out of the Reform conference.

Indeed I think they got off pretty lightly.

So because people have said hurty words about Reform voters you are OK with mob violence. How far is it permissible for that violence to go?

The woman was nowhere near Farage and was not attempting to get to him.

Exactly this. There was no excuse for ordinary members to attack a person so violently. Why weren't they kicked out by security? Because Slimy Nige enables their hate and cheered them on.

Normal, reasonable people would have left it to security to remove hecklers, ie do their jobs. But these are Reformers, not reasonable people.

Well, you can continue Pearl clutching at how awful those Reform People are, or address the elephant in the room that Reform voters have been called thick as pigshit gammon flag shaggers… and Farage has received death threats. They have been sneered at and derided constantly. Tipping point just noticed… oops they fought back.

I have listened to the woman. I don't need anything else to form my opinion.

So, if you were at some event and suddenly some aggressive imposter revealed themselves, you would not be alarmed or take any action yourself?

You would sit back coolly, and say "let security do their job"?

In era of mass attacks against civilian targets, I find that hard to believe.

Most people would be alarmed in such a situation and would likely take reasonable action, such as distancing themselves or restraining the individual in question.

Bear in mind a Reform MP has recently been murdered in a political attack.

In that context, I think a lot of posts are judging the actions of the Reform supporters very unreasonably.

No, it was more "we're so riled up with hatred that we can't wait to beat up anyone who doesn't agree with us, and we enjoy our hate and anger".

Another video showing the violence against a woman at the Reform conference. They are actually PULLING A WOMAN DOWN ON THE FLOOR and KICKING HER.

A man in a suit and a man with a lanyard both kicking her. The man with the walking stick in the other videos (identified as Stephen Cooling) looks like he's pulling her down and possibly kicking her too. Women are just watching with no care for the victim.

This is Fascism. Given Nigel's horrifyingly GLEEFUL response to this, this violence will become the norm under Reform.

How can people defend this?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dc6q8iAuUzi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Mods please don't take this down, this mustn't be allowed to be ignored.

I think the instinct to neutralise a threat arrived and that woman bore the brunt. I’d guess Anne Widdecombe being murdered and Farage receiving death threats, Polanski refusing to apologise, have all created increased vigilance responses.

Her timing was off. Safety has been threatened. Protests are tolerated by those that feel safe. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

if a Reform protester turned up at a Green conference I’d not be surprised by the same outcome. In fact I think it’d be worse.

I'm struggling to understand how 20% of responses here are that you are being unreasonable.

Reform need high security due to actual murder of Ann Widdecombe and the fact that some think that was justified. But security should do that job, not the mob.