AIBU to want to express support for women who were assaulted at a political conference?

They’re probably paid farage bots. I wouldn’t put it past him

I also think that if you have to resort to examining an incident that happened 25 years ago

To be fair, it was the op who referred to the past;
I wonder do young people realise how unusual this is...

My John Prescott link was dated November 2024, published by a left-wing newspaper.

I have to go out for the day - happy to revisit this thread tonight.

Minor point, but why is the spacing around punctuation so haphazard with the defenders of this woman's assault? Like , ok you . don't like Reform , so I guess you love fascism , then?

I don't think anyone should be 'allowed' to assault anyone - a position that seems alien to Reform supporters. I do think it is much easier to understand an instinctive immediate response to a direct physical assault than it is to understand why a mob of people beat a woman. I also think that if you have to resort to examining an incident that happened 25 years ago, you've probably already realised that Reform members have shown themselves up, and you're having to grasp at a range of increasingly irrelevant straws.

You’ve been bringing up other parties which are completely different situations to women being violently assaulted by a mob.
you were absolutely using darvo and now you’ve been caught out you’re rewriting history

OK, that was my subsequent question to the op - she has yet to answer.

I think that we would be having a very different conversation if it were about one man punching another who had assaulted him at point blank range

Not substantially different if Nigel Farage had punched a protester in the face after being assaulted with an egg. The op also states; 'the reaction of elected MPs - is everyone's problem.' Do you think elected MPs should be able to punch protesters in the face after being assaulted or provoked?

So you do support a mob attacking a woman exercising free speech?

I didn't say that.

Reform always deflect

I'm not Reform - I vote Conservative.

So you do support a mob attacking a woman exercising free speech?

I didn't say that.

Reform always deflect

I'm not Reform - I vote Conservative.

She's a self-confessed party hijacker. Wonder is she's being paid to agitate and by whom.

So you do support a mob attacking a woman exercising free speech? Your whataboutery is irrelevant. Reform always deflect, attack and reverse victim and offender. Classic abusive man syndrome.

You were responding to "I would have no part in any political party where the leadership conducted themselves in that manner" (which came directly after "I would be reacting the same way had this occurred at any party conference")* *You even quoted it in your reply.

I think that we would be having a very different conversation if it were about one man punching another who had assaulted him at point blank range (Obviously if that happened we might also wonder what exactly Nige did spend the £5 million security money on). But that isn't what happened and so is irrelevant.

Sorry to say I've learned nothing

Colour me surprised.

The police say they are investigating and have identified suspects

Well here’s the thing . Don’t disrupt and enrage people and the chances are you won’t get your hair pulled .

Sorry to say I've learned nothing from your posts. Nothing that's changed my stance on this matter.

It’s so tedious . She didn’t even need to be there . No-one in that room would have had any interest in what she had to say . You and your ilk don’t like Reform , so what , plenty of others do so get over it . We live in a democracy, everyone can choose who they support and no amount of unwanted disruption will change that .

Well here’s the thing . Don’t disrupt and enrage people and the chances are you won’t get your hair pulled .

Glad I’ve been able to educate you about the difference between people not contributing to a thread (maybe they didn’t see it, maybe they aren’t interested in celebrities, maybe the title didn’t grab their attention) and spending time on a thread repeatedly making excuses for assault. Every day is a school day.

I was clearly responding to the 'milkshake' reference. Do you think Nigel Farage (who is exactly the same age now as John Prescott was at the time) should be able to punch protesters in the face if they throw milkshake at him? As for the 'older man' comment, John Prescott was an ex-boxer.

Milkshake anyone?

As an aside, that reminds me - back in 2001 when Labour's then-Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, punched a protester in the face after he threw an egg. Prescott wasn't sacked or prosecuted and Labour won the election;

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/inside-john-prescotts-famous-punch-34155196

I was clearly responding to the 'milkshake' reference. Do you think Nigel Farage (who is exactly the same age now as John Prescott was at the time) should be able to punch protesters in the face if they throw milkshake at him? As for the 'older man' comment, John Prescott was an ex-boxer.