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

Suspended from the party. Charged. Convicted

It's a pity the alleged victims at the conference hall haven't come forward then. What have they got to hide? Do you think John Prescott should have been suspended pending inquiries?

You were the one who seemingly wanted a more recent example of "Politicians punching people?"

Suspended from the party. Charged. Convicted. Let’s hope Reform acts as quickly. Remind me what this has to do with a group of people beating up a woman.

Politicians punching people? Well yes, you had to go back 25 years.

This Labour MP was convicted of punching a constituent to the ground last year;

Feb 2025
MP jailed for punching constituent in street walks free after appealing against prison sentence.

... he initially claimed he had been approached by a man "shouting and screaming" about local and national matters, including a local swing bridge and immigration.

https://news.sky.com/story/mike-amesbury-mp-jailed-for-punching-constituent-in-street-walks-free-after-appealing-prison-sentence-13317984

Politicians punching people? Well yes, you had to go back 25 years.

This Labour MP was convicted of punching a constituent to the ground last year;

Feb 2025
MP jailed for punching constituent in street walks free after appealing against prison sentence.

... he initially claimed he had been approached by a man "shouting and screaming" about local and national matters, including a local swing bridge and immigration.

https://news.sky.com/story/mike-amesbury-mp-jailed-for-punching-constituent-in-street-walks-free-after-appealing-prison-sentence-13317984

How unusual what is?

Politicians punching people? Well yes, you had to go back 25 years.

Reform members beating up women? Only need to go back a few days.

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

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

I have no say in whether they were guilty or not, only the people of Clacton should decide whether a woman is beaten for saying something that a man disagrees with. Are you questioning democracy?

My posting habits are totally irrelevant. I type quickly. I learned to touch type aged 18. I think quickly so I respond immediately. I'm semi retired, spend quite a bit of time at home so have time on my hands. I post on many threads, relationships, weight loss, and offer my opinion/device. You don't own the forum but you seem to think you've got a right to try and embarrass me into suggesting I'm up to something. Do you do the same to other posters. Once and for all, I am NOT am a troll, a Reform party member, Katie Hopkins! You can try and be clever and throw something out there and then deny it. I'm not going to be bullied by a group of posters into stopping posting because my views are unpopular.

I have no say in whether they were guilty or not, only the people of Clacton should decide whether a woman is beaten for saying something that a man disagrees with. Are you questioning democracy?

@covenofcheeses so you think the women deserved to be assaulted by men for saying something the men did not like?

To want to send out support to the two women visibly assaulted at a political conference.
I am concerned about the other protesters too and actually anyone who was hurt. But having to listen to jeering from the podium plus the crowd chanting in live TV at the same time must have been so traumatic and the publicity will die down and coverage move on but that can't be easy. Just want to send love and support.

It is disappointment because I agree with their policies, but can't vote for thugs.

Some of my older staff, in their late 60s do this and that was the reason they gave - that they were taught to do it at school. Maybe it’s different in different areas? And the age profile of Reform voters is that they are older. Younger people tend to be less right wing. This doesn’t mean that everyone who is older votes Reform, just that it’s proportionally more likely than if someone is younger.

I could point out many posters who do the exact thing you've just highlighted but I won't because I don't believe in targeting posters.

I have made it clear I don't agree with violence on idiots who gain entry to conferences through deceitful means. I'm not going to post in a style that goes against my beliefs. Simple.

Exactly. I can guarantee that Andy Burnham or Kemi Badenoch wouldn't have agreed, and certainly wouldn't have laughed at the heckler.

Heckling is not a crime and every party conference has at least one heckler. No other party apart from reform has seen hecklers attacked and the leadership agreed with the attack.

You have every right to post on Mumsnet as often as you wish.
Sometimes your posts come across as combative/disruptive and even, dare I say it, like heckling? You have every right to do this of course. There is just a strong irony that this thread is about whether or not it is acceptable to hit a woman with a stick and grab her by the throat for being combative and heckling. And here you are being quite combative/repetitive on the thread. Not attacking you. I just think it's ironic.

I went to school in the 60s and I was not taught to put spaces in punctuation like that, neither do I support Reform.

Let's try again, and maybe this will be clearer. They were there to object. I'm sure they expected to be removed, and that is par for the course in situations like this. I doubt they thought 'I hope Reform bash us with sticks and pull our hair, that will be great'. But since that was indeed the way Reform responded, it does end up showing them for what they are.

Its an age thing. People who went to school in the 1960s were taught to put spaces before and after punctuation. Older people are more likely to support Reform.