MP Mark Field grabs female protester by throat

I assume most on this thread are on the aibu thread and can see some of the posters on here and how their ‘opinions ‘ appear to be very different

Quite useful

To be honest it’s times like these I’m thankful we have a female PM who has at least taken a strong stance on this. Boris/Hunt have not commented or condemned this.

The main guilt remains with the former Foreign Office minister Mark Field being a thug, and using his maleness to commit violence on a woman involved in a peaceful protest..

I spit at him.

@InionEile I'm not sure that everybody commenting is a FWR regular. I hope not, anyway.

The seated onlookers are as guilty imo

That man is a thug and should never have been allowed anywhere near government, let alone a ministerial post.

How many more of them are there?

Yes, I'm glad he is suspended. The way he grabbed that woman, who was no actual threat to him. He''s an abuser.

If he gets charged he deserves it but shouldn’t have been in that position. Security were obviously shit and if she herself wasn’t a danger someone could have been. I need to shut up now as it’s sounding like I’m a fan of Mark Field. It’s only the media reaction which pisses me off. Hopefully Boris gets fucked by the new story. I know Jeremy Hunt isn’t popular but when you’ve got a choice of two I know who’s the lesser of evels

So he has a habit of intimidating women then.

Calling out and raging about some old white funny duddy MP is alright apparently and a representation of ‘Tory’ mysogny but attacking lesbian people like Julie Bindel is justified apparently. And don’t get me started with the likes of the Challenors in the Lib Dems.

For all your insulations IcedPurple I’m not a right wing Tommy Robinson supporter and am ‘liberal’ by nature but want nothing to do with far left identity politics. This incident is a classic example which could be flipped around according to whether people are a Tory or Labour member. Being honest it doesn’t look good and probably just isn’t good but the pile on is out of proportion

He would not have done that to a man.

To answer your question Isatis I’m obviously not aiming this at everyone. Just the hypocritical people. How do I know they are silent? Because they don’t go mental and write articles and harness their Twitter disciples on some issues and do on others when it fits their agenda.

Classic "Look over there" argument, Caucho. How do you know that people condemning this are silent about other forms of violence?

Woke is such a tired term of abuse.

I’ve posted on another thread but believe this has been bigged up to be a mysoginist issue for political reasons to though of course it could be true. My only problem with the outrage (there’s at least 5 Guardian articles piling in now) is the hypocrisy and biasm.

The most voice full woke folk are the same people who say fuck all about the aggressive far left, laugh at milkshake attacks and support the violent TRA crew.

the video was Truely horrible he had no justification for his responce to her presence. it was not his job to provide security there and in no way did she attempt to attack him or make him fear for his safety. he did not even attempt to ask her to leave or Warn her in any way. he should be arrested for his actions as anyone else would be. the persons gender is totally relivent in this case as I doubt very much his responce would have been the same to a male protester. I am saddened by a lot of the responces on here justifying his actions.

Shit. Comments closed just as I posted the link! Typical Guardian!

Guardian article is - surprisingly - open to comments. Get in before they shut it:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/21/the-guardian-view-on-mark-field-at-mansion-house-playing-the-thug#comment-130382760

Yes, if the queen refused to acknowledge a PM it would be a constitutional crises.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3618432-Screaming-heard-at-Boriss-home-now-what?watched=1&msgid=87991413#87991413

Yes Helena - don't think police can't make things not be there.

That video has given me such a chill feeling.

@Totur people are sharing a screenshot of the same paragraph you highlighted on Twitter.

Is there any point where Her Majesty steps in? Or is she just a figurehead?

Someone with more expertise can correct me on this, but I believe that while technically she has the power to refuse to authorise a PM to form a government, in practice it would be exceedingly unlikely for her to exercise that power.

The Last Leg might be interesting tonight.

Tbh in these days when it seems any fucker can lob acid on you or slice your throat, I'd think seeing a random person stomping up in a place she's not supposed to be in could cause concern.'

Not sure I'd be too concerned about a woman who's been through airport-style security screening and is clearly wearing a dress which couldn't conceal any weapon. And, in fact, apparently the other 349 guests who were present didn't feel sufficiently concerned to follow Field's example, and they were probably in the best position to judge.

I'm not sure he needed to manhandled her quite so much though but i do think he's have done the same if it was a man.

No, he wouldn't - unless he believed a man to be as little threat as this woman was.

Is there any point where Her Majesty steps in? Or is she just a figurehead?
It would be nice if she decked him with her handbag as he walked past her but this is sadly unlikely.