to think that it's unacceptable to frighten someone's DC even if you think they're a nasty bigot?

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I just saw this story about protesters forcing Nigel Farage and his family out of a pub where they were having lunch.

I don't really like Farage's politics. But I support his democratic right to hold those views. AIBU to think hounding him and frightening his DC during a family lunch is unacceptable, illiberal and frankly nasty, whatever you think of the things he says?

How did they all know where he was?

I simply can't get past how stunned I am that that article stated he and his wife drove off leaving his 2 youngest hiding in a pub. Regardless of who he is and what he does - who the fuck does that?!

I do hope the children weren't there as the complete lack of thought for their safety is astounding.

Mob rule and bullies are vile from
Any political persuasion.

They have just given Farrage more support by these stupid actions.

However am guessing twats like this don't vote.

I imagine he did what he felt was the safest for his children. Can imagine he would see drawing them to him and away from his children was a sensible action. The pub staff probably know the family well and offered to get the children home.

No idea if that happened but that's what I would do in those circumstances.

It doesn't matter if his kids were there or not. If I'd been in the pub and then "that diversity party" came in and interrupted my meal (just because Farage was there) I would be really pissed off.

The organiser was interviewed today. He didn't even acknowledge the effect on people enjoying their lunch and said it was a peaceful festival.

I have no time for Farage but I also have no time for people who think it's acceptable to behave like that - regardless of his policies.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32020557

bitch he would have been stupid to drag his kids outside to the car with that mob there.

But it looks like they didn't pyjamas, the article states a family member went back to the pub and 'found' them. I dunno, but if their DC were that scared, surely leaving them behind made them feel even worse?

It just seems odd to be so raging about how frightened your children were, then admit you left them behind! If they were safe and removed before anything kicked off then fine but that's not how the article is worded.

By the way, I don't agree with what the protesters did.

I thought it was pretty funny

I am not saying anyone was right or wrong. I am saying we do not appear to have the full story.

dawndonna

Is it acceptable for people to enter a pub and "hold a celebration of diversity" when people are enjoying their Sunday lunch?

Free speech is great.

But interrupting people's dinner (and I mean everyone in the pub) to exercise that right is not a great use of that right.

If any part of the distress/hiding/family meal interruption/bonnet climbing is accurate, then the behaviour was disgraceful.

Good natured throughout? Climbing on the bonnet of a person's car to inhibit their departure is not good natured...it's dangerous and aggressive!

They didn't just turn up, it had been widely advertised and publicised. Farage knew they were there and from what I've read, hs children weren't there.

So what.

I am enjoying Sunday lunch. The pub gets taken over by diversity protestors. Were there other children there? How did they feel?

I would have been really pissed off.

I got to say though the thought of Nigel being pursued by breast feeding mothers and assorted nut jobs did make me think
Of Benny hill.

Well PCS national exec members and Guardian writers obviously think it's not a problem

It's all a bit fishy, the protesters say the kids were not there at all. Why would you drive off and leave your children behind?

And here's the real story of what happened:

www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/mar/23/beyond-ukip-cabaret-nigel-farage

Farage is just very very good at getting his version into the press first.

It certainly makes all the 'Je suis Charlie' memes ring a bit hollow.

I think this might be the first time I have ever disagreed with DawnDonna about anything. I need for the

What's it got to do with "Je Suis Charlie"?

Freedom of speech?

The right to hold opinions (even ones that many of us finf abhorrent) without unfair and inappropriate harrassment and menace?

What I mean Saucy, is that if we start saying "well his opinions, his platform are so unpleasant, that it justifies x, y and z tactic which would normally be beyond the pale", then we've lost something from our traditions of democracy, free speech etc.

There is a political process and there are appropriate ways to protest. They've done themselves no credit at all by stepping outside of that.

Urgh. He was chased around by a bloke dressed up as gay donkey- not machine gunned to death.

Some of the language used on this thread is verging on hysteria.