"Dont worry if Boris is made PM Mr Field will probably become Minister for Women"
Apparently he's Hunts no 2!
"But then I don’t see the world through the ideological lens of “men oppress women”." Why not when that is generally speaking true? 2 women a week killed by current or former partners, undisguised murders defended as "rough sex gone wrong", blatantly obvious racists being repeatedly found not guilty, grooming gangs victims portrayed as "troublemakers"... I think it's pretty bloody obvious that IS the culture we're living in and this incident just shows that men know they can get away with doing so even when there's umpteen witnesses and they're filmed doing so!
CinnamonToast - exactly! It's clearly an assault and if we get into a situation where anybody protesting is legally OK to assault we can kiss any pretence at our being a democracy goodbye!
He didn't just restrain her or prevent her getting to wear she was heading he assaulted her and forced her to move away. He had no right to do this none!
What I also find utterly shameful is that not one person challenged him at the time or even attempted to come to her aid, the tories consider themselves "better" than others with less "class" well their actions on this night were completely devoid of class, compassion or courage.
"Isatis, that is a really good point about him letting her go when he got outside. Why on earth would he do that if he thought she had broken the law?" Agreed but then it was clear to me from the first this was nothing more than a man physically bullying a woman he disagreed with.
"If I was Janet Barker - a woman who’s spent 20 years trying to make the world better - I think I’d feel utterly betrayed by some of the comments on here. It seems for every violent man there’s a small bunch of colluding women cheering him on and agreeing that courageous women should be shoved firmly back into their place." Unsettlingly accurate
"headed in an agressive manor" bollocks was her manner aggressive! She wasn't even walking that fast!!
"She was not innocent...." Yes she was! She committed NO crime and it's debatable/unknown if she even committed the CIVIL offence of trespass. You really do come across appallingly misogynist to the point I wonder if your username is intended to be misleading.
Mummmy2017 it doesn't matter if she isn't a "good, nice, placatory woman" she did absolutely nothing that warranted that assault NOTHING!
She had NO violent or criminal intent - shown by the fact she didn't fight back even when assaulted. Your tying yourself in pretzel shaped knots trying to defend the indefensible!
And I've already seen and read several articles today about his track record of misogyny and antagonism towards peaceful protestors and arrogant attitude generally. Those youngsters you spoke with today seriously need educating on misogyny and power imbalance and democracy. What was the event? A young tories meetup?
"Do you think teens don't watch the news and talk..." Absolutely not! My dd and her friends are posting about this and discussing on sm and have the complete opposite opinion to the one you claim the teens/young adults you spoke with do. As do my other family and friends with one notable exception who has seriously skewed views on such matters.