MP Mark Field grabs female protester by throat

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I hope she presses charges. Totally unnecessary and unacceptable.

Wouldn't be at all surprised if he has form for DV.

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I do feel very sorry for any of the women at that dinner wearing a red dress

They'd be sat in their seat thinking ‘shiiiiit’

OMG, they were spreading confusion! Oh well, that's fine, violence is perfectly justified then if they were confusing people.

Fuck me. This country.

We'll blame everyone except for the woman who put herself into that position shall we ?? He grabbed her by the neck and marched her out, he didn't punch or kick her. He removed her.
This ^^ She wasn't supposed to be there. Actions have consequences. I'm sick of people thinking they can disrupt others, trespass, vandalise and whatever just because they supposedly have a right to protest.

If he had genuinely been afraid of assault he would have stood up as she approached, to make himself less vulnerable.

He was angry rather than afraid.

He doesn't exactly grab her by the throat, but you can see that he initially tries to get his hand to either her chest or her throat as he pins her to the pillar. Her arms are up to protect herself which is why he then seizes the back of her neck.

He uses his physical strength to overpower and intimidate her, and claims that it was because he himself felt vulnerable. Everything about the clip - from the black tie to the way he remains seated as she approaches before appearing to 'snap' - makes this seem extremely implausible.

I think if a group of people break into an event with uncertain intentions then they can't expect to be left to do whatever they are planning just because they are a woman in high heels

I dont think anyone on the thread is saying that

Maybe he was pissed and overreacted?

@LizzieSiddal no worries! It's worth posting twice.

I think that may be part of it fib

No excuse though obviously

He grabbed her, stood up and then with his left hand on her throat, pushed her against the wall.

This. Look at how she's pushing her chin down and bringing her arm up trying to get his hand off her neck.

Maybe he was pissed and overreacted

The defence of violent men the world over. I bet he's also really really sorry this morning too.

Come on. You can do better than that, surely.

Sorry do you mean pissed as in angry or drunk

Ive assumed drunk

Maybe he'll send her flowers.

I mean drunk, thats fine, he's allowed to be drunk.

Fucks sake, on here its fine to be pissed at kids bathtime as long as your dh is on the ps4! I think having one too many at a private party is allowed!

In this climate of mass shootings, knife attacks, acid attacks and suicide bombings he acted promptly and correctly. She was trespassing and obviously determined to do something which could of been ant number of things. There are plenty of other ways she could of made her point. She should be charged not him.

If she'd have had a gun, he would've been hailed a hero.

It wasn't a private party. It was the Chancellor's annual Mansion House dinner and speech about the state of the economy.

I worked out by about my second ever work dinner that being even slightly pissed was not a good idea.

If she'd have had a gun, he would've been hailed a hero.

But she didn't (which was quite obvious.) And so he's being rightly called out as a man whose physically violent reaction to a woman was far too instinctive and easy.

When most people get egged or pie'd, they scramble to know how to react. John Prescott was already feeling under threat, very nervous, surrounded by a baying crowd, and still only managed to throw an awkward punch at a guy who had egged him and was in his face shouting.

As I said in a previous post, it's the speed with which he reacted, to a woman who was no threat to him, that's shocking. He simply considered that he was entitled to physically overpower her.

In this climate of mass shootings, knife attacks, acid attacks and suicide bombings he acted promptly and correctly

And these attacks have been frequently carried out by female climate protestors in high heels and evening wear, have they?

This was a complete overreaction and use of aggression on a woman that was just walking past.

Like many other posters my immediate thought on watching the clip was he's probably done this before.

It casts the forcible kissing of JH's wife in an interesting light too.

If I thought someone had a weapon in a bag, I rather think I'd grab the bag.

Interesting Biog: Hates immigrants unless they are his mum. Didn't like being asked impertinent questions about his expenses claims. Sees no problem with being a part-time MP. Freind of Dutch extremists.

I mean drunk, thats fine, he's allowed to be drunk

Has anyone said otherwise

Fucking hell, I can’t believe some of the apologia on this thread. He looked so frightened didn’t he.

I wonder in how many other situations this would be defended.

If this is your definition of violence towards women then its offensive and insulting to women up and down the country who have ever suffered genuine violence

Every time there is a rape casein the news if the woman has not been left fighting for her life someone says, "well that's not proper rape"

Assault is assault, assault is the minimum, no it isn't GBH but it doesn't have to be.Putting your hands on another person without permission or good reason (something like CPR) is assault.