Opposition leader Kir Starmer was verbally assaulted by protesters and needed police intervention to remove him from the scene, in an episode that many politicians linked to statements made last week by Prime Minister Boris Johnson that he had been falsely accused. protects pedophiles.
Through Twitter, the Conservative Prime Minister described the incident as “absolutely shameful”. “Any form of harassment against our elected representatives is completely unacceptable,” he added.
Many videos on social networking sites show a crowd surrounding the Labor leader. Voices calling him a “traitor” and a “protector of pedophiles” are heard, until police manage to remove him and lead him to a patrol car.
Last week, Johnson accused Starmer of “prosecuting journalists” when he was chief prosecutor, but not of pedophile presenter Jimmy Saville. A close adviser to Johnson resigned due to the unjust attack on Starmer.
“It’s no surprise that the vulgar conspiracy theorists who harassed Kir Starmer and me were repeating the slanders we heard last week from Boris Johnson,” Labor MP David Lamy, who accompanied Starmer, wrote on Twitter. “Intimidation, harassment and lies have no place in our democracy. “And they will not stop me from doing my job,” he added.
Conservative MP Julian Smith called the incident “disgusting” and called on Johnson to recall it.
London police announced that shortly after 5.10 in the afternoon “A man was encircled by a group of protesters” near the seat of Skotland Yard and policemen were safely removed, putting it in a patrol. A man and a woman were arrested after throwing a cone at a police officer.
In one of the videos, a man is heard asking Kir Starmer about the Magna Carta, often cited by “sovereign citizens”, a movement that believes this 1215 text entitles them to disobey certain laws.
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