You Will Anyway

Mark Field has been suspended as a Foreign Office minister after a video showed him pushing a female Greenpeace activist against a pillar and grabbing her neck while she protested at the chancellor’s Mansion House speech.

Police are investigating third-party reports of assault made against Field, who has since apologised to the protester. The MP for the Cities of London and Westminster said he felt threatened when the protester walked past him and was worried she might have been armed.

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“I deeply regret this episode and unreservedly apologise to the lady concerned for grabbing her but in the current climate I felt I needed to act decisively to close down the threat to the safety of those present.”

  Guardian

LOL. Check out the video:

Guests at the event raised concerns about security because the protesters appeared to have evaded airport-style checks to enter the hall.

Attendees told the Guardian they feared a terrorist attack was taking place in the seconds after the activists burst in. But those in attendance quickly realised they were climate protesters and “politely” listened to what they had to say, according to a finance worker in the room.

Politely or not, that's what was going on when the woman walked past Field at the other end of the room.

The incident involving Field is understood to have taken place on the opposite side of the hall from where the majority of protesters were trying to give Hammond and the Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, their alternative speech.

One dinner guest said Field’s actions “raised eyebrows” and left those who saw the incident shocked.

Who were they clapping for?

Asked what happened when the protesters entered the hall, a financier said: “People stopped talking and listened politely. A lady kept reading the same sentences over and over again, but she was very polite. We listened for three to four minutes, said thank you very much and clapped. Then they were asked to leave and security took them out.

Yeah, that's what happened.

The investigation will find Field innocent.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.