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(DIR) Post #9k4TStFm0wguHPtvxQ by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-21T12:18:06Z
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Mark Field MPMansion House dinner.As far as I am aware Mr Field was not under attack, nor was anyone else. In which case it wasn't self-defence.Video evidence suggests that he assaulted the Greenpeace protester, that is completely unacceptable. I should hope the Metropolitan Police will press charges and the CPS should pursue a case against him.#Greenpeace #MansionHouse
(DIR) Post #9k4W7QfhNxgVPrUB7Y by StuC@social.nasqueron.org
2019-06-21T12:47:49Z
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@fitheach Seconded. I do wonder what a psychoanalyst would make of all that grabbing women by the neck though.
(DIR) Post #9k4YR8Sf05QAdbuZoe by andyc@mastodon.sdf.org
2019-06-21T13:13:43Z
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@fitheach He was preventing an act of 'aggravated trespass'. On the contrary, she should be arrested and charged with that.
(DIR) Post #9k4eQKiKYiTK4gF3Nw by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-21T14:20:55Z
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@StuC Indeed. The whole thing is dripping with Victorian attitude.
(DIR) Post #9k4eoRXioxHyChmBuK by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-21T14:25:16Z
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@andyc Really? That sounds like the kind of excuse Field would come out with to justify his attack. I'm seeing reports that the women had invites to the event and weren't trespassing. Regardless his actions were completely disproportionate and were an immediate reaction. Where was his request for the protestors to desist or leave?BTW can you have "aggravated trespass" in a building?https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/trespass-and-nuisance-land
(DIR) Post #9k4gwWs55sKoxFHa3k by bob@soc.freedombone.net
2019-06-21T14:32:22.431356Z
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@fitheach I saw the video and found it amazing that there were people defending this man. But we live in evil times.
(DIR) Post #9k4gwX828Z5xkikJvM by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-21T14:49:07Z
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@bob Last night's protest was entirely non-violent. The response by Field certainly was violent. It would set a dark precedent if field wasn't prosecuted for his actions. It didn't appear as if Field tried to "reason" with her, he very quickly moved to push her out by the neck.
(DIR) Post #9k4lGBdg90GyiDAu4e by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-21T15:37:30Z
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So, Chris Davies (Con) is removed as an MP, triggering a by-election. This was the result of a sufficient number of his constituents signing a recall petition in response to him faking expenses. This reduces the Tory+DUP majority by one. Potentially a winnable seat for the LibDems if national polling were applied in Brecon and Radnorshire.Here's hoping Mr Field could also face a recall petition.
(DIR) Post #9k4o0RbBL2SxRJBxiq by gemlog@mastodonten.de
2019-06-21T16:08:15Z
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@fitheach The story/video for those of us not in the UK:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq4ke8A-tHE
(DIR) Post #9k4qNos7Aw3YBkO09I by gemlog@mastodonten.de
2019-06-21T16:34:54Z
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@fitheach @bob He had an appreciative immediate audience whilst doing it as well.
(DIR) Post #9k4qSOwB1i3NCaTFuS by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-21T16:35:44Z
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@gemlog Of course, they were a bunch of bankers.@bob
(DIR) Post #9k4qaKbyzeEo6Qo4jw by gemlog@mastodonten.de
2019-06-21T16:37:09Z
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@fitheach @bob Heart transplant and you have the choice of an 8 yr old girl or a 78 year old banker.Choose the banker's - it's never been used.
(DIR) Post #9k4r3tgzduNlImFSXA by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-21T16:42:30Z
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@gemlog Conveniently, banker is also rhyming slang.@bob
(DIR) Post #9k4rYjfKyJ8PBKB8PA by gemlog@mastodonten.de
2019-06-21T16:48:04Z
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@fitheach @bob Good one! :-)
(DIR) Post #9k4yKu5y66tJ9YzEYq by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-21T18:04:00Z
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@gemlog @bob @GreenandBlack @StuC @andyc M'lud, I'd like to present Exhibit 1, a letter from Mark Field MP to the Met' Police where he asks that they:"take a much firmer grip..." on climate protesters.I rest my case.
(DIR) Post #9k4yerlYT29zikxPcW by gemlog@mastodonten.de
2019-06-21T18:07:38Z
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@fitheach @bob @GreenandBlack @StuC @andyc "take a much firmer grip..." on climate protester's necksThere, FTFH
(DIR) Post #9k4ypLTGsZkmkHOzMe by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-21T18:09:31Z
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@gemlog @bob @GreenandBlack @StuC @andyc Note also that his portfolio "covers climate change".It is beginning to look like Mr Field had some scores to settle.
(DIR) Post #9k4yuMwQq8s0kmRAUi by gemlog@mastodonten.de
2019-06-21T18:10:25Z
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@fitheach @bob @GreenandBlack @StuC @andyc I discovered that irony only after reading his letter.
(DIR) Post #9k50THXN1aGY59vVBo by bob@soc.freedombone.net
2019-06-21T18:12:55.407939Z
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@fitheach @andyc @StuC @GreenandBlack @gemlog It is quite unusual. If you were trying to remove someone from some event why would you go straight for the neck? Perhaps he has a history of doing this.
(DIR) Post #9k50THnK4H1gsdOF3Q by gemlog@mastodonten.de
2019-06-21T18:17:06Z
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@bob @andyc @fitheach @StuC @GreenandBlack That angry fuck probably left bruises. Can she not lodge a complaint for assault?
(DIR) Post #9k50THvTZxY3HvCklM by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-21T18:27:55Z
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@gemlog @bob @andyc @StuC @GreenandBlack I saw a Tweet from the Met' saying they have received several complaints. I should hope something will now happen.I've also seen several barristers opine that it was an assault, and a former chief prosecutor (Nazir Afzal) at the CPS also called it an assault.
(DIR) Post #9k50gOd9xky1qXt6aO by gemlog@mastodonten.de
2019-06-21T18:30:18Z
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@fitheach @bob @andyc @StuC @GreenandBlack It is obviously an unprovoked simple assault and the video is everywhere to prove it beyond doubt. Do you think any of that applauding throng would like to perjure themselves? I don't think so.I just did a little round-up of canadian mp's who've been charged with assault. I hope it's not a singularly canadian tradition.
(DIR) Post #9k5175Wf6O8qPeZmjI by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-21T18:35:08Z
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@gemlog What? It's that common?@bob @andyc @StuC @GreenandBlack
(DIR) Post #9k51QFFNBQCW43ckiW by gemlog@mastodonten.de
2019-06-21T18:38:35Z
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@fitheach @bob @andyc @StuC @GreenandBlack No, not an every day occurrence, but not without precedent.Plus the charges don't always stick - you know, like with cops.
(DIR) Post #9k51YMgNQDfvRT7v8q by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-21T18:40:04Z
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@gemlog Lawmakers!@bob @andyc @StuC @GreenandBlack
(DIR) Post #9k538uTBNZZmbtwerA by gemlog@mastodonten.de
2019-06-21T18:57:45Z
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@fitheach @bob @andyc @StuC @GreenandBlack I thought it would be easy, since I could think of a few off the top of my head, but, sadly, the word 'assault' does not appear in this list:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_scandals_in_CanadaThe UK's is longer (naturally):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_scandals_in_the_United_KingdomI forgot the senate:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Brazeauassault with ketchup? https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/mp-julian-fantino-charged-over-alleged-ketchup-assault-during-1973-police-raid new to me that one.Nunziata https://www.mediatrainingtoronto.com/blog/2008/10/25/john-nunziata-puts-his-foot-in-it.htmlRunning out of (ascii) characters...
(DIR) Post #9k5fOQdfqyzwz1gBe4 by trebach@mastodon.sdf.org
2019-06-22T02:06:21Z
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@fitheach @gemlog @bob @andyc @StuC @GreenandBlack There are stories from American history of senators having full on brawls on the floor of the Senate. These were in the years before the Civil War.