novice cushie shooter Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Well done sir. Greenpeace are a disgraceful bunch of thugs and layabouts and something needs done to address the fact they think they are within full laws. Rebecca newsome on news noe and has no idea whats shes slavering on about. Idiots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Good to see someone "step up to the plate" I notice many calls for his suspension and sacking from loads of people that would have just sat there and done NOTHING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Even my flexitarian hormonal teenage daughter thought he did the right thing !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 So, I’ve woken to all manner of handwringing on the BBC as a group of female activists have been manhandled out of a private event where Philip Hammond was speaking. Seriously, when did we become so wet and entitled to expect that gate crashing and disrupting a significant private event won’t lead to a manhandled ejection? If you were at that event and in the midst of the fire alarms going off, the screaming and shouting you would be forgiven for thinking the worst and responding / protecting yourself accordingly. However, and in my view with some restraint, no punches were thrown, no black eyes sustained, just some grappling and shoving and now the police are investigating, like they haven’t anything better to do. As an aside, if you were in charge of a significant event (having regard to the stress and hours it takes to make any function work properly) you’d be as mad as hell at having it ruined by a gang of entitled twits and I’m amazed there wasn’t footage of the organisers windmilling into the lot of them 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) My wife said "Whisky Tango Foxtrot did she expect!" Edited June 21, 2019 by henry d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 The protester probably believes women should be treated equally................and she was treated equally, imo, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Well he only grabbed the loon by the neck.From all the blown out of proportion comments on TV this morning I thought he'd give her a good ouch to the kidneys or something,how dissapointing! To be honest she shouldn't of got that far, security should of knocked the Political Terrorist out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 I think everyone with any sense will all be shouting at the telly this morning. What irritates me is the BBC in presenting the story show a minister grappling 1 protester in isolation with a clip of an interview with a Greenpeace rep where the Greenpeace rep is unchallenged on making out it was an entirely peaceful and lawful demonstration. It’s all a big set up; it’s no mistake that it now transpires all the protesters were women (no one would have known that at the time) because of course the entire flavour of this changes with just 1 male protestor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Equal rights,.............she got treated equally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Protests are seldom completely peaceful, screaming abuse at Politicians and the Police. There is always someone around to push an old man to the ground or throw a milkshake, but when the tables are turned - albeit in a very restrained way - they cry foul. It's pathetic. He didn't hit her, he didn't scream in her face, he didn't throw any liquid over her, nor was he wearing a mask. I think she got the intended result. What did she expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 He was quite brave, as he had no idea of her intentions or whether she was armed. Should he have kept out of the firing line, like the top London policeman, who sped away from a dying colleague? He would then be called a coward. Why didn't the protesters send a man? I think we all know the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) I don't see him as doing anything wrong. Someone gatecrashed a private event and she was escorted out using reasonable force. I'd say he was completely within his rights. Maybe he feared for his and other guests safety. Something needs to be done about these people who think they have a right to do whatever they like, because they think they have the moral high ground, which in their mind makes their illegal actions justified. This is a step in the right direction. The fact that she is a woman makes absolutely no difference. Edited June 21, 2019 by Newbie to this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottletopbill Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Time to crack down on them we all have to obey rules and she put herself in the situation. He had his hand at the back of the neck otherwise she would have said he touched her . So lets all back him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 i try and keep out of these threads.....but i feel i must add my 2 pence worth......in this day and age where folk get stuff thrown at them ...stabbed and other things.....to be listening to a speech to the banking industry...(good or bad)....and suddenly have this happening is very unnerving.....i think the man was very proactive....and if it was me ...i would have disabled her and had my knee on the back of her neck...........mr field i believe is the type of person who would have waded in on any sort of attack with no thought of his own safety...only that of others.......... it really angers me that now labour are crying foul and turn it round to their advantage.........and to a certain extent the media is helping them to create a story where there is none... and we the ordinary public are powerless to stop this sort of attitude by the self interested media and political groups............i do support in many ways peoples right to make their voice heard....but this woman was playing a very dangerous game....and was very lucky to just get away with just being pushed and bundled out of the way....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 If you invade somebody's private dinner, expect to be ejected. That is all it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) As someone else pointed out it was no coincidence the invaders were all women! Leave aside the possibility of terrorism or the intention to cause concern for safety, disruption, fear and distress, It is very difficult for a male to restrain or eject a female physically without any allegations of assault turning into an allegation of sexual assault! I bet that hadn't escaped the protest organisers! Edited June 21, 2019 by panoma1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 I thought his actions were totally over the top, we are not talking about an armed terrorist, it was a middle aged woman. They carried no banners, milkshakes, or other possible weapons, just shouting slogans. He had plenty of time to see her coming and gauge the threat, on the video he comes across as an aggressive bully . I would be surprised if he gets away with no action being taken. You also have to ask where the Mansion House security were. I am not a supporter of Greenpeace, but I have appreciated the right to protest in the past, notably the Countryside March in 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Cranfield said: but I have appreciated the right to protest in the past, notably the Countryside March in 2002. The Countryside March didn't invade or disrupt a private function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) The right to protest doesn't include the right to break the law by trespassing on private property or to disrupt a private function on private property, I was at all the countryside marches and rallies and I didn't see any unlawful behaviour? Nor did I see media coverage alleging any! And how did any guests know these females, all dressed the same were not armed and had no ill intent? JohnfromUK beat me to it again........must learn to type faster!! 15 minutes ago, Cranfield said: I thought his actions were totally over the top, we are not talking about an armed terrorist, it was a middle aged woman. They carried no banners, milkshakes, or other possible weapons, just shouting slogans. He had plenty of time to see her coming and gauge the threat, on the video he comes across as an aggressive bully . I would be surprised if he gets away with no action being taken. You also have to ask where the Mansion House security were. I am not a supporter of Greenpeace, but I have appreciated the right to protest in the past, notably the Countryside March in 2002. Of course his intervention was aggressive! I would like to know how you physically intervene, passively! Lol! Edited June 21, 2019 by panoma1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockySpears Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Cranfield said: They carried no banners, milkshakes, or other possible weapons It was a dinner, were there no items of cutlery around, maybe of the stabby persuasion? If I was Mr Hammond I would now be slow roasting the head of UK security over an open pit fire, live on TV. Half a dozen terrorists, dressed in scarlet are within meters of the 2nd highest politician in the UK, how the hell did that happpen? Do female terrorists get a free pass and entry to high level dinners? No mention of security at all, by any commentator I have heard or read, RS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy1950 Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 The protesters got exactly what they wanted including the Broken Biscuit Companies limp wristed coverage. There have been all to many female terrorists and suicide bombers, so fair play to Mark Field for his actions, he didn`t know their intentions. The fact that she was wearing a green peace sash means nothing when those of evil intent have worn uniforms to purport to be Police or Army personnel. It begs the question though, as have been previously alluded to, just where was the security in all of this. It would have been an invitation only event with personal security checks before being allowed through the doors, similar to airport security with all the Great and Good there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, Flyboy1950 said: The protesters got exactly what they wanted including the Broken Biscuit Companies limp wristed coverage. BBC Breakfast did show a very Brief few words from Peter Bottomley MP who supported the action and rightly drew attention to recent attacks (some armed) on MP's and staff. Typically though, it was brief and never raised again that I could see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 again no one is accountable for the concenquences of their actions ,only the ones who do something about the said actions are bought to task ,talk of sacking etc totally over the top but nothing more than we are to expect from this pc snowflake society that we have to endure these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 16 minutes ago, Bobba said: BBC Breakfast did show a very Brief few words from Peter Bottomley MP who supported the action and rightly drew attention to recent attacks (some armed) on MP's and staff. Typically though, it was brief and never raised again that I could see. Sir Peter Bottomley has good reason to understand the issues; his wife (former Minister Virginia Bottomley) was assaulted when she was Health Secretary by a protester some years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butchdickason Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Well done that man, she was a threat and he dealt with it. Security should have prevented her gaining entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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