Why Were There No Arrests?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10170342/anti-brexit-march-rees-mogg-son-protesters-hurled-abuse/

I notice that Sadiq Khan was giving his full support.

/// Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan added: "I'll be joining hundreds of thousands of people in London to make sure our message is heard loud and clear over the jeers and sneers in the House of Commons." ///

[Gromit]

Did you watch the video ?

There was nothing arrestable occurring. People using there democratic right to protest. But it was pretty low key, just the usual calls to ‘Resign’ and ‘Traitor’.
Not sure why Mogg bloodied his son with a walk through the baying remainers. Have they sold his ministerial limo?
As for Khan, what he says and does is of little interest to the majority who fortunately don’t live in London. This is a National issue, so what a third rate Mayor of a City thinks about it is both irrelevent and uninteresting.

I liked your call to arrest protesters for doing nothing wrong and linking them to Khan. It was an amusingly pathetic attempt to link two unrelated stories, and blame the dusky son of an immigrant.

[ichkeria]

Abuse was hurled at politicians of different persuasions from both sides.
As I posted on a different question it’s despicable.
But politicians on all sides are getting it in the neck and it’s very unfair and unjustified.
Luckily the police were on hand to protect them and I’m not sure you can be arrested for heckling distressing and nasty as it can be.

[diddlydo]

AOG - the pre-remain protesters were doing nothing unlawful so why should they have been arrested?

[gulliver1]

Gromit Spot on !.

[retrocop]

Particularly the ‘3rd rate mayor’ bit.

[ToraToraTora]

standard nasty left wing behaviour and we are the "nasty party"?

[ToraToraTora]

gromit: "dusky son of an immigrant. " - sounds a bit racist gromit, how is colour relevant here?

[mushroom25]

//the pre-remain protesters were doing nothing unlawful //

what's a pre-remain protestor?

[Gromit]

Tora,
Good question.
Khan’s colour has nothing to do with his Mayorship. Or rather, it shouldn’t.

[vulcan42]

Isn't harassment against the law?

[naomi24]

Depends on who's being harassed - apparently.

[ToraToraTora]

gromit: "Khan’s colour has nothing to do with his Mayorship. Or rather, it shouldn’t. " - then why mention it? If AOG had done that you'd have pebble dashed your screen with organic peace muesli.

[dannyk13]

The law of harassment was introduced to protect an individual.I don't think it can be applied to demonstrators.

[THECORBYLOON]

James Goddard pled guilty to harassing Anna Soubry. It may depend on whether a complaint is made to the police following the incident.

[New Judge]

//But politicians on all sides are getting it in the neck and it’s very unfair and unjustified.//

I'm not so sure. Politicians on all sides have wilfully obstructed the implementation of the referendum result. The country is getting a little peeved at their antics. Yesterday was a disgrace. The only vote that should have been taken was on whether or not to accept the Withdrawal Agreement. But Mr Leftwing thought better.

Politicians continue these nonsensical antics at their peril. I don't condone violence or harassment of any sort but as we saw at Canning Town station last week, when people are being ignored or prevented from going about their business, eventually the worm turns.

[anotheoldgit]

Had this disgusting behavior been against a left-wing politician there would be the usual comments on here regarding the horrible murder of Jo Cox.

Such mob attacks on certain politicians as the one against Rees-Mog and his Son may encourage nutters to go further with their protests.

[Gromit]

// Such mob attacks on... Rees-Mog and his Son //

There was no attack. The Police kept protestors away and one shouted ‘Resign’. Hardly a life threatening incident.

[jourdain2]

Well, a pretty-high-up-vicar was appalled enough (especially by the R-M son having to go through the mob) that his sermon today was about the vast amount of healing that is needed in this land. I agree - no call for any of those horrible scenes. Decent behaviour and language, please, BY ALL PARTIES.

[bednobs]

why was a 12 year old in parliament anyway?
did anyone else think that JRM's son looked EXACTLY like one would have expected him to?

[jourdain2]

Why not, bedknobs? There is, after all, a creche in Parliament for M.Ps.' and employees' children and surely it is a good thing to interest children in the workings of our Parliament. It may have been J-R-M's turn to look after his son. Doesn't matter why the child was there - decent, non-threatening behaviour is imperative on all of us.