A WARNING FROM MARK FIELD
The recent furore over a Tory MP, at the time a Foreign Office minister, assaulting a peaceful protester has some chilling lessons for us all. If you haven't seen the footage it can be found embedded in this interview with the victim.
That one of the UK's supposed leaders should behave in this way is bad enough. What's far more chilling about this incident is the level of support he's received from some fellow MPs, such as the gung-ho cartoon character Johnny Mercer, and the reaction of the hard right on social media - and in the right wing MSM. In their truth-free bubble Field exists as some kind of hero saving the day, instead of the violent out of control thug the video evidences him to be. This attitude paves the way nicely for....
We await the coming annointment of the right's current darling, the floppy haired serial liar who would be PM whatever the cost (to others). This is the man who thought that 'water cannon' was the answer to a question nobody was asking. This is a man who apparently considers violence to be a legitimate response to peaceful protest. Another Mark Field.
Having recently watched a documentary that showed the vicious response of the Spanish state against democracy in action I find this the most worrying aspect of the Field assault. is the response to his violence is the right laying the foundations for a far more sinister development - the use of state force against peaceful protesters. We saw it 35 years ago at Orgreave, when the police were politicised. This time it could be a lot worse....
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