{"id":36954,"date":"2024-04-27T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T14:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/27\/jacob-rees-mogg-says-protest-was-legitimate-after-he-was-chased-by-demonstrators\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T14:25:36","slug":"jacob-rees-mogg-says-protest-was-legitimate-after-he-was-chased-by-demonstrators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/27\/jacob-rees-mogg-says-protest-was-legitimate-after-he-was-chased-by-demonstrators\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Rees-Mogg says protest was ‘legitimate’ after he was chased by demonstrators"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jacob Rees-Mogg has commented after he was chased by demonstrators as he left a speaking engagement at Cardiff University.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While concerns were raised over the “unacceptable” harassment of politicians, the Tory MP called it a “legitimate and peaceful if noisy protest”.<\/p>\n

The activists hurled abuse at Sir Jacob<\/a><\/strong> as they waved Palestinian flags, while security staff could be seen warding off people trying to rush him.<\/p>\n

Sir Jacob said: “The Cardiff University security team was exemplary in allowing a lawful protest while keeping everyone safe.<\/p>\n

“Universities ought to be bastions of free speech and as both the protesters and I were able to give our views without fear or intimidation, the proper traditions of adversarial debate were upheld.”<\/p>\n

The former business secretary had been at the university’s Conservative association on Friday, giving a talk that the students’ union described as being about his “values and ideology”.<\/p>\n

He was chased by a shouting crowd of demonstrators as he was escorted to a waiting car by eight security guards.<\/p>\n

One protester draped himself over the car’s bonnet before being pulled away by guards.<\/p>\n

Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden wrote on X: “No elected politician should have to put up with this shrill intimidatory idiocy.”<\/p>\n

Jo Stevens, Labour’s shadow Welsh secretary, said: “I disagree with him on almost everything, but we cannot accept a culture of intimidation in our politics.<\/p>\n

“The right to lawful protest is sacrosanct, but harassment and intimidation is unacceptable.”<\/p>\n

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The protest was organised by Welsh Underground Network and Cardiff Communists, with the former tweeting afterwards: “We helped organise a demonstration against this imperialist politician.<\/p>\n

“We managed to block the doors, shutting them inside for several (hours).<\/p>\n

“Mogg left under a barrage of our anger, anger at his zionism, anger at his cruelty to the working class, anger at his very existence.”<\/p>\n

A Cardiff University spokesperson said the protest was organised by external groups and it was not yet clear whether any students were involved in the protest.<\/p>\n

The speaking event itself went ahead without incident, they said, and was “in line with the university’s commitment to freedom of speech”.<\/p>\n

“It’s vital that we enable students to invite external speakers to discuss issues within the law, and with respect and tolerance.<\/p>\n

“It’s disappointing that a few individuals chose to disrupt the end of the event.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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