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Conservative politician rages at police as they bundle elderly woman into a van during peaceful 'anti-lockdown' protest
Daily Mail ^ | Nov 24 | By ROSS IBBETSON

Posted on 11/24/2020 6:22:29 PM PST by RandFan

Tory MP Sir Charles Walker has raged at 'disgraceful and un-British' police officers as they bundled an elderly woman into a van for protesting outside Parliament.

The former chair of the 1922 Committee told the officers that their actions were 'an outrage' as he walked across towards Portcullis House on Tuesday afternoon.

Various reports said that the 72-year-old woman was participating either in an anti-lockdown protest or an anti-vaccine demonstration.

Raising the incident as a point of order, Sir Charles told the Commons: 'I have just witnessed an elderly lady peacefully protesting with a handful of other people be arrested and carried spread-eagle to a police van just outside the precinct of the House of Commons.

'This is a disgrace. This is un-British. It is unconstitutional and this Government, our Prime Minister needs to end these injustices now.

'She was an old lady robbed of her dignity for having the courage to protest about having her fundamental rights and those of my constituents and others removed.'

Tom Ridgway, who witnessed the incident, said: 'I saw an elderly woman, apparently an anti-lockdown protester, being bundled into the back of a police van at 2pm outside the entrance to Parliament.

'I only saw one other protester who was shouting, it didn't seem to be an organised protest.'

As Sir Charles walked across he said to the officers: 'You must have mothers? What an outrage! What a disgrace! This is an absolute disgrace.'

The Conservative has been a staunch critic of Boris Johnson's coronavirus policy and voted against the most recent national lockdown.

Sir Charles, the member for Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, described the legislation as a 'drift further into an authoritarian, coercive state.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: antivaxx; authoritarians; coronavirus; covid19; elderabuse; freedomofspeech; localnews; lockdown; totalitarians; ukssr

1 posted on 11/24/2020 6:22:29 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

New York under commie cuomo will probably shoot a few protestors.


2 posted on 11/24/2020 6:24:13 PM PST by dynachrome (People who get what they want are often surprised when they also get what they deserve. ~ james wood)
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To: RandFan

“This is un-British.”

Lol. So is the mayor of London! What a boomer comment. Hilarious.


3 posted on 11/24/2020 6:26:57 PM PST by cdcdawg (Turn off Fox!! You can do it! )
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To: RandFan

And they never touched the BLM protestors...

I think it’s time for some real resistance.


4 posted on 11/24/2020 6:27:48 PM PST by Skywise
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To: RandFan

This is scary!!!!

We do not need a George Orwell type society anywhere in the world.


5 posted on 11/24/2020 6:29:17 PM PST by StanleyBolten
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To: RandFan

It’s like they never left the EU.

Waiting for the people here to say she should have stopped resisting.


6 posted on 11/24/2020 6:30:57 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: StanleyBolten

Bring on the starved rat.


7 posted on 11/24/2020 6:33:49 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: RandFan

When I lived in the UK in the 90’s and moved back here in 2000....I warned my family and friends what I felt was going to be here in about 20 years from my experience there and my travels.

I was right, unfortunately.

I’m sorry. Tried to warn folks. Did my best.


8 posted on 11/24/2020 6:59:25 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: RandFan

Hillary?


9 posted on 11/24/2020 7:00:40 PM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven )
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To: StanleyBolten

“ We do not need a George Orwell type society anywhere in the world.”

All of Western Civilization will be a George Orwell type society with mere months.


10 posted on 11/24/2020 7:03:15 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (I did not leave my country, my country left me)
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To: RandFan

Everyone who disagree with mask mandates should buy themselves a BLM tshirt.

Claim you are protesting and see if they stop you from walking right in.

Nothing wrong with advertising BLM as a special class...it’s fact


11 posted on 11/24/2020 8:18:25 PM PST by Hypo2
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To: RandFan

Glad there is still one Britisher who has the guts to stand up and tell the truth. Sadly, he may be the last one before he too is arrested.


12 posted on 11/24/2020 9:24:52 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear; All

Here’s the video:

https://parler.com/post/90295b83481c43ba830fce8c3bda9daa


13 posted on 11/24/2020 11:11:38 PM PST by RandFan (3C)
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