Outside parliament just after 17:00 yesterday, Starmer and Lammy
were swarmed by a group of aggressive protesters whose main gripe
appeared to be about COVID vaccines and restrictions.
The Sun’s
Jack Elsom was an eyewitness and says he heard some of the group
shouting about Savile, before Starmer and Lammy were put in a police car
as protesters scrapped with the cops.
Videos posted on Twitter
showed unhinged members of the crowd ranting at an undeterred Starmer
about “freemasons” and the “new world order,” calling him a “traitor”
and a “paedophile protector.”
The Mirror’s Rachel Wearmouth reports the group was carrying a noose.
The Metropolitan Police said in a statement:
“A man and a woman were arrested at the scene for assault of an
emergency worker after a traffic cone was thrown at a police officer.”
Certain sections of the media, for reasons best know to themselves, focussed purely on the Savile abuse.