A Protestor jumped on stage and poured glitter on Sir Keir Starmer during his Labour conference speech.
I’m not even sure if I should laugh or cry because even though it’s not the appropriate thing to do, I can see why MPs are not being taken seriously.
On the other hand, killing someone whether it be an MP or not is against the law and should be punishable by a jail sentence, and for an extremely long time.
Protestor Yaz Ashmawi glittered bombed Sir Keir Starmer on stage on the last day of the party’s annual conference in Liverpool, although he did apologise.
Security evidently wasn’t very tight at the conference to have hopped on stage, prompting questions over how he was able to get so close to Sir Keir Starmer.
Evidently, security at the conference had been surprisingly low, with no airport-style detectors and few bag scanners.
MP Jo Cox died in June 2016, after Thomas Mair shot her three times with a hunting rifle while she was on her way to a constituency surgery.
Two years ago, Tory MP David Amess was stabbed to death by 25-year-old Ali Harbi Ali, again at a constituency surgery.
Even though Sir Keir Starmer was only bombed by glitter, it could have been much more serious and he should take this event extremely seriously for him and his wife because we just don’t know if this was random and next time it could be somebody with more sinister intent, especially with everything that’s going on in Israel and Palestine at the moment, and this is something that MPs should continuously worry about.
Of course, we still have a modicum of free speech and why shouldn’t we? However, free speech is just that, the freedom to say what you want, but there should be no slaying because of it. However, there are radicals out there that will kill for that liberty of speech.
Mr Ashmawi has taken responsibility for what he did and apologised for making Sir Keir Starmer feel unsafe. However, tossing glitter was the form of the demonstration.
He told the podcast that he was arrested and he was held by the police for 22 hours and Sir Keir Starmer said he was determined not to let this idiot get in the way of him delivering his speech.
Of course, things could have been a lot worse.
I realise that he has a job to do, but no amount of money would allow me to put my family in danger, but then you can’t polish a turd, but you can sprinkle some glitter on it.
I, of course, apologise if this comment offended anybody, but then that’s why it’s called free speech! Sorry, I didn’t have any glitter.
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