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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

82yrs old and bounced!

Friend of mine was the bloke sitting next to the 82 year old who was evicted from Labour Party conference for allegedly heckling Jack Straw.

What he actually said was 'nonsense' when the Foreign Secretary made a point about Kosovo...At this point he was then escorted from the visitors area by 5 security guards, who also rather physically 'asked' my friend to leave because he complained about the way that they had treated him. The security guards alledge that they had asked both my friend and the 82 yr old to be quiet 3 times - but a number of witnesses have come forward to confirm they actually only approached the first man once. Once, three times, whatever the number, and whether or not you agree with his assessment of the government's foreign policy, I don't think it does any favours to anyone in the Labour Party to see an 82 yr old man (who has been a Party member for 60 years), being bodily removed from the visitors gallery!

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I thought I had seen most things, but this beggars belief.

My parents and others fought for the freedom to express yourself. How low can this party, which once was mine get.

And if that person who apologies thinks that was an apology, heaven (which I don't normally believe in, help us.

9:56 AM  
Blogger Paul said...

Pretty unbelievable scenes weren't they? Posted yesterday before I had a chance to speak to Steve properly(the bloke involved), or see the footage on TV - appalling really when you see it again.

4:29 PM  

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