The BBC has condemned footage of one of its journalists being aggressively harassed and chased by anti-lockdown protesters in London. Footage shared on social media showed demonstrators shouting abuse in the fact of Newsnight political editor Nicholas Watt near Downing Street on Monday. Mr Watt, who was wearing a BBC lanyard, was forced to run through the mob beyond a line of police officers as people shouted “traitor” and other slurs at him. “All journalists should be able to carry out their work without intimidation or impediment.”Fellow BBC journalist Allie Hodgkins-Brown tweeted: “This is awful. “It is shocking that a BBC lanyard makes someone a target like this.”The Metropolitan Police has been contacted for further information.

Source: Irish Independent June 15, 2021 10:50 UTC