We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoWe are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoScotland Yard was accused of “wishy-washy” policing at the Palace of Westminster yesterday after failing to take action against protesters who hurled abuse at MPs and commentators. Legal experts and former senior police officers said that the Public Order Act was clearly breached by men who surrounded the Conservative MP Anna Soubry and called her a Nazi. Faisal Islam, the Sky News political editor, has previously been called a rapist, while there have been other complaints of aggressive and threatening behaviour by a group of pro-Brexit protesters who wear yellow vests. Anna Soubry arrived at the Palace of Westminster yesterday without attracting protesters’ attentions HENRY NICHOLLS/REUTERSJohn Bercow, the Commons Speaker, and more than 115 other MPs have written letters to Cressida Dick, commission of the Metropolitan Police, calling for the abuse to be tackled, but last night the force…

Source: The Times January 09, 2019 00:04 UTC