Mark Field has been suspended as a Foreign Office minister after a video showed him pushing a female Greenpeace activist against a pillar and grabbing her neck while she protested at the chancellor’s Mansion House speech. Police are investigating third-party reports of assault made against Field, who has since apologised to the protester. “He will be suspended as a minister while this investigation takes place. Field was a minister in Jeremy Hunt’s team at the Foreign Office and was supporting him in the Tory leadership contest. Attendees said they feared a terrorist attack was taking place in the seconds after the activists burst in, but quickly realised they were climate protesters.

Source: The Guardian June 21, 2019 10:28 UTC