Police began looking into the incident on Thursday night after footage showed Mark Field pushing the female Greenpeace activist against a pillar and grabbing her neck. There were calls for Field to lose his position as a Foreign Office minister. In a statement, he apologised to the woman and said he would refer himself to the Cabinet Office over the incident. https://t.co/yp9cIfJe25The Liberal Democrat former cabinet minister Sir Ed Davey called on Field to resign from the government. Mark Field MP (@MarkFieldUK) The UK remains committed to helping women all over the world to feel safe and protected in the work they do, so they can speak freely and be part of the change we all want.

Source: The Guardian June 20, 2019 20:34 UTC