We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoWe are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoA Tory MP who is a close ally of Jeremy Hunt faced strong criticism last night for pushing a female climate change protester against a pillar before frogmarching her out by the neck as Greenpeace gatecrashed the chancellor’s Mansion House speech. Mark Field, a Foreign Office minister and MP for the Cities of London & Westminster, is to be investigated by his party over his strong-arming of a peaceful activist at the annual Bankers and Merchants Dinner. City of London Police said that they had received a “small number of third party reports of an assault taking place at the event” and that they were looking into the matter. No arrests had been made, they added. Greenpeace protesters wearing suffragette-style sashes interrupted the event at Mansion House PAIn a statement to ITV, Mr Field said that…

Source: The Times June 20, 2019 23:10 UTC