Thug MP who grabbed woman by the throat is to stand down – over Brexit
Remember this guy?
We have video if you don’t:
In this longer version of the video, you can see the woman apparently posing no immediate threat as she passes behind Mark Field. He marches her out of the room by her neck. I wasn’t there, so I can’t say she didn’t pose a risk, but it looks heavy handed. pic.twitter.com/zX2BtcPW4t
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) June 20, 2019
His name was Mark Field and he was suspended from his job as Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific as a result of the incident in June. When Boris Johnson became prime minister, he was sacked altogether.
Now he has announced he is to stand down as a member of Parliament – not because he attacked a defenceless woman but – we’re told – because of Brexit.
According to The Independent, he said his views “stand at odds with the current administration’s impatient approach to getting Brexit done”.
He said his desire to stop a no-deal Brexit and revoke Article 50 to restart the two-year clock put him “at odds” with Boris Johnson.
“It is increasingly clear that divisions over Brexit and our future relationship with the EU-27 will dominate and define domestic politics for many years to come,” he said in a statement to constituents in the Cities of London and Westminster.
He added: “So the current speculation that a general election may be imminent has forced me to reach the very difficult decision not to offer myself as your candidate for the next election.”
It’s the right decision – for the wrong reason.
Mr Field had to go – but not to make way for a hard-right Johnson-upholding Brextremist to replace him.
He should have resigned after he grabbed Greenpeace protester Janet Barker by the throat – or at least after Boris Johnson showed his own misogyny by dropping the investigation into the incident after he removed Mr Field from his ministerial role (the decision was unrelated).
But that’s the Johnson government for you: thuggish and misogynist.
At least Mr Field has found a form of protest that is acceptable to him: the kind that won’t solve a problem but may actually make matters worse.
Source: Mark Field: MP who grabbed female protester by neck stands down over Brexit | The Independent
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Actions often have more than one cause. His constituency suddenly became very marginal at the last election.
Still, good to see the back of him.