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British Labour leader Keir Starmer was ushered into a police vehicle in London on Monday, February 7, after protesters surrounded him and shouted references to alleged child abuser Jimmy Savile. Last week, Prime Minster Boris Johnson criticized Starmer in Parliament for what he called a failure to prosecute Jimmy Savile during his time as director of public prosecutions. A widely known TV personality during his lifetime, Savile has faced a raft of sexual abuse claims. Johnson was condemned for the remark, which prompted the resignation of his policy chief. This footage, recorded near Parliament on Monday, shows Starmer being escorted into a police car and driven away, as a mob of protesters shout at him. Footage recorded on the street captured members of the crowd accusing Starmer of “protecting pedophiles” and making reference to Savile. According to Metropolitan Police, two people were arrested at the scene. Labor MPs immediately blamed Johnson for the incident. “No surprise the conspiracy theorist thugs who harassed @Keir_Starmer & I repeated slurs we heard from @BorisJohnson last week at the despatch box,” tweeted Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who earlier had been walking with Starmer outside Parliament when protesters surrounded them. On Monday evening, Johnson tweeted that the “behaviour directed at the Leader of the Opposition tonight is absolutely disgraceful,” adding that “all forms of harassment of our elected representatives are completely unacceptable.” Credit: Conor Noon via Storyful
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