Oh dear. With the People’s Assembly organising a week of protests to coincide with the Tory conference, things have got off to a bad start today as protesters have turned their attention to the journalists covering the event. Channel 4’s Michael Crick says that a protester shouted ‘Tory scum’ in his direction, before spitting in his hair:
Anarchists shout "Tory scum" at us as we enter Conservative conference, and I was spat at pic.twitter.com/VrjIbaRapv
— Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) October 4, 2015
Reporter @owenjbennett just been spat on. We're now backed into corner by angry protesters shouting he deserved it pic.twitter.com/0xasC65yF4
— Kate McCann (@KateEMcCann) October 4, 2015
The journalists were then led away into a corner while police tried to deal protesters:
We've been led out in a group of police into the hotel. Protesters pointing and shouting scum at me and @owenjbennett throughout.
— Kate McCann (@KateEMcCann) October 4, 2015
With Jeremy Corbyn — who criticised the press several times in his conference speech — scheduled to join the protests tomorrow, Mr S hopes that he will have a word with his fellow protesters.
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